ame_why's review against another edition
4.0
Entertaining and enjoyable
This was an entertaining book. The author put a lot of thought into creating an interesting and believable world for this story, and I enjoyed all the different discoveries the characters came across throughout. The Echo and all its many layers was an interesting way to think of the afterlife. I also found the love story between the two main characters to be much more realistic and relatable than most other books I've read. While at times it was still a bit sappy, it was also kind of refreshing to read about love between two normal, average people.
This was an entertaining book. The author put a lot of thought into creating an interesting and believable world for this story, and I enjoyed all the different discoveries the characters came across throughout. The Echo and all its many layers was an interesting way to think of the afterlife. I also found the love story between the two main characters to be much more realistic and relatable than most other books I've read. While at times it was still a bit sappy, it was also kind of refreshing to read about love between two normal, average people.
elste's review against another edition
4.0
Wow! It has been quite some time since I have read something pioneering and primitive. A story that takes the imagination for a wild ride, compelling the psyche to bend and flex with each new tripping concept.
“We don’t really understand life at all. What it means, what it is, even how it began. Physics tells us things fall apart, but life is the opposite of that. Life grows, spreads, changes. It’s like the reverse of entropy.”
Afterlife delivers on so many levels – a twisted promulgation and a deeply guttural conceptualization of the life, death, life cycle.
“Again. Again. Again. The worlds blurred around him. The sky lowered and loomed. Buildings shook and shattered. Reality flowed like candle wax.”
“We don’t really understand life at all. What it means, what it is, even how it began. Physics tells us things fall apart, but life is the opposite of that. Life grows, spreads, changes. It’s like the reverse of entropy.”
Afterlife delivers on so many levels – a twisted promulgation and a deeply guttural conceptualization of the life, death, life cycle.
“Again. Again. Again. The worlds blurred around him. The sky lowered and loomed. Buildings shook and shattered. Reality flowed like candle wax.”
bassgirl456's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
hayhay321's review against another edition
4.0
This was an intriguing book. At its heart it's a love story, but it seemed to jump genres from crime drama to post-apocalyptic to supernatural thriller. For someone who can generally see a few moves ahead in the plot line, this one took me by surprise and kept me guessing. It also made me stop and think, and gave me a new perspective with which to look around at the seemingly mundane details that make up "life".
dmwhipp's review against another edition
3.0
I was drawn to this after hearing that Ron Howard and Brian Grazer were making a film adapation. An interesting love story that features a love that transcends life itself. Decent enough, but frankly, I found the evil and in the afterlife and the grayness a bit depressing.
library_jones's review against another edition
5.0
Full disclosure: I received a copy of this book through a Goodreads giveaway.
[b:Afterlife|33816696|Afterlife|Marcus Sakey|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492464167s/33816696.jpg|54731467] by Marcus Sakey is a thrilling story that features an imaginative and unique take on life after death. It also raises intriguing moral and philosophical questions about life, love, and death. The story is told in a fast-paced 300 pages that contain epic sci-fi action. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and look forward to reading more of Sakey's work.
[b:Afterlife|33816696|Afterlife|Marcus Sakey|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492464167s/33816696.jpg|54731467] by Marcus Sakey is a thrilling story that features an imaginative and unique take on life after death. It also raises intriguing moral and philosophical questions about life, love, and death. The story is told in a fast-paced 300 pages that contain epic sci-fi action. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and look forward to reading more of Sakey's work.
erincharp's review against another edition
4.0
This was described as Ghost meets The Matrix, and I would agree with that. FBI Agent Will Brody is hunting down a sniper who is terrorizing the city of Chicago. With 18 kills under his belt and no solid leads, Brody and his supervisor [and secret girlfriend] Claire McCoy are getting desperate. Following a lead, Will ends up in a church that blows up. He wakes up without a scratch to a deserted street. Meanwhile, Claire is standing over his dead body.
What follows is a life after this life, where Claire and Will desperately seek each other--and the sniper--again and again. This was an easy read, as well as enjoyable. A little bit of a love story, some science-fiction, some religion, some crime, and it all meshed together well.
What follows is a life after this life, where Claire and Will desperately seek each other--and the sniper--again and again. This was an easy read, as well as enjoyable. A little bit of a love story, some science-fiction, some religion, some crime, and it all meshed together well.
imzadirose's review against another edition
4.0
Received from NetGalley for my honest review
Completed 3/26/18
320 page ebook
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. At first, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it, as it starts in one direction (not part of the blurb) and I was like "huh?" but then it goes into the heart of the story and it gets good. Then, the beginning starts to come around and it all gets brought together and it was very good and interesting.
I definitely liked Brody, Claire and their connection. It was an interesting concept and done really well as well. The afterlife is a neat place, not what I was expecting for the most part. It was an intriguing setting, one that you think about for quite a while.
Definitely recommended for Fantasy fans, fans of Sakey and people who like things not so cookie cutter as a lot of books out there. This one stands out and is memorable.
Setting = A
Plot = A
Conflict = A
Characters = A
Theme = A
Completed 3/26/18
320 page ebook
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. At first, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it, as it starts in one direction (not part of the blurb) and I was like "huh?" but then it goes into the heart of the story and it gets good. Then, the beginning starts to come around and it all gets brought together and it was very good and interesting.
I definitely liked Brody, Claire and their connection. It was an interesting concept and done really well as well. The afterlife is a neat place, not what I was expecting for the most part. It was an intriguing setting, one that you think about for quite a while.
Definitely recommended for Fantasy fans, fans of Sakey and people who like things not so cookie cutter as a lot of books out there. This one stands out and is memorable.
Setting = A
Plot = A
Conflict = A
Characters = A
Theme = A