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A review by falconerreader
After by Francine Prose
3.0
Full review here: http://falconerslibrary.blogspot.com/2015/07/review-after-by-francine-prose.html
The book suffers from lack of a rationale for the bad guys. It also has the same issues that The Giver does, in that the science fiction has an element of magic. How exactly does one use email to brainwash people? If you are looking for a cohesive plot, you will probably find the book frustrating. This is where it pays to think of the book as allegory, rather than speculative fiction. If you can do that, you will find a lot to think about, from how we treat "troubled" teens, to how passive we can be in the face of authority.
The book suffers from lack of a rationale for the bad guys. It also has the same issues that The Giver does, in that the science fiction has an element of magic. How exactly does one use email to brainwash people? If you are looking for a cohesive plot, you will probably find the book frustrating. This is where it pays to think of the book as allegory, rather than speculative fiction. If you can do that, you will find a lot to think about, from how we treat "troubled" teens, to how passive we can be in the face of authority.