Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

63 reviews

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I was going to give it 4.5 stars because the plot at the beginning was kind of slow but I was so captivated by the plot twists and storyline that I can forgive it for being slower at the beginning. I can't wait to be able to reread this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

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

silly_snail's review against another edition

emotional 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? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

fuqing_god's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, 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

mel_j's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

2.0

This was cute, but nothing special. It had some lovely quotes, but the relationship was too insta-lovey for me. They felt too focused on each other – I thought Ash was going to mourn the loss of her family more, but all she could think of was Poppy.

I did like the illustrations – the roses! The moths! – and I loved Esen and Dev.
Maybe I'm too old now for YA, though.

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Content Warnings

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

funny hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

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

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

meganjagde'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia and Grief

Minor: Vomit

carolined314's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Car accident