Nevin's Reviews > Here After

I am really sad to give 3 stars to this book….

Several things bothered me but before I get to that, I must add something very personal.

Unfortunately, I am very intimately familiar with grief. I lost my daughter to leukemia 10 years ago and I recently lost my husband to sudden death syndrome.
I have been grieving constantly for the last 10 years. I know firsthand what it means to lose a loved one or in my case, loved ones. 😞 I know the deep pain of, loneliness, isolation, anger, sadness, depression, anxiety and million other emotions that are tied to grief.

I was really excited to pick up this memoir because I felt it would speak to my heart like some other books I read about grief. For example I recently read “I Promise It Won’t Always Hurt Like This” by Clare Mackintosh which absolutely blew be away! That book was able to compose all the feelings I felt inside of me.

Unfortunately I had two major problems with Here After.

One, the author really didn’t go deep enough into her pain. It always felt as if she was skirting around it but was too afraid to delve deeper into her grief. Maybe it is still too raw for her?

The other issue is her writing style. It was too choppy and all over the place for me. It didn’t flow well.

Having said all that, I get her. I know it’s really hard to write about yourself in such detail. It’s hard to expose yourself to the world. I applaud her honesty and courage.