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Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

16 reviews

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

fe_aye's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

Oh my GODS this book is amazing. The perfect sapphic story to read for pride month I am so glad I picked this one up. I laughed, I cried, I had an existential crisis. Poppy and Ash’s story is amazing to watch unfold, you feel every part of the journey with them. Well done Tanya Byrne, you should be very proud of this I commend you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

dazzle_spider_reader_1212's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

r0bin_05's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcohol

solliereads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

The best word I can use to describe this book is haunting, in both a literal and metaphorical sense. I found myself unable to put it down, and I felt so captivated by Poppy and Ash's story. I especially found the first part difficult to stop reading, the author beautifully weaves tragedy and romance together and it leaves you winded as you know exactly what's going to happen but you still desparately want them to have that happy ending. I also really enjoyed the whole concept of reaping, and how it happens although I somewhat wish some more time had been devoted to building that other world up, I recognise that this story wouldn't be what it was without that lampshade on Ash's emotional journey. I would highly recommend this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, and Child death

devynvictoria's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. I’m glad we got the backstory to Poppy and Ash’s relationship, but I would have liked more of the reaper plot line. I’m going to echo the sentiment that I think this would have been a better read if it was an adult novel and the characters were adults. Last note is thar the author talks about what shoes Ash is wearing way, way too many times, holy cow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Murder and Alcohol

emilycrowleyyy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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 Homophobia

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Cancer and Alcohol

caseythereader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-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

3.75

Thanks to Macmillan Books for the free advance copy of this book.

 - AFTERLOVE is, somehow, the Kill Your Gays book I didn't know I needed.
- Ash and Poppy's love story burns fast and bright, and knowing from the first page that Ash was going to die makes it both worse and better.
- I kind of wish this was an adult novel instead of YA so the world and logistics of the reaper system could have been rounded out more. However, the intensity of teenage feelings was perfect for this short and painfully sweet story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

ellewg's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

karapillar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book left me aching. I never wanted it to end. I smiled through so much of it, and I cried real tears more than once. The writing is unique but not annoying, and the story is tragically beautiful. The only complaint I have is that I didn’t read it earlier.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism