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"Murray is someone to watch, her novel drives along with great gusto, there's plenty of fun to balance loss, it's boy meets girl but so refreshingly different."
--The Bookseller Teenage Reading Preview, November 2009
"A wonderful debut novel which, as well as being laugh-out-loud funny, is full of insights, compassion and love." -- Lovereading4kids
"This quirky story is novel and funny but also poignant at times ... very readable" -- School Librarian, Summer 2010 issue
--The Bookseller Teenage Reading Preview, November 2009
"A wonderful debut novel which, as well as being laugh-out-loud funny, is full of insights, compassion and love." -- Lovereading4kids
"This quirky story is novel and funny but also poignant at times ... very readable" -- School Librarian, Summer 2010 issue
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"I knew it was time to move on when a tramp peed on my Uggs..." Meet Lucy Shaw. She's not your average fifteen year old - for a start, she's dead. And as if being a ghost wasn't bad enough, she's also trapped haunting the men's toilets on Carnaby Street. So when a lighting engineer called Jeremy walks in and she realises he can see and hear her, she isn't about to let him walk out of her afterlife. Not least until he's updated her on what's happening in her beloved soaps. With Jeremy's help, Lucy escapes the toilet and is soon meeting up with other ghosts, including the perpetually enraged Hep and the snogtastic Ryan. But when Jeremy suggests Lucy track down the man who murdered her, things go down hill. Can Lucy face up to the events of that terrible night? And what will it cost her if she does?
A wonderful debut novel which, as well as being laugh-out-loud funny, is full of insights, compassion, and love.
A wonderful debut novel which, as well as being laugh-out-loud funny, is full of insights, compassion, and love.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Just finished reading this. It was very good indeed. Honestly, I haven't stayed up that late at night to read a book since Twilight. That's got to be something. It hooked me in, like a ... hooky thing - I was on chapter eight within about half an hour of starting.
Anyway, all the clichés you hear on the backs of books like "it'll make you laugh and cry".. and "You won't be able to put it down"... COMPLETELY TRUE.
I laughed out SEVERAL times (a tramp stuffing biscuits down the toilet? Genius.) and I definitely would have cried at several points near the end... if I wasn't so `ard.
As for the un-put-down-able-ness, have you ever tried putting your pyjamas on with an ipod in one hand and a book in the other? Yes, really. I couldn't stop reading it.
I really couldn't find much fault with it at all!
Oh, except that the girl on the cover isn't wearing Ugg boots.
I'd definitely recommend this to girls of about 13-15 who want something light and funny to read.
Anyway, all the clichés you hear on the backs of books like "it'll make you laugh and cry".. and "You won't be able to put it down"... COMPLETELY TRUE.
I laughed out SEVERAL times (a tramp stuffing biscuits down the toilet? Genius.) and I definitely would have cried at several points near the end... if I wasn't so `ard.
As for the un-put-down-able-ness, have you ever tried putting your pyjamas on with an ipod in one hand and a book in the other? Yes, really. I couldn't stop reading it.
I really couldn't find much fault with it at all!
Oh, except that the girl on the cover isn't wearing Ugg boots.
I'd definitely recommend this to girls of about 13-15 who want something light and funny to read.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My 11yr old daughter chose this book and I decided to read it before her just to check it out (as it is aimed at teenagers).
I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. Honestly, I really enjoyed it. The central characters were very likable, even Hep! It's brilliantly written, with humour and sadness. It isn't too scary (one thing my daughter was worried about), and talks enough about Lucy's death to make it real, without being gory.
I can't believe this is the authors first book, what a triumph. My daughter has taken it to school to recommend it to all her friends.
Buy it!
I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. Honestly, I really enjoyed it. The central characters were very likable, even Hep! It's brilliantly written, with humour and sadness. It isn't too scary (one thing my daughter was worried about), and talks enough about Lucy's death to make it real, without being gory.
I can't believe this is the authors first book, what a triumph. My daughter has taken it to school to recommend it to all her friends.
Buy it!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I almost read this in one sitting, but I started reading it at bedtime, and finally relinquished it around 5am (very reluctantly), partly because my eyes were starting to blur, and partly because I didn't want it to end, so I needed to save the final three chapters to make it last into the next day.
Tamsyn Murray is a natural storyteller. She made me believe, not only in her main character, the very sympathetic Lucy, and her ghostly and living friends, but in the whole of Lucy's ghost-network itself. I totally believed all those things were possible and accepted them as real.
The story is well plotted and beautifully told, with just the right amounts of delicious humour, both gentle and laugh-out-loud, and poignancy, all mixed up with pacy suspense and excitement. The subplots were excellently woven in and all the loose ends tied up nicely, and the ending made me give a satisfied sigh, which happens very rarely, and, to me, is the sign of a perfect story. The narrative was smoothly done, so that the reader never got lost or distracted from the flow. All in all, a fab read, which I'd recommend to anyone, of any age.
I could see this being made into a serial or perhaps a two-parter on television. I can't wait to read Tamsyn's next book.
Tamsyn Murray is a natural storyteller. She made me believe, not only in her main character, the very sympathetic Lucy, and her ghostly and living friends, but in the whole of Lucy's ghost-network itself. I totally believed all those things were possible and accepted them as real.
The story is well plotted and beautifully told, with just the right amounts of delicious humour, both gentle and laugh-out-loud, and poignancy, all mixed up with pacy suspense and excitement. The subplots were excellently woven in and all the loose ends tied up nicely, and the ending made me give a satisfied sigh, which happens very rarely, and, to me, is the sign of a perfect story. The narrative was smoothly done, so that the reader never got lost or distracted from the flow. All in all, a fab read, which I'd recommend to anyone, of any age.
I could see this being made into a serial or perhaps a two-parter on television. I can't wait to read Tamsyn's next book.
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'My So-Called Afterlife' is thoroughly enjoyable!
A funny, thoughtful and occasionally sad story about Lucy, a teenager whose ghost cannot escape from the men's toilets in which she was murdered. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Anne
Captivating, heart-warming & funny
How can I explain that a story about a murdered girl whose spirit is trapped in a Men's toilet is captivating, heart-warming and hysterically funny. Would you believe me? Read more
Published 16 months ago by Book Angel Emma
My So-Called Afterlife
I had never read a Tamsyn Murray book before and so happy I got a hold on the author.
This book is about a girl who was murdered 6 months ago in a toilet, and since then... Read more
This book is about a girl who was murdered 6 months ago in a toilet, and since then... Read more
Published 16 months ago by M. Dickson
Really enjoyed it!
I found this a really fun, quick read. Although it does have some dark moments it's mostly a very light and humorous read. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Sammee, I Want To Read That
My So-Called Afterlife
Lucy is a regular fifteen-year-old teenager... until the night she dies and finds herself stuck haunting the toilets in Carnaby Street. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Leah Graham
Best book I have ever read
This review is from my 13 year old daughter Bronte. She never writes reviews so all I can you you is this book must be good :-)
I really enjoyed this book, I liked the... Read more
I really enjoyed this book, I liked the... Read more
Published on 26 May 2010 by Ms. S. Newton
very poignant
I loved this and have huge respect for how the difficult subject-matter was handled. It's moving - at times painfully so - and funny. Read more
Published on 17 May 2010 by Nicola
Funny, original and a really good read
From the first terrific line this is such an engaging book. I loved the dry and occasionally snarky Lucy, miserably resigned to her afterlife trapped in the Carnaby Street public... Read more
Published on 12 April 2010 by GilPhil
For the love of Marmite...Wonderful!
I have had the privilege of anticipating this book for a long time as I follow Tamsyn's blog. It did not disappoint. The book is witty, easy to read and absorbing. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2010 by M. Minniss
An exciting debut
I just read My So-Called Afterlife in one sitting, and enjoyed every minute. Funny, sad and believable the author has created a world that will appeal to adults as well as... Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2010 by K. Clarke
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