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fictionalsarah's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Child death
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, War, and Gun violence
Minor: Pregnancy
allyordyna's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This struck me as very true. An amazing sequel that *also* ripped up my heart and sewed it back together a little kinder, with more understanding of life, eternity, and divinity.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Grief
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Bullying
Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Infertility, Mental illness, and War
jinglebellyee's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I actually loved this more than The Five People You Meet in Heaven. This is supposed to be a sequel, told from Annie’s perspective, which is one of the people whom Eddie met when he was still alive. Maybe it’s just me, but Annie’s story was more compelling.. and a lot more heartbreaking.
The five people she met when she visited heaven.. were also a lot more relatable. There were times when I had to put the book away so that I could wipe my tears and take a deep breath before I continue reading. The first time was when the old lady with the gunshot wound revealed herself to be Annie’s dog, Cleo. Cleo was introduced so, so well. Totally did not see that coming and I’m glad Annie got to reunite with her old buddy once again. When Annie met her mother, it was yet another heart-wrenching moment. Both of them started sharing secrets and the hard truths they have been keeping from each other. Something they should have done while the mother was still alive but well, we never know what we have until it's gone. Annie’s story with her husband Paulo was a good one as well -- how they met, how he did not find her weird and freaky but instead fell in love with her. It was a bit unbelievable to know that both of them were still single, and still very much in love with each other when they coincidentally met each other at the hospital like a decade later. The story ending delivered another shock as well -- was totally not expecting Annie to have survived the fateful accident after she offered to give up one of her lungs to Paulo (but sadly, he did not survive). It makes them seem like star-crossed lovers -- fell in love while they were teens, got separated since Paulo moved to Italy, reunited a decade later and fell in love again, got married for a day and accident struck..
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Death, and Miscarriage
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