Yet another YA book, that is reportedly hugely popular among the teenagers. But this one works well for adults too. We found the use of Death as a narrator intriguing and effective. He was the ultimate outsider, but intimately privy to the best, and worst, of humanity. Horribly overworked and yet striving to be tender with his most innocent charges. The characters were well-drawn, and surprisingly sympathetic and we found ourselves caring about them.