What Comes After

Had me crying by the pool

as someone who has dealt with premature death in my life, i had kind of hoped that this story would be an example of how to heal from such a tragic event (given the book title), but this was not at all that. it was an interesting read, however the plot kind of felt like one of those manipulative “how can i make the readers feel p a i n ?” kind of setups, but at the same time i can recognize that real life can actually be that messed up.

it was interesting how the author wrote isaac's first person perspective to really show how he just looks the other way with a lot of the people in his life. 

the tenderness with which Evangeline & Isaac greeted Emma into the world was very heart-warming, and made me hope that i one day have the same feelings towards my own children when the time comes.