This is an depth look at how doctors have studied the near death experience. The author, Bruce Greyson, shares how when he first encountered someone who said they could see him talking to her friend, while she was dead, he quickly brushed it off. As time has gone by, he began to study what people experienced and even developed a set of questions to see how what people saw stacked up against others.

With a combination of science and real experiences, this was a very interesting book.

This is a fascinating, amazing book, and ultimately, most comforting book! In it, Dr Bruce Greyson, a psychiatrist, and a person attached to no religious faith or doctrine, describes his 45 + years researching and studying thousands of near death experiences in a countless number of scientific tests and presents his startling conclusions.

I so appreciate how he blends details about the ways he approached the topic from many different angles for his tests with stories of Near Death Experiences, and admire how he kept his "scientific mind" open to the possibilities of what the results were showing him. Throughout his research he didn't take a stance "for" or "against" such experiences, he just kept track of the data, continuing to get enough data to prove or disprove each test, and note commonalities or lack thereof. For instance, NDE's do not favor a particular age group, race, culture, or religious/non-religious group. They happen in such frequency amongst people who have undergone medical death to be considered common, and have been recorded and reported for hundreds of years. There is enough evidence to conclude that the mind can be separate from the physical brain which alone is flabbergasting!

He presents his research and the NDE stories in a straight-forward and understandable way. The whole book is just incredible and affirming! I am so glad he invested his decades of research and his findings to the medical communities and now the public, so that we all can appreciate how even knowing that NDEs happen and are real, we can live and view our lives differently in the here and now, and rather than fearing death, look at death, not as an end, but rather as a transition to a brighter, "more real" and soul-expanding, love-filled place.

My sincere thanks to the author, NetGalley and St. Martin's Essential for writing and publishing the book, and allowing me the privilege of reading and reviewing it. It is a read I will never forget! The book is scheduled to be published March 2, 2021. All opinions expressed in this review are strictly my own; I have not been influenced by anyone associated with this book.

What happens after death and are Near Death Experiences a gateway into the afterlife? I have always been fascinated with peoples stories of near death experiences. Years ago I read Dr. Moody’s book, Life After Life. Now Dr. Greyson has extended the research and has offered more dramatic accounts of many individuals’s first hand accounts of this phenomenon. I am a believer and this book only validated for me that our soul does live on.

A fascinating read! This book was written in such a way that it is very accessible to the average reader. I have long had a fascination with accounts of near-death experiences. Reading this book changed my perception of near-death experiences as well as made me think more of the mind/brain connection. This book was very well done!

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Let's start with the cover. The simplicity works so well. The white paper butterfly.. the colorful text.. I love it all.

The concept of this book is unique and intriguing. Isn't this something we all think about? What happens after we die? Or during the "dying" process?

Their writing style is great.

I'll definitely be looking out for other work by this author.

Interesting book for anyone who has questions, or is curious, about near death experiences that give a glimpse of life after death. He gives numerous examples of people who have had the experience without being judgemental or religious in any manner. In part it is scientific/clinical and reads very much like an article for JAMA. It gets a little slower to read midway but picks up as he describes more occurrences. For those of us in healthcare who believe in a Creator, most of the stories confirm that which we learned from the King James Bible as children, live by the "Golden Rule". It also confirms that we aren't meant to know everything and that we are to "have the faith of a child" and that we "walk by faith, not by sight".
I suppose I had hoped by the end of the book he might have admitted to more of a belief in God as he was in the perfect position to witness to the world as did Lee Strobel. But as noted, it is more clinical observations seeking to find resolution of a mind/brain conundrum.
I received this book as an advanced reader copy and was under no obligation to provide a review. The opinions expressed are my own. Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I received a copy of After by Bruce Greyson in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve always been skeptically curiously about near death experiences (NDE) and life after death. As a scientist and teacher, I need data and scientific processes. Greyson provides both in this engaging, readable book. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to be fascinated by After. I found myself reaching for this book every chance I got to read more and more about NDE. It was a thoroughly enjoyable book that is making me look at my our life differently.

In "After", an esteemed medical doctor and researcher "Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond". Near-Death experiences probably puzzle, baffle and certainly interest most of us. In this non-fiction book, the author Dr. Bruce Greyson provides us with a clear, kind and compelling look at the science of Near-Death Experiences. This book is as fascinating as you can imagine. "After" is well-written, and the scientific explorations and research that Dr. Greyson conducted for over half a century will teach you about what makes life meaningful, what you think about death and what you know about yourself.

Are Near-Death Experiences (NDE's) "real"? After reading the book, they certainly seem to be. They are common and can happen to anyone. Near-Death Experiences may lead to profound and long-lasting life changes. Surprisingly to me, NDE's may reduce the fear of death and cause those who have experienced them to be more fully present in their lives after the event.

The book presents a number of patient histories and their recollections and descriptions of their NDE's. Many people had out-of-body experiences and saw themselves, from above, as they were being treated in the hospital. Many also described the experience as incredibly real, perhaps the most real experience they had ever had. Beautiful colors, lights, a sense of a loving deity and interactions with those that had previously died were also noted.

Dr. Greyson also presents many of his research studies. One that really interested me involved re-intervewing people about their NDE, many years after it had happened. Remarkably, their recounting of the experience did not vary at all. For many, it was still the most amazing thing that had ever happened them.

How do our minds and brains work together? This informative and rather amazing book will discuss and answer many of the questions about life and death that you may have pondered. Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an advance review copy. This is my honest review.

Very very interesting material. The author presents this in a way that is easy for a casual reader to understand. The amount of information really leaves the reader with an understanding of near death experiences. I appreciated how the author didn't push his beliefs on anyone, and really explains how he is a doctor who was a skeptic on events such as these until he himself was a part of someone else's experience. Thank you so much for the advance copy for review!

This is a book that everyone should read, whether you are religious or not, whether you believe in the afterlife or not. I've read many books on near-death experiences, but this is the most comprehensive in terms of individuals interviewed, the variety of experiences, categorizing of experiences and possible explanations for them. What I found most illuminating was the beneficial effect NDEs had on so many different people, not only in terms of their views of the afterlife, and reducing their fear of death, but how they ended up living the rest of their lives on this earth. It was fascinating to find out that suicidal thoughts diminished after an NDE. Empowering, illuminating, non-judgmental and informative.

I reviewed this editorialy for Library Journal please see the March 2 2021 issue for my thoughts on this title

How frustrating is it to be told by all the different sources the things you must do to be successful in life? This book definitely does NOT do that. It instead takes an empathetic approach and gives bite size approaches and allows you to have kindness and patience with yourself when dealing with life. This is so necessary for everyone to read in life. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This book is phenomenal. Whether you are a person of faith or one who doesn’t believe in an afterlife, this book breaks down the concept of how our brains and minds can be separate entities.
Weaving together science with NDE anecdotes the author paints a portrait of how this can be in a way readers can easily understand.
He allows room for one to decide for themselves what they believe and is never defensive.
I do have a faith and found great comfort and hope for what each of us will face at some final point.
Thank you Dr Greyson for being brave enough to pursue a study which can run against the grain of both religion and science.

Dr. Greyson has written an objective and comprehensive book about Near Death Experiences (NDEs) that should appeal to anyone interested in this subject whether skeptic, believer, or just curious. Dr Greyson has had a long career as a psychiatrist and medical school professor. An experience with a patient when he was still a psychiatric intern stayed with him so vividly that it triggered a deep curiosity and then a commitment to study NDEs with the full rigor of scientific investigation. He approached the subject with an open mind and respect for all the hundreds of "experiencers" he and his co-researchers interviewed. He documented the specific differences between NDEs and dreams or hallucinations; from there the next logical area to explore was mind v. brain. The book tells many compelling stories about NDEs and how Dr. Greyson evolved in his understanding of this phenomenon.

This book is awesome. I was enthralled from the first story to the last. At times I fear what will happen when I pas. Having been brought up with the ideas of Hell and all that it was refreshing to actually read what people have seen on the other side say about what comes next. After covers a lot of ground. The fact that near death experiences should nt be possible when a persons brain is dying is highlighted and explained in a way I now understand. My favorite story is one of the first. The story of Henry and his seeing his Mama and Papa again. If you are worried or have lost someone this book will give you a fresh look at what we all will experience someday. That is the passage to the other side.