A review by siu_rose
Aftermarket Afterlife by Seanan McGuire

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I enjoyed seeing so many characters coming together in one book. and it was interesting to get to know Mary and her powers and so on. I feel like some of her thoughts and attitudes got a little repetitive though. And taking the story as a whole, it felt a little slow; things that I expected to wrap up so that something else could happen didn’t wrap up until closer towards the end if at all. 

This book was darker than past books in the series; I actually found the treatment of grief well done and thoughtful. I am NOT happy about a character death and sure, in part it’s because of the character, but as I have reflected on it, I also think it felt unnecessary and not all that useful to the plot besides showing hey! this situation is serious! people can die! 
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