What to Expect When You're Dead

What To Expect When You're Dead reads like a laundry list of the death practices and beliefs in the afterlife activities of the dearly or not so dearly departed. The author chose to examine concepts of the funerary practices of several civilizations and the beliefs of the afterlife and organize the book in that manner. It resulted in a disjointed book, jumping across a half dozen or so civilizations, topic by topic. It was as dry as dust.

It resulted in death knowledge overload. It's meticulously documented, so one gets the idea that it was at least partially intended as a reference; I think it would have been better presented civilization by civilization, complete in all the beliefs and practices of the civilzation before moving on to the next civilization.