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A review by emcelestial
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-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
4.75
Love love loved this book ☹️ Such an incredible story about love in all its forms — familial love, romantic love, platonic love, falling love and losing love. It was absolutely heart-wrenching, but I learnt so much from it and I’m glad I read this.
I loved that it split between the characters POVs because it really gave you deep insight into their feelings which made everything hit a lot deeper. Also, the depiction of Trinidadian culture was very well done; from the descriptions of food/cooking, the dialect, to the nasty parts like the raging homophobia in Trinidadian society. It was just a very REAL book and I throughly enjoyed it.
I loved that it split between the characters POVs because it really gave you deep insight into their feelings which made everything hit a lot deeper. Also, the depiction of Trinidadian culture was very well done; from the descriptions of food/cooking, the dialect, to the nasty parts like the raging homophobia in Trinidadian society. It was just a very REAL book and I throughly enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Self harm, Homophobia, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Mental illness