A review by girlreading
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

4.0

3.75* There are a lot of mixed reviews for Afterworlds, so I was a bit hesitant about picking it up but I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed reading all about the publishing world and having a little glimpse into authors lives during Darcy's chapters. I found that so intriguing! I thought Lizzie's chapters were fun too, but over all, I felt the book as a whole was a little bit disjointed. It's described as 'a novel within a novel' which is defiantly is, although I found that it just felt like two totally different books (which I'm guessing was the point). I'm just not entirely sure how well it worked! I enjoyed both stories but I felt as though whenever I was getting into a chapter, I was very quickly pulled away from that world into a totally new one. I don't feel I got to know the characters and their stories as well as I could have. It just left me wanting to know more about both Lizzie's and Darcy's stories. I almost wanted a separate book for the both of them. Overall, I did enjoy Afterworlds and I'm glad I read it, but I now understand why the reviews for this book are so mixed.