The magical, heartbreaking and life-affirming new novel from Richard & Judy BESTSELLER Linda Green. Perfect for fans of Matt Haig’s
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'Wonderfully executed, unique, clever and hilarious... Linda Green is absolutely at the top of her game.' Mike Gayle
How would you live your life differently, if you had a second chance?
Emily, Carl and Jules have all ‘gone before their time’. After dying on the same day in Halifax, West Yorkshire, they each wake up in a room in a hotel on the outskirts of town. They’re instructed to meet in the basement headquarters of film production company ‘End Credits’, where no-nonsense producer Suzi tells them their lives have been secretly filmed and they must edit their own biopic before they are able to move on.
There are only three rules: they can’t prevent their own deaths or anyone else’s, they can't kill anyone but they can make a director's cut - one change which will alter everything that comes after.
With the chance to undo their regrets and explore life’s infinite possibilities, what will they choose?
Description
Having read another book by the author and looking at the book cover and the blurb, I thought I was in for a really funny read. So it came as a surprise to me that the author began the book with a trigger warning for suicide and baby loss. I do think the subjects were dealt with well in the book, I just wasn't expecting it.
Three people meet in the "afterlife" and it's not all floating clouds and angels. Instead they are in rooms on the top floor of a hotel. In order to move on they have to watch and then edit their life story, and also do a director's cut of a favourite film.
There was quite a bit of humour which appealed to me, but you need to be of a certain age for most of it to make sense. I also hadn't watched two of the favourite films that they chose to edit and so I skipped a lot of that part. I also felt that it was slightly too long a book. Once we had gone through the life films going back to see them described again but with the edits was a little tedious to get through, although I did like the edits. I think this would make an excellent film. The concept of the three people replaying their lives would work better on film.
Whilst we did get a glimpse into of the lives of each of the three people, I never felt that I really got to know them or what made them tick. Despite the serious subjects covered it felt more like a sitcom.
I'm giving this book 4 out of 5 stars. My thanks to Netgalley for the ARC to review. This book is published on 13 March 2026.
