SuitabookUntil Death Taps You on the Shoulder
Etgoma
- Reading
- Check in as you read the war scenes, then allow space to talk about how the folklore and ghost elements shape the story’s treatment of death. You could also pause to compare Mara’s perspective with the girls’.
- Themes
- Friendship and belonging amid danger: Carmina and Agnieszka meet Mara while living through war; their connection helps Mara begin to understand the value of life. The book presents this favourably.
- War and the supernatural: A disruption in Mara’s work as a guide to the Beyond leaves war-tortured dead trapped on Earth as ghosts. The fantasy premise links the effects of war with a supernatural interruption to the passage of the dead.
- Worth knowing
- War and death are central: the girls face daily danger from bombings, and the story includes war-tortured dead and ghosts. Consider whether this sustained focus would feel difficult for your reader.