Official Review: When Pigs Fly by Susan Fries

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Re: Official Review: When Pigs Fly by Susan Fries

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Thanks for the nice review. This novel contains a plot which is related to cancer. I guess many readers if they are cancer survivors, might relate the story to their own experiences. Nice this book has some information about what happens once a person dies.
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Reading about death is always a bit emotional for me, especially since I almost lost a relative recently. Perhaps once some time has passed, I will come back to this. Everything is still raw.
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This sounds like a story full of emotion. Thanks for the review
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A touching and emotional story of a young girl's journey after her death. It gives a glimpse of the lives of both the cancer victim and those close to her before and after her death. I added it to my to-read list.
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It really touched my heart, even when I deeply think about what Nicole had faced through, I could not control the tears following from my eyes, It really interesting and emotional
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Thanks for your review on this interesting read! It will be cool to see how the author goes about the concept of an afterlife.
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Untimely deaths are always hard to read about, but there's something especially hard about stories about deaths from cancer. The afterlife is such a delicate issue, but I like that the author is exploring what the young cancer victim goes through after her death rather than focusing solely on what her loved ones experience. We all have dead loved ones that we hope are OK wherever they are and, religious or not, we would like some comfort that there's something good over there for them. Thank you for the helpful review.
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A book that relates a person's fight with cancer and her journey after her demise seems worth reading. Thanks for the review.
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I've always wanted to know what happens to us after we're dead; where we go and what we see. Most books on cancer tell stories of surviving cancer patients. I find the story new and refreshing.
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Such an emotional subject, I imagine this whole story will be very moving as it is a subject that many people have had to deal with/watched loved ones deal with.
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Well the book "when pigs fly" by Nicole, Is a great heart-touching book. I never expected such story from the name, I thought of it as a comic fiction when I saw the name but it wasn't so.
Undoubtedly this book is one of the best I have come across because it touched me immensely, thinking of the journey after death, leaving your loved ones behind when you don't want to but you can't help it.
This book is supposed to be dispensed to all humans as it makes you think of life after death, you don't have to be religious to know what happens when you die, I highly recommend this book for everyone because I think the writer has a good intention of touching lives when writing this fiction.
Though some paragraphs are not understandable, it doesn't depreciate the value of this book, so I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars.
Thanks Nicole for making me remember that one day I have to go and face the real world.
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This sounds like a very emotional book surrounding the concepts of death and how it affects everyone and everything around. The demise of a young child us usually especially moving to all who get to learn of it. I'm so glad that the author was brave enough to tackle such a deep topic and express the issues in such a personally touching way. Congratulations.
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What a good review. It made me interested with this book. Thank you for your great review.
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The premise for this book is a sad one, but the author focuses on how life moves forward after the loss of a loved one. In this case, death is accorded the recognition it deserves as it signifies a new beginning.
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Nice review, looking forward to reading it.
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