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Ram V, Filipe Andrade: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Paperback, 2022, Boom! Studios) 4 stars

Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is …

Read on recommendation from a friend. A short series in 5-parts that follows the Goddess of Death after she loses her job due to a human on Earth discovering the secret to immortality. She is sent down to live in the body of Laila Starr, a recently deceased human, and through experiencing the circle of mortality herself many times learns the joys, sorrows, and realities of life on Earth. Loved the art-style, the scenery set in the busyness of Mumbai, and the melancholic tone the entire series takes. The bureaucracy of the afterlife was fun to revisit after having recently re-watched The Good Place.