Review by Charlotte
Sophie Brady dies young after a traffic accident. She then attends her own funeral and watches
her friends mourn her. Sophie has moved
out of her life as a human, but still can watch those she left behind. Unfortunately, it seems that only animals
will realize she is there.
Sophie’s friends, including Jenny her best friend, have
banded together and are helping Ollie, Sophie’s husband and Freddie, Sophie’s
son. They bring meals, arrange daycare,
and anything else that the grieving Ollie and Freddie need. Sophie realizes that he needs more than just
things and decided that Ollie needs to find love again and sets about finding
the perfect woman.
As Jenny keeps helping Ollie and spending time with Freddie,
her feelings change. They all help each
other mourn Sophie, but also become friends. Not friends because of Sophie, but
friends with each other. Although Jenny
is engaged to Sam with the wedding very quickly approaching she is struggling
with getting excited for her wedding.
She just feels that something is wrong.
Something just isn’t quite right with the reasoning that Sam is pushing
her to get married now, after a long relationship with no rush towards
marriage. Her feelings are also
changing. She is no longer enjoying
spending time with Sam and is spending more and more time with Ollie and
Freddie, which causes more conflict in her relationship with Sam.
All the characters were amazing in Afterwife. Everyone was easy to relate to and believe
in. Tash made me cringe. She seemed to be that friend who really
wasn’t. Taking the information her friends shared and using it to get what she
wanted. When she brought drugs into the
story she instantly became that character I hated. Sophie made me wonder. Can the dead see their life and affect what
happens after they are gone? I loved how
she only wanted what was best for Freddie, Ollie, and Jenny. The relationship between Ollie and Jenny was
perfect. At first just being there
remembering Sophie, then becoming friends, and then caring more and more. Both were cautious and not rushing into
anything, actually trying to deny how close they were becoming. It was great to see a true relationship develop,
not just sex and lust.
Afterwife is a story of love, friends, grief and loss, and
finally finding love again. I was
worried that it would be sad or morbid, but it really wasn’t. The story was fun to read, yes I giggled at
some parts. I truly enjoyed this from
the beginning to the end and cannot wait to share it with my friends.
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