Review of AfterLife

[lim mamanto]

How about that? A religious book that can be enjoyed without the reader being religious. Also, the book is kind of tragic.

[RomanceBound T]

This such an interesting book to read about afterlife. I'm pretty sure every single one of us wonders is there truly an afterlife then how will it look like. This book talks about that. Would love to read Karen and Melody's story. Congrats on BOTD.

[Abirami Dineshkumar]

"Reading the review of 'Afterlife' by E. Vince has sparked curiosity about how Karen's family manages after her dismissal, and how Karen looks after them in her afterlife. How does she free her soul from suffering, and how do angels help her family? Reading the book will provide the answers to my curiosity."

[Osakwe Favour]

This book “Afterlife” by E. Vince has genuinely sparked my interest. Not everyone believes in a life after death and the idea of angels and paradise after death. I would love to see how the rest of Karens family was able to navigate life after watching her pass from her terminal illness. Also would love to see the relationship between Karen and her guardian angel.

[mrlefty0706]

Hi @Pimporn Chandee1, I just read your comments on the official review of "AfterLife" and I appreciate your perspective on this book. I believe we all have the opportunity to go to the same Heaven no matter what faith we follow. I do not believe atheists are there and I expect to find evil people like Hitler, Mussolini, Putin and Trump in Hell. @Mrlefty0706

[mrlefty0706]

Hi @tejas koli, I just read your comments on the official review of "AfterLife" and being a devout Catholic I definitely believe in an After Life and I try to read any books about experiences people have had dying and being resuscitated. Some have described what they saw in Heaven and it is wonderful to get a second hand glimpse at what to expect. @Mrlefty0706

[Mojisola Omowunmi Omotosho]

This book is a beautiful reminder of the power of resilience and the bonds that keep us going, even in the face of adversity. It captures the essence of human strength and the importance of faith and love in our lives. I highly recommend it for an uplifting and inspiring read!

[Minella Tayade]

This book did not pique my interest. I guess I expected a lot from the title. Overall, it seems like part of the book was written by a high school student, in the middle a parent intervenes and makes it intriguing and then it goes back to being less poignant. Most of it seemed rushed and very little was left to the reader's imagination. It's missing conviction, like any fiction where the readers would want it to be true; this book doesn't provide that drive. Although the author states that the book is not supposed to hurt any religious sentiments, if this book were to be read by an influential teenager, they may build a perception against Muslims. In some parts of the chapters, the ones in heaven still have a very human-like tendency, I guess that is how the author sees it.

Below is the list of mistakes/concerns I encountered when reading:
1. Check - is misspelt throughout the chapters.
2. What do you do - it is misspelt, I am not sure if that's a North American thing.
3. Parenthesis - has been overused, you need to leave something for the imagination of the readers. The author needs to use artistic expression of creativity to frame a sentence that encapsulates the scenario.
4. Chapter 13 - where AJ remarks, ...'and rejecting His Lordship. (a brief pause) The blaspheming...' The punctuation is not accurate.
5. Chapter 16 - 'She has Derek!' Is the writer confident about this statement? It's assassinating the character from the author's perspective. Shouldn't this be Melody's thoughts and the reader can build the character in their head?
6. Chapter 18 - Lats paragraph, ...'the new couple was heading to Margareta's apartment.' 'Were' would sound more natural to emphasise the individuals within the couple.
7. Margareta - has been misspelt several times.
8.Karen's age - Maybe it is me, but when Karen entered heaven she was told that she was the oldest among all, then in chapter 23 there's John who is older than her.
9. Chapter 34 - Nora asks about Archangel, if she is Karen's ancestor, presumably Catholic/Christian, how can she ask this?
10. Final Chapter - if no one is starving in the afterlife, why is there a coffee shop?
11. Grammar - throughout the book, there have been grammatical errors, for example;
- Chapter 26 - 'Derek says.', 'Karen says.' and ending a sentence with a preposition 'of'.
- 'Just' is misspelt as 'dus', and 'this' as 'dis'.
- Chapter 27 - 'Hallowed' is misspelt, 'One' is in uppercase, and towards the end, 'Amen', is again said... when it was the first time they used it in that chapter. Fix the syntax in AJ's remark and Beethoven's response towards the end of the chapter.
- Chapter 28 - 'That's so beautiful. And non-threatening.' Couldn't this have been formed in one sentence? If you want to display a pause, perhaps the three dots would suffice.
- Chapter 31 (pg 117, e-book) - 'The trio...', introduces = introduce, enters = enter, encounters = encounter, observes = observe, introduces = introduce. 'We are our own god folks reject God,' something is amiss. 'As the trio takes..' takes = take, approaches = approach, continues = continue.
- Chapter 33 - kluge = kludge.
- Chapter 34 - Fix syntax, the conversation between Nora and Claude.
- Chapter 38 - Used abuse, unsure if that is acceptable for this genre. Is poison supposed to have bad grammar?
- Chapter 39 - unchelled = unshelled.

What I liked,
1. Chapter 10 - I like this line...'there's no bastion of man's heart that evil does not foul'.
2. Final chapters - The final chapters were entertaining and caught my attention, the quest was enticing.

It took me about 3 months to complete the book. I kept putting it off but, I went back because when I start a book, I finish it.