Hans is Dead by Brian Barton

Hans Is Dead

By Brian Barton

Flying. Dreaming. Grieving. 

Join the essayist as he turns his lens on his passion for flying, a favorite dream, and the artistic legacies of Glenn Frey, David Bowie, and Alan Rickman. It’s all in Hans Is Dead. 

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MY REVIEW OF Hans is Dead

This is an essay that the author wrote, expressing his feelings on losing a couple of music icons, and a movie legend. He describes how he felt when he discovered that Glen Frey, co-founder and lead singer of the Eagles had died. He had just gotten over the death of British singer David Bowie. And then soon after, actor Allen Rickman died. Then, there is further discussion of how Rickman is remembered as Professor Snape from the Harry Potter series, and not as Hans Gruber of the Die Hard series.

I enjoyed all the banter about growing up listening to the Eagles music through the years. I share basically the same memories. I also thought Allan Rickman was a very talented actor, and loved him as Hans Gruber. These things I understood. But the essay starts with the author telling of his love of airplanes, and dreams. The dreaming part was confusing. I didn’t know if he was telling a dream, or changing from a human to a bird or something else, maybe the wind. He didn’t translate that very well at all. The subjects didn’t transition together in the plot at all. I think the author needs to work on making that work out more. His writings would certainly be more interesting then.

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**The above opinions are 100% my own, whether I purchased the book or it was given to me to review.

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