Accidents Happen is a sweet romantic comedy written by Sharon Karaa.
Tabitha Brownlee is getting married in a
week. On her way to pick up the rings from the jeweller, the first in her list
of errands for the day, Tabitha gets into a freaky accident and ends up trading
places with a soul collector. Totally clueless on how to get back to her own
body, which is on its way to the hospital with somebody else’s soul in it,
Tabitha is taken by the ‘light’ and comes face to face with Death.
While Death is trying to sort out the
‘mistake,’ Tabitha is expected to perform the duties of the soul collector,
Mort, she trades places with under the guidance of another soul collector, the
steaming hot but downright rude Cooper, a former banker who is atoning for his
sins.
Hoping to return to her normal life
while performing soul collecting duties, Tabitha gets the chance to evaluate
her life and the decisions that she is about to make and marrying a man she is
not romantically in love with is the first in the long list of issues she has
to deal with.
Told in the first-person perspective of
Tabitha, this is a funny, relatable, and touching book about life, death, love,
friendship, and fear among others. It is a story about a person’s life’s
‘worth’ as the author masterfully brings up the very important issue about the
meaning of life. Though presented in consistently casual tone through hilarious
scenes of mischief and chaos, the story is actually a profound examination of
life. By giving Tabitha a chance to contemplate on a loveless marriage and
showing the seemingly difficult choice Cooper had to make, the book seems to
present a challenge to do the honorable thing.
The author creates delightful characters
and for some reason, Mort appeals to me the most. He is painfully honest and takes
everything slow and easy. Most importantly, he is proven to be far more
important in the story than he first appears to be.
Needless to say, I enjoy this book
immensely. However, there are some characters and scenes that I find not too
important which only made the book longer than it should be.
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