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What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

12 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I picked this book up as it is this year's Everybody Reads selection in the Northwest US.  It was a beautiful book about forgiveness and moving on after a tragedy.  I especially enjoyed learning more about the Quaker faith of one of the main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dementia

prairieraven's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

kloft1993's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity and Medical content

mbedrosian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dementia

falfy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Devastatingly beautiful. The writing was incredible. I couldn’t put it down 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Abandonment

jbraith's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

imstephtacular's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Death of parent

stevielynne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Medical content

chanreads_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

as someone who has dealt with premature death in my life, i had kind of hoped that this story would be an example of how to heal from such a tragic event (given the book title), but this was not at all that. it was an interesting read, however the plot kind of felt like one of those manipulative "how can i make the readers feel p a i n ?" kind of setups, but at the same time i can recognize that real life can actually be that messed up.

it was interesting how the author wrote isaac's first person perspective to really show how he just looks the other way with a lot of the people in his life. 

the tenderness with which Evangeline & Isaac greeted Emma into the world was very heart-warming, and made me hope that i one day have the same feelings towards my own children when the time comes.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Grief

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Drug use