The Astonishing Color of After
5 stars
Genre: YA magical realism
Pros:
- Addresses the complexities of grief
- Provides multiple cultural references
- Uses sensory poetic language
Cons:
- Repeats color themes that may be distracting
What an amazing
and heart-wrenching book! I’m really glad I picked it up. It ties in cultural
significance with the accuracy of feeling like an in-between girl straddling
two worlds.
I love how real
the novel gets about grief and the ways we have to process it. Sometimes the
imagery is so fantastical, and there’s a very poetic feel about the whole
novel. You just have to enjoy the beauty of it all.
I also thought
the romance was a cute side plot. Though I figured out what the main issue was
pretty much in the beginning, I liked getting trapped again in the ambiguity of
the teenage years.
The only minor
drawback I found was all the mentions of colors, which became overloaded to
me.
A solid book
that explores despair and family ties.
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