An Undertaker's Diary: Putting you in the same room as Death!

by Paul R. Seymour

An Undertaker's Diary is based on the diaries that the author kept during his 7 years as an undertaker. The stories are told 'through his eyes' and in a 'raw and down to earth way that will absorb the reader in each and every varied encounter with death. This is not for the 'fainted hearted' and contains gruesome and often disturbing accounts of tragedy and death from plane crashes to house fires, murders to hit and runs. If you have ever wanted to be a 'fly on the wall' at some of the most disturbing scenes imaginable... this is the book for you!

Genres: Nonfiction

172 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2006

Reviews

[Nicole Stimson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the stories in this book, took me a few dozen pages to get used to the writing style but as a fellow funeral director I'm glad to know the special type of humour that we have is shared through the generations. Found my self actually laughing out loud a few times. Quick read, great for a lazy afternoon.

[Fiona · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had high hopes for this, perhaps my disappointment lay in the fact I have read many more of this genre which were better written. Short book based on the authors experience of collecting bodies and body parts from scenes.I paid for this and do not feel it was worth it.

[Garry Marlton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story was interesting but the writing style you would say not by an author as it appeared quite simple. A bit more expansion of language would have givin the story more detail, but still worth a read.

[Tara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my type of book. I thought it was going to be great, but it was very poorly written. Full of one liners, no details. I can't even get through it. Wasn't what I thought it would be.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Use of capitals letter was pretty annoying and the pictures where too blurry, yes I am slightly morbid and would have liked to have seen more. Not bad for a quick read though.

[Kendal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting, though I didn't like the style very much. It really is a "diary", like a stream of conscious on a few memorable cases.