The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! đ
thereadinggoblin's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Violence, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cancer, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Suicide
bookcaptivated's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Car accident
Moderate: Grief, Child death, and Blood
Minor: Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Cancer, Classism, Abandonment, Addiction, and Religious bigotry
amazelan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.0
j'ai trouvĂ© l'Ă©criture banale, vraiment pas incroyable. en fait c'est trĂšs YA dans le sens clichĂ© du terme, mĂȘme si j'arriverais pas Ă exprimer prĂ©cisĂ©ment pourquoi.Â
et surtout, surtout, la romance m'a fait ni chaud ni froid. c'est trop rapide, irrĂ©aliste, et si niais?? trop pour moi en tout cas. le fait que ça soit l'Ă©lĂ©ment central du livre explique pourquoi je l'ai si peu aimĂ©. en +, les personnages sont complĂštement dĂ©finies par la romance, j'ai pas rĂ©ussi Ă m'y attacher ou Ă ressentir quoique ce soit quand il leur arrivait des trucs. et du coup les personnages secondaires sont pas du tout creusĂ©.es, ce qui est carrĂ©ment dommage vu qu'au moins elleux auraient pas Ă©tĂ© dĂ©fini.es par l'amour.Â
c'est dommage parce que le dĂ©but vend du suspense, un univers intĂ©ressant. mais au final l'univers est pas du tout explorĂ©, on apprend rien dessus. et aprĂšs le dĂ©but on doit attendre 100 pages (sur 289 pour l'ebook) pour qu'il y ait un tout petit peu d'action. couvert, toujours, sous le rose bonbon de la romance.Â
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Death, Blood, Car accident, and Violence
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness
abbys's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Car accident, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Homophobia, and Death
Moderate: Blood
dazzle_spider_reader_1212's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Murder, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Lesbophobia, and Grief
modernathos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Byrne's writing style is distinctive in many ways, all of them positive; we follow the main character, Ash, a teenager, in a first person perspective, and it reads exactly like that.
Generally, I am not the biggest fan of love at first sight stories, but the way Ash and Poppy's relationship developed compensated for that.
As the story went on, especially from the point that
Something that I feel that needs to be mentioned is the character development of Ashana's mother. She was raised to have a negative opinion against homosexuality and, even when Ash comes out as a lesbian, she finds it hard to accept it, staying mostly (uncomfortably) silent. A few months later, however, when
Did this story have a lot of character development in the sense of the characters making mistakes and growing as they learn from them? No. Because it was not necessary. The story is about first (true) love, grief, acceptance, closure and goodbyes. The book is meant to be a cute read that will still leave you in tears when you finish it and that, it did perfectly.
If you are a lover of cute, useless lesbians, books you will need some time to recover from once you've finished it, and/or magic realism? Afterlove is definitely a book you should pick up.
To close off, the clear foreshadowing to Ash dying (which was possible because it is the main event of the book)? Ouch. /pos.
Rep: lesbian MC, MCOC, South-American MC, muslim character.
January 25th, 2023 - February 2nd, 2023.
"Maybe we'll burn bright for a few weeks then collapse in on ourselves, but Mr. Moreno says that's how galaxies are made anyways." - Before, chapter 5.
"[...] as we head under the bridge, I know that I'd follow her to the edge of the fucking world." - Before, hapter 6.
"I feel like I've loved you for a really long time, but it still isn't enough." - After, chapter 27.
Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, and Violence
Minor: Suicide, Body horror, and Murder
anniereads221's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Car accident, Body horror, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Vomit, Transphobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Suicide
jazminnnnnnn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Car accident, Homophobia, and Death
Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, Transphobia, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt
being_stupid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Car accident, Blood, Death, and Homophobia
Moderate: Grief and Murder
arminam's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Death
Minor: Vomit, Blood, Suicide, and Drug abuse