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yungokssss's review
4.0
Unexpected!
An awesome and amazing book. I've been putting this one off for a while - and when I finally picked it up I was shocked to find that it was marvelous! It had an amazing twist at the end, and the book itself was a new and interesting concept.
An awesome and amazing book. I've been putting this one off for a while - and when I finally picked it up I was shocked to find that it was marvelous! It had an amazing twist at the end, and the book itself was a new and interesting concept.
sausome's review
3.0
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First, just let me say I had the hardest time finding this book in here or on Google because the ARC is called "The After", not the "Everafter", which sounds worse, I think. Anyway, this book is alright. It's actually sort of depressing -- not just because the story is about a girl who is dead and figuring her way around the after-space she's in. It sort of winds up with this point that everyone is going to die anyway, and we just live in our memories, and pretty much every moment we have alive, we are also dead at the same time because the memory is still there of us alive while we can see it when we're dead. So then what the hell is the point of life and all that?! So yeah, this sends my head into an not happy place, and gives me the same fears of "what if there's nothing, just emptiness and blankness everywhere" that used to grip me as a child lying in bed at night.
So the three stars comes from the fact that all that I just said was prompted by this little bundle of words.
First, just let me say I had the hardest time finding this book in here or on Google because the ARC is called "The After", not the "Everafter", which sounds worse, I think. Anyway, this book is alright. It's actually sort of depressing -- not just because the story is about a girl who is dead and figuring her way around the after-space she's in. It sort of winds up with this point that everyone is going to die anyway, and we just live in our memories, and pretty much every moment we have alive, we are also dead at the same time because the memory is still there of us alive while we can see it when we're dead. So then what the hell is the point of life and all that?! So yeah, this sends my head into an not happy place, and gives me the same fears of "what if there's nothing, just emptiness and blankness everywhere" that used to grip me as a child lying in bed at night.
So the three stars comes from the fact that all that I just said was prompted by this little bundle of words.
joyousreads132's review
4.0
I don't quite know how to rate this book. On the one hand, the concept is brilliant and the writing, visceral. On the other, the order of events were so sporadic that I find myself confused at times. Maybe it was because of the randomness of the things Maddie lost that the flow of the book became at times, stilted.
I think this is one of those books that deserves to be read at least three times. Once, because I spent money on it and I have to read it. Twice, because I think that if I go back to that scene, I would understand what I'd just read. Thrice, to finally savour this as one of those unique books that will stay with you for a while.
On another note, this was not a good read on the eve of THE RAPTURE. (Freaking out over here!)
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I think this is one of those books that deserves to be read at least three times. Once, because I spent money on it and I have to read it. Twice, because I think that if I go back to that scene, I would understand what I'd just read. Thrice, to finally savour this as one of those unique books that will stay with you for a while.
On another note, this was not a good read on the eve of THE RAPTURE. (Freaking out over here!)
:)
trisha_thomas's review
2.0
For such a short book, I just struggled. I think the writing was very vague and never let me really like the am/is of Maddy. Also, I wasn't a fan of the age jump/skipping around where she'd be 7 and then 17 and 15 and then the is again. It just felt distracting and I wasn't interested enough to enjoy it.
michreadsmanybooks's review
4.0
I greatly enjoyed the concept in which The Everafter surrounds. I've read novels where the protagonist is overlooking their life and individuals that they've left behind after death, but I've never encountered a book where this character can go back and physically re-live those moments at the touch of a familiar object. I found it really fascinating to say the least, especially when the reader is given multiple glimpses into Madison's past which slowly help unravel the mysteries that seem to plague Madison when you first meet her.
There's quite a bit of anticipation that comes attached to this novel as well as an element of mystery. I love discovering new information that had previously been undisclosed as I read along. It didn't take me much time to get through this novel just because I couldn't wait to uncover more and more, my curiosity increasing when it came to Madison and her past, as well as how she wound up dead.
There are a few interesting twists in The Everafter that I didn't really see coming. To be honest, I didn't really know what to expect with this book because it was such unique territory for me. The end result as well as the in-betweens of this novel is distinctive and original. These qualities contributed to a constant guessing game while reading. I love when a book makes you think or when you come to a sudden halt, restructuring the information you've just come across in your head as if to conjure up possible theories or conclusions.
I find myself really drawn to novels where the main character is no longer living yet still has a story to tell. If you're like me, and you find books with such a concept interesting, I would definitely recommend The Everafter. It's mysterious, different, and it also brings up some interesting points and arguments about life which I found fascinating.
There's quite a bit of anticipation that comes attached to this novel as well as an element of mystery. I love discovering new information that had previously been undisclosed as I read along. It didn't take me much time to get through this novel just because I couldn't wait to uncover more and more, my curiosity increasing when it came to Madison and her past, as well as how she wound up dead.
There are a few interesting twists in The Everafter that I didn't really see coming. To be honest, I didn't really know what to expect with this book because it was such unique territory for me. The end result as well as the in-betweens of this novel is distinctive and original. These qualities contributed to a constant guessing game while reading. I love when a book makes you think or when you come to a sudden halt, restructuring the information you've just come across in your head as if to conjure up possible theories or conclusions.
I find myself really drawn to novels where the main character is no longer living yet still has a story to tell. If you're like me, and you find books with such a concept interesting, I would definitely recommend The Everafter. It's mysterious, different, and it also brings up some interesting points and arguments about life which I found fascinating.
willie_g's review
3.0
I liked the originality of this story. A love story that's not really a "love story", a mystery that's not really a "mystery". It was kind of strange though. It seemed as thought the book had no beginning and no real end. There wasn't a real "point" to the story, but not in a bad way really. Light, easy, quick reading.
krhansen's review against another edition
3.0
Madison Stanton knows she has died, but she doesn't know how, where she is, or how she got there. Alone, in a vast, dark space, the only company she has are the luminescent objects of all the items she has lost while alive. She discovers if she touches them, she is returned to the memory atatched to the item and can review parts of her life, and sometimes change them.
The premise of this book is different. Its a fresh spin on the afterlife. I did find it a bit challenging to navigate through, however. The begining is rather chaotic...she is floating in the "IS". She recognizes an object her boyfriend gave her. She touches it and time travels into the moment. This repeats itself over and over with no real plot to anchor her jumps. Once she starts landing on things that produce patterns though, the story picks up and the ending was good. I still wish that more of her life was shown through her object interactions. More questions were created than answered. I strugled to connect with Maddi's character for a long while. And I wasnt sure what I thought of Gabe, until the end. Some of the jumps in time I feel are unneccesary, and do little to nothing to move the story. Some of her perspectives seem skewed with stronger resonses happening at odd times...as she moves through different years of her life, for instance, her responses to thigs at 11 years old seem more mature than some she experiences at 16. She vacillates in a way that seems contradictory.
As the story progresses, so does her need and desire to discover how she died. It was a surprising twist I didnt see coming. That was good. But overall, the book is so-so and I am not sure I could reccomend it. I liked it well enough, but its not a steallar read.
The premise of this book is different. Its a fresh spin on the afterlife. I did find it a bit challenging to navigate through, however. The begining is rather chaotic...she is floating in the "IS". She recognizes an object her boyfriend gave her. She touches it and time travels into the moment. This repeats itself over and over with no real plot to anchor her jumps. Once she starts landing on things that produce patterns though, the story picks up and the ending was good. I still wish that more of her life was shown through her object interactions. More questions were created than answered. I strugled to connect with Maddi's character for a long while. And I wasnt sure what I thought of Gabe, until the end. Some of the jumps in time I feel are unneccesary, and do little to nothing to move the story. Some of her perspectives seem skewed with stronger resonses happening at odd times...as she moves through different years of her life, for instance, her responses to thigs at 11 years old seem more mature than some she experiences at 16. She vacillates in a way that seems contradictory.
As the story progresses, so does her need and desire to discover how she died. It was a surprising twist I didnt see coming. That was good. But overall, the book is so-so and I am not sure I could reccomend it. I liked it well enough, but its not a steallar read.
minty's review
1.0
This author is a good writer, but the story had so many levels of concept and rules that just got in the way of what could have been some lovely character development.
The definition of "lost" items seemed pretty ridiculous at times--spilling peas on the floor? A penny that she saw but chose not to pick up? Not lost. If those count, then every hair that ever fell out of her head should, too.
I had other issues with the manipulating of the original scene to find the object--how were the changes only so slight? wouldn't finding certain things lead to totally different events? (and she seems to definitely find her keys, and gabe his, in the original 'key' memory, so what's that about?)
It's particularly frustrating because the writing itself is good.
The definition of "lost" items seemed pretty ridiculous at times--spilling peas on the floor? A penny that she saw but chose not to pick up? Not lost. If those count, then every hair that ever fell out of her head should, too.
I had other issues with the manipulating of the original scene to find the object--how were the changes only so slight? wouldn't finding certain things lead to totally different events? (and she seems to definitely find her keys, and gabe his, in the original 'key' memory, so what's that about?)
It's particularly frustrating because the writing itself is good.