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After Story by Larissa Behrendt

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bethanyrh's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Honestly sign me up for a literary tour of England

I enjoyed the contrasting points of view between mother and daughter and learning about the love and loss they shared. You can’t help but draw comparisons between the abductions and murder of Brittany and the case of the Bowraville Murders, something Behrendt has no doubt done intentionally. 

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traceyanderson's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75


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qwertybc's review

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emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A reflective and powerful read. Reveals the connections and complexities of family life, hardship, loss and literature. Behrendt weaves together a mother daughter relationship to reveal the headache of the past and the hope of the future. Would definitely recommend!

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maddiejc's review

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75


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the_page_traveller's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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tlaynejones's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
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  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0


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serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Afterstory follows an Aboriginal woman and her daughter on a literary tour through England. The two have a complicated relationship impacted by colonisation and racism, sexual abuse and a terrible family tragedy. The dynamic between the two felt authentic and I loved the way they grew closer over the trip, and how it led them to a newfound appreciation of and confidence in traditional cultural knowledge. I enjoyed the information about some titans from the western literary canon, but loved how they were not canonised. Della especially, engaged with this information in a down to earth manner and through the lens of her own cultural knowledge. A thoroughly satisfying read.
 

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rhi_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25


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pandapjays's review

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challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A fascinating read about a mother and daughter finding themselves and each other a thousand miles away in other people's homes. 

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tish12's review

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I liked this book. Something different wo what I would tend to read I think. It did get slow towards the middle then jumped back up again. I did feel there was a little confusion especially going back over some dialogue between the mum and daughter views and gave a feeling of repetitiveness. But the building of the characters and their relationship as well as the learning perspective of the literature tour. I did feel that the actual story got lost a little and was side tracked due to the literature tour but overall it's was a pleasant read 
 Please look at some trigger warnings before reading due to child abuse, sexual abuse and racism. 

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