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mel_j's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
2.0
I did like the illustrations – the roses! The moths! – and I loved Esen and Dev.
Maybe I'm too old now for YA, though.
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Racism, Suicide, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Outing
martereadsbooks'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, and Car accident
Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
williamabookworm'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: 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
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: 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
amazelan's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.0
j'ai trouvé l'écriture banale, vraiment pas incroyable. en fait c'est très YA dans le sens cliché du terme, même si j'arriverais pas à exprimer précisément pourquoi.
et surtout, surtout, la romance m'a fait ni chaud ni froid. c'est trop rapide, irréaliste, et si niais?? trop pour moi en tout cas. le fait que ça soit l'élément central du livre explique pourquoi je l'ai si peu aimé. en +, les personnages sont complètement définies par la romance, j'ai pas réussi à m'y attacher ou à ressentir quoique ce soit quand il leur arrivait des trucs. et du coup les personnages secondaires sont pas du tout creusé.es, ce qui est carrément dommage vu qu'au moins elleux auraient pas été défini.es par l'amour.
c'est dommage parce que le début vend du suspense, un univers intéressant. mais au final l'univers est pas du tout exploré, on apprend rien dessus. et après le début 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.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness
abbys's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Suicide, Car accident, and Lesbophobia
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: Cancer, Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
mxdegroot'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: Child death, Death, Blood, and Car accident
Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Islamophobia, Grief, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Body horror, Suicide, and Murder
anniereads221's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Transphobia, and Vomit
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: Death, Homophobia, and Car accident
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail