Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

55 reviews

poisonviolet's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

WOW!
I am so unsteady writing this. This book felt like the warmest hug from a long-lost friend. I cried, squealed, jumped up and down, and cried some more. I am so deeply in love with these characters and comforted by the author's brilliant and beautiful words. I will likely never recover from this one... so many tears have stained these pages. Long story short, read this book but be prepared for tears and an existential crisis.

The aches hanging heavy in my chest after reading this are inspired to write stories that make readers feel just like this.

THANK YOU TANYA BYRNE, YOU ARE A GENIUS

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

readingtempeh's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia

hazzardfreak02's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

It starts off slowly, I couldn't get into it at first. But I kept listening because the first chapter had hooked me so I wanted to learn more. Eventually it gets better, but I do wish the ending was definitive instead of leaving it up to the reader to decide what they think happens to the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, and Car accident

readingduckling's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I loved this book very much and it's a fantastic and sad story. 
I didn't like the Harry Potter references because I think after the things that she did we should avoid everything JKR like the plague. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Minor: Suicide

mangofraiche's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Homophobia, and Car accident

williamabookworm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Suicide

awkwardimagination's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Much better than I expected it to be. Ihad so many thoughts while reading this, but now I know nothing. A lot of the character decisions pissed me off, just bc I hate when people are vague. I kinda really wish this wasn't a romance and we got to see Ash be a Grim Reaper for longer; I wish this was just a slice of life/coming of age sorta fantasy book I mean, I think that would've been fun to read.

I had quite a few issues with it actually, characters being vague is only part of it, but I did  still enjoy this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and Lesbophobia

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Classism

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

They thought I wouldn't notice that this is clearly fanfiction of a 2003 USA show cancelled after two seasons. Luckily for them I really like Dead Like Me and I think this uses the premise in an interesting way with way more representation. It is a book I really wish I had at 16 and has an interesting take on life and grief. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

pomp_arealph's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death