After Birth by Elisa Albert

After Birth

Elisa Albert

208 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

"Captures our time with bracing propulsive energy and brilliant honesty . . . Albert is virtuosic." -- Washington Post Ari is isolated with a one-year-old son in a decayed upstate New York town. Then Mina appears, pregnant and alone. Suddenly the...

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Community Reviews Summary of 415 reviews

Moods

emotional 78%
challenging 71%
reflective 64%
dark 50%
funny 35%
sad 28%
informative 7%
inspiring 7%
tense 7%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 33%
fast 16%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 36% | No: 36% | Yes: 27%

Loveable characters?

No: 50% | It's complicated: 30% | Yes: 20%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 60% | Yes: 30% | It's complicated: 10%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 90% | It's complicated: 10%

Average rating

3.71

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