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The After Girls (2013)

by Leah Konen(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1440561087 (ISBN13: 9781440561085)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Merit Press

review 1: As far as Young Adult novels go, this is a nifty effort. The ending has a ton of heart and feels like a good pay off. Both for the reader and the two "after" girls. The story itself is an interesting mix of teen drama, mixed with Are You Afraid of the Dark? and just a pinch of Scooby Doo. I liked this. I really liked this. The writing itself is sharp and cuts through the suicide and propels the book to its real message: how well can you really know another person? Their motives, ideas, feelings, the whole inner-world. The omnipresent narration was a smart choice for this and reveals that we're usually wrong. Especially when we ignore our instincts, which usually feels strongest in hindsight. Far from being a bleak novel though, the story repeatedly lands on the positive ou... moretcomes of collaborations between the characters. This also leads to the exciting climax which demonstrates what love, trust and honesty can accomplish. What a good message! What a good book!
review 2: Ella, Astrid and Sydney are best friends in a small town who have graduated from HS and are getting ready for the next stage in their lives. The book starts with the death of one of the three and proceeds to have the two surviving friends deal with the death in differing ways. The book leads off into a thriller type story that is easy to figure out early on which kind of ruins the story. The descriptions of how unexpected death can affect a person in varying ways, the shame of the stigma of suicide/mental illness are all well done. I would recommend this book but it is not one of the best YA novels dealing with this topics that I have read. less

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