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4.57 AVERAGE
4.57 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Imagine how high the ratings on this book would be if the god botherers realised this wasn't for them?!
Absolutely loved it. Cannot wait to reread and then return to the afterlife when book 2 is out.
Absolutely loved it. Cannot wait to reread and then return to the afterlife when book 2 is out.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, War
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry
Minor: Child death, Self harm, Suicide attempt
Lily has cancer and dies few months after her diagnosis. She makes it to the Afterlife where she goes through judgement, gets her paradise and as a major fuck you to everyone who said she would go to hell in her life, goes down to work in hell. She makes friends with rhe demon at the gate and meets Bel, whom she falls for. In the process she meets Sharkie, and adopts her. The growth and beauty we see in Lily, is just beautiful.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
tense
medium-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:
Yes
Wanted to love it but just so so so much pregnancy kink
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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:
Complicated
Oh my God just fucking beautiful masterpiece
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, Terminal illness
Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Self harm, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt
This book deals with A Lot of heavy and triggering topics, but in my opinion is worth it. It's a good discussion with yourself on allowing you to acknowledge the pain and suffering you went through or are going through in life and allowing yourself to heal and find peace, whatever that means to you.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Going into this book after watching the series, I had high expectations for the world-building and the stories. That probably lessened my experience. Don’t get me wrong — I liked this book. But I was expecting to love it, to want to devour it. Instead, I got a nice story with too many pages that, at times, I didn’t feel eager to pick back up.
There’s a lot to enjoy here. I loved learning how Lily and Bel met and why they’re so beloved in the afterlife. The story of Sharkie and her mother-daughter relationship was compelling, and I appreciated getting deeper into Bel’s trauma through the war storyline. The stories within the book are genuinely interesting, and I’m glad I got to read them.
What didn’t work as well for me was the format. It wasn’t a continuous day-to-day narrative, but it often felt like one, which sometimes confused me and left me with the sense of gaps in the story. It was more like watching TikToks of “a day in my life” than following a flowing arc. On top of that, the book tried to cover a lot — the birth of the help desk, Lily’s afterlife, Lily and Bel’s relationship, Sharkie’s story, and the multiverse war. All of these are good ideas, but in trying to tackle everything, I felt the book only skimmed the surface. With fewer threads, the story might have gone deeper and been even more impactful.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It is mildly entertaining and a fun concept but any type of conflict in this book gets resolved immediately so the plot isn’t that interesting