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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
I completely loved this book and I was really hesitant about giving it a try. It had everything I love! An interesting plot, great characters, beautifully built 'fantasy' world, good vs evil action and a love story without too much romance. I could fall into a book like this everyday! I strongly recommend giving this book a shot even if it isn't among your traditional reading style. This will now be one of my all time favorites!
Whoa. This novel was crazy unpredictable and original without veering into the completely unbelievable. It's one fo the most moving love stories I've ever read. It's part crime novel, part dystopian, part philosophy. Most of the action takes place after the main character dies. It's an afterlife like nothing you've ever imagined. There are some echoes of things like The Dark Tower series and American Gods, but the story is wholly original. And the writing! Descriptive but concise, full of cliffhangers without feeling manipulative, snappy but realistic dialogue, and near perfect pacing. The only quibble I had was with the first chapter, which is totally confusing until later on. It seemed so out of place that I actually flipped ahead to make sure the copy I had didn't somehow have the wrong copy! It all makes sense later and I'm not sure how else that could have been done, but it made for a confusing start. I'm not surprised this is already being made into a movie by Ron Howard.
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Hmmm... I liked it but there was a lot going on! Kind of like a more violent version of What Dreams May Come. Might work better as a movie for me, just easier to follow.
I liked this book, though its a little closer to horror than I like to venture.
Just when I started to doubt, bang - a change comes through that gives it it new life (or should that be new afterlife).
Don't really understand the ending, kind of feel like I missed something there. Maybe there is a clue in the reviews below - will take a look.
Just when I started to doubt, bang - a change comes through that gives it it new life (or should that be new afterlife).
Don't really understand the ending, kind of feel like I missed something there. Maybe there is a clue in the reviews below - will take a look.
Couldn't finish it. Stopped at page 146. Started well but then became a chore to read.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Entertaining and enjoyable
This was an entertaining book. The author put a lot of thought into creating an interesting and believable world for this story, and I enjoyed all the different discoveries the characters came across throughout. The Echo and all its many layers was an interesting way to think of the afterlife. I also found the love story between the two main characters to be much more realistic and relatable than most other books I've read. While at times it was still a bit sappy, it was also kind of refreshing to read about love between two normal, average people.
This was an entertaining book. The author put a lot of thought into creating an interesting and believable world for this story, and I enjoyed all the different discoveries the characters came across throughout. The Echo and all its many layers was an interesting way to think of the afterlife. I also found the love story between the two main characters to be much more realistic and relatable than most other books I've read. While at times it was still a bit sappy, it was also kind of refreshing to read about love between two normal, average people.
Wow! It has been quite some time since I have read something pioneering and primitive. A story that takes the imagination for a wild ride, compelling the psyche to bend and flex with each new tripping concept.
“We don’t really understand life at all. What it means, what it is, even how it began. Physics tells us things fall apart, but life is the opposite of that. Life grows, spreads, changes. It’s like the reverse of entropy.”
Afterlife delivers on so many levels – a twisted promulgation and a deeply guttural conceptualization of the life, death, life cycle.
“Again. Again. Again. The worlds blurred around him. The sky lowered and loomed. Buildings shook and shattered. Reality flowed like candle wax.”
“We don’t really understand life at all. What it means, what it is, even how it began. Physics tells us things fall apart, but life is the opposite of that. Life grows, spreads, changes. It’s like the reverse of entropy.”
Afterlife delivers on so many levels – a twisted promulgation and a deeply guttural conceptualization of the life, death, life cycle.
“Again. Again. Again. The worlds blurred around him. The sky lowered and loomed. Buildings shook and shattered. Reality flowed like candle wax.”
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No