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Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

3.5

Afterlove is a beautiful story of love, life, death and grief. It weaves threads of what we do with our lives when we are living, what we believe behind when we die and how we can learn to do more when we are alive to help the world and the people in it. Whether that is so amend for any harm caused, tell somebody that you love them or help your community through charity work or even by just smiling at somebody or chatting to a staff member in a shop or restaurant. The message that Tanya Bryne creates in this book is that life can fly by and you may forget to actually live before death comes for you, that you shouldn't waste time or worrying about what others think or want you to do and instead do what you want to do for yourself. Death is inevitable but you can enjoy your life by doing what you love and surrounding yourself with people who you love and who love your wholeheartedly and unconditionally. Although I wasn't expecting, the ending actually made me tear up, although not in a sad way but in a happy and hopeful way, it was the perfect way to end a thought provoking and sweet novel.
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