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Violence
Barely any
Some dark imagery in Hell sequences; not graphically violent
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content between the married couple
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate emotional weight: the afterlife depicted after suicide, grief, and the desperate love that drives the plot create sustained emotional intensity
What this book is about
When Chris Nielsen dies in a car accident and enters a beautifully personal afterlife shaped by his own imagination, his joy is shattered by the news that his grief-stricken wife Annie has taken her own life and is condemned to a dark realm of her own making. Against every warning, Chris determines to descend into that place and bring her back. Richard Matheson's deeply felt spiritual novel is one of popular fiction's most emotionally affecting explorations of love, grief, and what waits beyond death.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Suicide is central to the plot and depicted with emotional weight
Vivid depictions of a Hell-like realm after suicide
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