Reviews with content warning for Self harm - Love After Love

This was such a beautiful story, I love the complexities of love and what a family can look like. This does have heeaavvyyyyy triggers so read with care. This is a multi POV story and at times I found it difficult to separate the voices and where we were in time, if it was present or a flashback moment.

⚠️- repeated self harm (some explicit scenes), homophobia and slurs, murder

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sakisreads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional slow-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? No

5.0

Oh, Love After Love 🥹 What a superb story!

There is a definite undercurrent of sadness in everyone’s stories; Betty’s, Mr. Chetan’s, Solo’s… The content warnings will be included for each of them below.

But this book also highlights the beauties of love in its many different forms; not just romantic, but familial and in friendship too ❤️ I was so touched by Betty and Mr. Chetan’s decades-long friendship. When you find a gem of a friend like that, keep them close 🙋🏻‍♀️

I couldn’t rewrite a story but if I could, I WOULD HAVE PROTECTED MR. CHETAN AT ALL COSTS AND NEVER LET HIM DIE 😫

Truly a phenomenal set of stories, written in patois. I need more books like this in my life 🥰 5 out of 5 stars for me, thank you 🏳️‍🌈✨

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sgrizzle's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

My rating doesn’t reflect the quality, just my personal experience reading. It was hard to follow at first because of the formatting and colloquial writing style, but I did get into a rhythm with it. Ultimately it was just so dang sad, and while there was a glimpse of hope at the end, it was so so sad, and right now everything is sad and so it was rough.

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simoneg's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.25

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s_mivsek's review

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challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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christinaalex's review

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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absolute_bookery's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Gah this was sad! I've never read any books from Trinidad but I really enjoyed it. It was quite long and felt like it could have been shorter but a good book that touched on some sad topics.

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miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-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

Crying

‘You can't force understanding.’

A bit little life-y
Was caught v off guard

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