My thanks to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for an eARC of this book to read and review.

This is supposed to be a funny book. I did not find it to be so. It was trying too hard. Tasteless and tone-deaf, yes. Funny, no.

But everyone has a different sense of humor, so please do not take what I say too seriously. It might be your cup of tea. It just wasn't mine at all.

I DNF'd at page 18, as I could tell that far into this book the humor wasn't for me. I didn't hate it, it was just a poor fit for me.

1, not all jokes land well, star.

There is an unmistakable but often overlooked fact of life, Life Wants You Dead. It may be sooner or later but eventually life will get its “death” wish. In this book, the author offers the many ways death is around every corner just waiting to come for you. The result is a hilarious laugh-out-loud comedic tale. 5 stars and a favorite!

Thanks to Chronicle Books and NetGalley for a digital review copy of the book.

This book was hilarious! Life Wants You Dead gave me the giggles.

I definitely enjoy satire and dark humor. I would keep a book like this on hand for laughing purposes. The imagery, the Dirk slander and the end of chapter quizzes had me cracking up.

This book lightened my load after a long and stressful work week. Take some time and read this book. You won't regret it.


I have to purchase a physical copy of this to keep on my coffee table.

Don't take life too seriously.

I volunteered to read an ARC of this book through NetGalley.

I wasn't very amused by this book. I had a couple of good looks but skimmed most of it. I did like the inclusion of images, fake interviews, and other fun little add-inds.

This book is absolutely trying too hard to be funny. It's dumb humor, which isn't my jam at all. I expected too much, perhaps.

My thanks to both NetGalley and the publisher Chronicle Books for an advance copy of this book that looks at the many things in the world that are plotting to kill us, the steps we can take to mitigate that risk, and why we should all just give up and embrace the inevitable.

The great thing about living in the modern age is that you don't have to be paranoid to acknowledge the fact that just about everything is trying to end our lives. The body one knows so well after years of eating the same thing, decides, nope we are no allergic to that, and shuts down the whole body. In need of urgent medical care your ambulance is hit by a Tesla whose self-driving mode shows clear roads and only children in the crosswalk, so floors it. By the time one arrives in the hospital a remote office worker for your insurance company earns himself a dollar bonus by refusing to pay for any life-saving care for you. None of these are enemies or conspiracy plotters, this is just the world we have created. Life Wants You Dead:A Calm, Rational, and Totally Legit Guide to Scaring Yourself Safe written by Evan Waite and illustrated by Paula Searing is a guide to life's threats and what one can do to face them, and deal with them, hopefully before they get you.

The book is broken into chapters. The body, the medical profession, the educational system, and other things. There is a handy chart at the end to show fears that one has not thought of, which helps one acknowledge that the world is a bad place. Also a helpful collection of telephone numbers is offered, from 911, poison control, and other helpful places. There are helpful chapters, how to make one distasteful to cannibals, and how to avoid gadgets, and macaroni necklaces that might kill one prematurely.

The writer Evan Waite is a seasoned writer for numerous television shows, and magazine, who currently is a co-executive producer for The Family Guy cartoon. This makes sense as a lot of this reads as bits from Seth McFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West. Some of the chapters are really very funny, some just don't hit as well. Comedy is subjective so what makes me laugh is not what others will find funny. I'm not sure who the audience would be here. I can see this as a good gift for that paranoid Newsmax watching Uncle, who thinks that Pizzagate is coming for him. A nice easy read for those who are sure it's the end of the world and they are fine with it.

This is meant to be a funny book, and it tries really hard, but I don't think I even cracked a smile once. I consider my sense of humor pretty goofy, but this just wasn't funny.. And I thought, maybe it's for younger people, but the language made me think that wasn't true either.
Not everyone is the same, and other people might enjoy this. It covers pretty much every modern topic and it's very light-hearted.
Thanks go NetGalley for allowing me to read this.

This book was just damned enjoyable. Nothing serious about it, nothing super impactful, just good fun.

I expected this to be funny but it definitely ends up trying too hard to be humorous with barely any breaks throughout. I was hoping to learn something but it really seemed like all the book wanted to do was try to make me laugh.