Reviews tagging 'Death'

Life After Death by Sister Souljah

3 reviews

soul_over_it's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

"The Coldest Winter Ever" is my favorite book to the point that I have read it several times over and the pages are falling out. I have also read the spinoff character books, so I was extremely excited to find a sequel had finally been written. However, this book left me extremely disappointed and I am still not sure what to make of it. I will say that the writing is still very descriptive, but at times I wish it wasn't. This book took me a year to read because it was so ridiculous I had to put it down twice. The second time I picked it back up just so I could finish it, not because I was actually interested in the ending. I did not go in with an expectation of what I had hoped for Winter, but this was definitely not it and by the end, it mostly felt like just a push on religion.  Nonetheless, Winter is still Winter and I have yet to decide if that is good or bad. If you are hoping for those descriptions of materialism, sex, and violence, that part of the writing does not disappoint, but sadly the rest does. I would have preferred no sequel at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abortion, Sexual content, Drug use, Cursing, and Rape

There is a portion of bestiality that I wish would have just been left out.

thissagreads's review against another edition

INCREDIBLY disappointed with direction of this book, and I also hated the great Nia Long’s narration. The Brooklyn accent was in and out, and the text itself was frustrating. There was religion being pushed, homophobia, and the main character (the reason so many readers tried reading this book!) was so annoying. Her focus was trying to get in bed with every other man, and was no longer hustle focused. She should’ve matured after 15yrs but she didn’t and I couldn’t finish. It was too boring and too ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

WHY WAS WINTER STILL TRYING TO GET WITH MIDNIGHT?! AND WHY IS SHE WEIRDLY OBSESSED WITH HER DAD!? Also, she’s literally nobody and she was pitched a reality tv show??? Come on 😂 nothing about that is realistic!

deepcurvesahead's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit