The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow

Non-YA
Rating: 3.8/5
Age R: 17+/Rated-R
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Thoughts:
Molly Marx was the 35 year old mother of a five year old (Annabell) and wife to a possibly cheating-succesful-plastic-surgeon (Barry) when she mysteriously winds up dead. She winds up in the place before the afterlife called the Duration and is able to watch her family, friends, and her mysterious case unfold (she doesn't know how she wound up dead).
I really liked this book and I love Molly's often hilarious narration. She is speaking in her POV from up above and we get to hear her family, friends, and even stranger's thoughts which I have to say is really cool, I always love reading/hearing what someone's thinking. I say hearing because of TV shows and movies don't go thinking I'm a mind reader, because as cool as that would be I'm not. :( Also if I end up with a brain tumor because of that super power then..yeah not cool, man, not cool.
Molly has problems with her marriage and because of her and Barry's daughter, she wants to make it work. Before she winds up dead she and her husband were going to a marriage counselor to try and fix things which is one of the reasons why Barry is a suspect in her possible murder. Or is it a suicide? Molly did have her secrets after all. But then again who doesn't like Molly? She's so kind and funny and such a great friend, just ask her co-workers, twin sister Lucy, or her best friend Brie. Don't go asking her mother in law , Kitty, though. She won't admit it but her son pays more attention to her than he does Molly his own wife. Why wouldn't she want that girl out of the picture? Curiouser and curiouser. This case proves to be quite difficult for Mr. Detective Hicks.
At times I seriously got pissed off with Molly because her life could have been so much happier had she chosen to leave her husband. She never really found out if her husband was cheating on her but she suspected it, and apparently so did everyone else. Honestly, Molly is blind as a bat for ignoring her gut. Tsk tsk
This book kept me entertained all the way through (except for a few parts). Every other chapter is written in Molly's past and present. Before she was mudered/accidentally killed/comitted suicide and after when she's in the Duration. I liked that very much especially because you get to learn about Molly's life and her thoughts on that. Sometimes though, I seriously wanted to skip the chapter in the present and go back to Molly's past. I really liked how her life was going, if only she noticed that. Sure there were some problems, okay lots of them but she could have fixed those if she tried! She did try but she could have saved herself tons of trouble by just leaving her husband okay. I mean seriously, that guy did not deserve Molly. Like she herself says, he has more conversations with his own mother, he doesn't really listen to her when she speaks, and a bunch of other not nice things. I honestly don't know why they got married in the first place. But oh well. Either way it's pretty darn entertaining and I liked the writing.
Gosh the ending was pretty darn sad. It was satisfying but kinda depressing. I still liked it though. I just did not expect certain events to have happened. I was like "Whoa!" and I had to backtrack just to be sure I read correctly.
The ending felt a little rushed to me. Everything wasn't necessarily wrapped up nicely happy-ending like which I loved, but there were some things that were just out of the blue. I loved/hated the ending. Another thing I wasn't very fond of was that the reader does not get to find out much about the Duration or what will happen to Molly next. We're told something but what about after that? What happens to Bob? Unanswered questions is what we get. The reason why it bothers me is because the reader does not really get to learn what Molly has learned. We're told a few things but not much, not enough to satisfy me anyway. Maybe we are just not supposed to care about what happens because she is basically in good hands but still, I would have liked to know more.

A Look Inside:

I am a degenerate alcoholic and you are a kegger. I. Will. Not. Take. A. Sip. There should be a ten-step program for women like me, and I need to attend a daily meeting.

Cool:
I LOVE the cover. It's so creative. I loved a certain male in the story and I wish there was a whole book just dedicated to him haha :) I felt really bad for him though :( You'll feel sad for the guy too. Again I don't want to say who because I seriously don't want to spoil things for anyone.

Not so cool:
At times the book was a bit slow, but very, very few times. Overall it was interesting and completely entertaining but more often than not I wanted to know what would happen between two people (not telling) and about Molly's case.
I did not like that Molly didn't leave her husband. I hated that. I'm sorry :(
I also had an teeny issue with something not told in the story at the end. It might not bother people but it certainly bothered me.

YOU WILL ENJOY READING THIS BOOK IF YOU LIKE/ARE INTERESTED IN:
-afterlife
-humor
-marriages with problems
-trouble being happy
-Sally Koslow also author of Little Pink Slips.
-The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. R.ed here. This book is VERY different but it's also about a person watching the life she left behind.
-The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. R.ed here. Again, different but similar.
-The Agency by Ally O'Brien. R.ed here. I was reminded about this one while reading TLLMM.

What I was listening to:

No One - KOY