Aftermath

by Sandy Goldsworthy

[Brittany]

This is between a 2 and 3 star rating for me.
Was it bad? Yes.
But did I finish it? Yes.
The fact that I could actually bring myself to finish it makes me think it should get 3 stars.
But if I think about how much I enjoyed it and if I would ever recommend it to someone else I want to give it 2.


I hated this book until about 53%.
From 53 until 85 I tolerated it.
From 85 to 90 I enjoyed it.
From 90 to 100 I went back to just tolerating it.
It’s not HORRIBLE. It’s just boring.
I had a whole in depth review planned but honestly it would all just be about the bad parts. So here’s a simplified review - it’s bad and you probably won’t enjoy it very much unless you’ve never read an actual well written book.
The dialogue is weird, new characters that have little to no importance are introduced frequently with no back story yet exist in chapters as if you know who they are.
The whole first few chapters feel like the middle of another book. Not the start of a book.
I could go on and on but I’ll stop there with the bad.

The good is that the idea for the story is good, it had a lot of potential. Also you do learn to like Ben and Emma as characters and want to know what happens to them. You just have to make it to the point of caring.