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Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
5.0
Reviewed By: Paperback Princesses
Afterworlds is a story unlike any other book I’ve ever read. Chapter one introduces the reader to Darcy, a novelist fresh out of high school with a brand new contract with a publishing company named Paradox. Chapter two, a chapter lined in black ink on the top and bottom, introduces us to Darcy’s protagonist Lizzie, the only person to survive a terrorist attack at DFW airport. From then on, each chapter alternates between Darcy’s life and Darcy’s book, introducing a whole new style of writing.
In Darcy’s life, you get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a writer in the YA community. You get to watch Darcy struggle as she makes edits to her story, and you get to watch her make friends and fall in love.
In Lizzie’s story, you see a girl who pretended to be dead so well that she actually sends herself to the afterworld. You see her try to solve mysteries and talk to ghosts, all while trying to live as a normal teenager and deal with life, parents, and a death-god boyfriend.
Afterworlds is a monster of a book at 599 pages, but don’t let that deter you from reading this one. This one is perfect for people who can’t focus on one book for too long. From one chapter to the next, I found myself wanting to know more and more about both Darcy and Lizzie, and even with the 599 page count, I sped through this one.
The only thing I didn’t like about it was some of the words seemed like they were taken directly from Westerfeld’s Uglies series, and that sort of brought me out of the story, since no one really calls something “nervous-making”. I could count the amount of times this happened on one hand.
I will definitely read this one again.
Afterworlds is a story unlike any other book I’ve ever read. Chapter one introduces the reader to Darcy, a novelist fresh out of high school with a brand new contract with a publishing company named Paradox. Chapter two, a chapter lined in black ink on the top and bottom, introduces us to Darcy’s protagonist Lizzie, the only person to survive a terrorist attack at DFW airport. From then on, each chapter alternates between Darcy’s life and Darcy’s book, introducing a whole new style of writing.
In Darcy’s life, you get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a writer in the YA community. You get to watch Darcy struggle as she makes edits to her story, and you get to watch her make friends and fall in love.
In Lizzie’s story, you see a girl who pretended to be dead so well that she actually sends herself to the afterworld. You see her try to solve mysteries and talk to ghosts, all while trying to live as a normal teenager and deal with life, parents, and a death-god boyfriend.
Afterworlds is a monster of a book at 599 pages, but don’t let that deter you from reading this one. This one is perfect for people who can’t focus on one book for too long. From one chapter to the next, I found myself wanting to know more and more about both Darcy and Lizzie, and even with the 599 page count, I sped through this one.
The only thing I didn’t like about it was some of the words seemed like they were taken directly from Westerfeld’s Uglies series, and that sort of brought me out of the story, since no one really calls something “nervous-making”. I could count the amount of times this happened on one hand.
I will definitely read this one again.