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What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

32 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

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Content Warnings

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

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

lizschultz24's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Death, and Suicide

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This is another of a multitude of slice of life books I’ve been reading recently. Yet this is I believe the first time that I’ve read about a person who is a Quaker in the modern day timeline. Learning about Issac and his ties to this particular chosen faith was a cool learning experience for someone (aka me) who wasn’t familiar with the inner workings. Yet, this book is more than just Issac and his faith. This story encompasses Evangeline, (which means good news in its original Greek) who is sixteen and pregnant. Lorrie, who lost her husband and son to suicide. Jonah, the aforementioned dead son. Daniel, Isaac’s son who was killed by a person close to him. Although there is sadness and emotion, this is about a Pacific Northwest small community bringing themselves together to help each other, seek forgiveness and try to cope with the meaning of a higher power & what it means to live and let live. What Happens After is essentially revealing what people go through when they continue to live even after the people we love have been buried. The timeline does have flashbacks to give us further backstory but it’s intentional to the storyline.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty and Sexual assault

haunteya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.5

loved the characters even though they could be annoying at times. very lovely writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Abandonment

lizsurber'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity and Adult/minor relationship

thespinystacks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This was a slow burn that hit hard with emotions. Switching timelines and wondering about this skittish teenage girl leads you to turning page after page in this 400 + pager. 

This is a book rich in imagery and character backstory and development. If you don’t love a character driven story, I’d say to skip this. But I loved it. It was much more emotional than I thought it was going to be, and sometimes a reader needs that surprise!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

vinsynt'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I didn’t come to this book expecting to find such a beautiful story of found family and spiritual awakening.

Possibly has the most heart of any mystery I’ve read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment

lynchca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Rape, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Drug use, Child death, Alcohol, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

bookndaisies's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Abandonment, Animal death, Murder, and Rape