The Extraordinary Death of Antonia

3 1/2 stars

This was so worth reading. The epilogue is amazing. I don't know what else to say about this.

This has so many characters for it's length, and at times I was confused. This is about a girl who committed suicide after she murders her lover while he is in bed with another mistress. The author's writing is very unique. Parts of this are very disturbing, but the good out ways the bad. This is a very emotional read.

I have lost too many people to suicide. Two uncles, a good friend, and my first boyfriend (we weren't together at the time). Just this past fall, a teenage boy that I used to babysit when he was a child hung himself from the monkey bars at a park two streets up from me. His works for the city and was the one to find him when he was doing leaf clean up. Two weeks ago, a neighbor of mine lost her father. He shot himself while sitting on his wife's grave exactly a year after he buried her. I hope the way this book ends, is what happened to my loved ones after their death.