A review by aurel
After the Revolution by Robert Evans

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

Honestly glad I read it. I'm always hungry for fiction that draw on radical leftist understandings of power and the world. I didn't expect Roland to be my favourite character but he really, really is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and War

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual violence, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Medical content

*pats the side of the audiobook* This baby can hold SO MANY trigger warnings, but nothing feels especially exploitative or shock value-y, and the isms come almost exclusively from religious bigots, and are only dominant themes for part of the book. It's just a hard story set in a hard world, with some comfort and pleasure packed in around the edges, where folk can find it