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A review by akvolcano
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.5
Honestly it just feels like the author put all the drafts together and made a book out of it. It feels like it’s the same story rewritten over and over again, with slight changes. Wouldn’t recommend reading. The book itself is an interesting concept, but it was not executed well at all. When I read that the main character has multiple lives, I was excited! But the character doesn’t remember their past lives. And recantation is mentioned twice in the book, but both times are offhand and not really a big deal/significance. Pretty disappointed. I also couldn’t find any of the characters to be lovable, it feels like I barely knew them. Also-idk if it was just me, but the amount of graphic violence and/or uncomfortable topics was completely unnecessary to the story line. Perhaps two or three would have been consumable, but dang not this much.
Graphic: Child death, Cultural appropriation, Miscarriage, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Racism, Classism, Domestic abuse, War, Genocide, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Ableism, Colonisation, and Pregnancy