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Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

17 reviews

mandoriin's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

you know what they say about lesbian relationships…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Gore and Racism

mel_j's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This was cute, but nothing special. It had some lovely quotes, but the relationship was too insta-lovey for me. They felt too focused on each other – I thought Ash was going to mourn the loss of her family more, but all she could think of was Poppy.

I did like the illustrations – the roses! The moths! – and I loved Esen and Dev.
Maybe I'm too old now for YA, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Suicide attempt, Racism, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Outing, and Medical trauma

awkwardimagination's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Much better than I expected it to be. Ihad so many thoughts while reading this, but now I know nothing. A lot of the character decisions pissed me off, just bc I hate when people are vague. I kinda really wish this wasn't a romance and we got to see Ash be a Grim Reaper for longer; I wish this was just a slice of life/coming of age sorta fantasy book I mean, I think that would've been fun to read.

I had quite a few issues with it actually, characters being vague is only part of it, but I did  still enjoy this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and Death

Minor: Lesbophobia, Violence, Vomit, Suicide, Racism, and Homophobia

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Grief, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Cancer, Classism, Abandonment, Addiction, and Religious bigotry

amazelan's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.0

ça m'a pas plu, et en vrai jsuis un peu déçu que ça m'ait pas plu. surtout, j'arrive pas à trouver de points positifs à ce livre hormis la représentation diverse.
j'ai trouvé l'écriture banale, vraiment pas incroyable. en fait c'est très YA dans le sens cliché du terme, même si j'arriverais pas à exprimer précisément pourquoi. 
et surtout, surtout, la romance m'a fait ni chaud ni froid. c'est trop rapide, irréaliste, et si niais?? trop pour moi en tout cas. le fait que ça soit l'élément central du livre explique pourquoi je l'ai si peu aimé. en +, les personnages sont complètement définies par la romance, j'ai pas réussi à m'y attacher ou à ressentir quoique ce soit quand il leur arrivait des trucs. et du coup les personnages secondaires sont pas du tout creusé.es, ce qui est carrément dommage vu qu'au moins elleux auraient pas été défini.es par l'amour. 
c'est dommage parce que le début vend du suspense, un univers intéressant. mais au final l'univers est pas du tout exploré, on apprend rien dessus. et après le début on doit attendre 100 pages (sur 289 pour l'ebook) pour qu'il y ait un tout petit peu d'action. couvert, toujours, sous le rose bonbon de la romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Death, Blood, Car accident, and Violence

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness

pey333's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, and Homophobia

Minor: Racism and Murder

solliereads's review

dark 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? Yes

5.0

The best word I can use to describe this book is haunting, in both a literal and metaphorical sense. I found myself unable to put it down, and I felt so captivated by Poppy and Ash's story. I especially found the first part difficult to stop reading, the author beautifully weaves tragedy and romance together and it leaves you winded as you know exactly what's going to happen but you still desparately want them to have that happy ending. I also really enjoyed the whole concept of reaping, and how it happens although I somewhat wish some more time had been devoted to building that other world up, I recognise that this story wouldn't be what it was without that lampshade on Ash's emotional journey. I would highly recommend this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, Suicide, Alcohol, and Racism

Minor: Cancer, Child death, and Bullying

ellewg's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Lesbophobia, Death, Homophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Racism, and Xenophobia

em_of_swags's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book ripped my heart to pieces and glued it back together like five times. It was worth it though, loved it so much.

Something about it was also quite soothing, a love letter to life but still diving into death not needing to be so scary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Lesbophobia, Violence, Homophobia, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Suicide

torispring's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, and Lesbophobia