Everlost: Why Do I Read So Many Books About Death?

Neil Shusterman is a genius. He is wacky, and his writing varies from stories about children being taken apart and having their body parts "recycled" to stories about Barbies coming to life. With his book "Everlost", he continues to use original plots.
One of the first mysteries that a person encounters is "Where do you go when you die?" Whatever you believe in, whether it is hell or heaven, purgatory or Nirvana, or even if you believe that you are reincarnated as a bug and the light at the end of the tunnel is really a bug zapper, we all have ideas. But, what if you don't make it?
That is the question that "Everlost" is all about. If you miss the light, where do you go? You go to Everlost, a land where you don't have to breathe, there are no adults, you can't get hurt, you sink to the center of the Earth if you stand in one place for too long, and an evil monster haunts everyone, waiting to rip out their tongues.
Nick and Allie are both killed in a car crash, and are both thrown into Everlost. They want to get back home, and they believe they can. The boy they meet, who they name Leif, doesn't believe they can. Leif lives in fear of the evil monster and of sinking into the ground. Who is right? I believe that Leif should not live a life surrounded by fear, but by the sound of it, going out into Everlost means that you are doomed. As doomed as a dead person can be.

P.S. I commented on Adam's blog.