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After the World

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#After the World is a fantasy novel. By author # Maire Brophy. A very entertaining novel. Great for summer break.
Thank you for the advance copy

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For such a short book, I struggled immensely to stay engaged. I tried going back to it several times but still couldn't even make it halfway. Love the idea of the story being told from an orc's POV, it could have been so interesting but unfortunately the writing wasn't for me.

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The premise of this book is intriguing. However I couldn't make it very far in the book as there was so much telling my attention repeatedly wandered. I also felt as if the primary character was not really solid in the mind of the author. I liked how the sunlight was described and weaponized however it was too focused on in the first fifty pages. I also liked the mental commentary regarding the Orc's outlook on trees. That one statement was powerful in that the reader learns more about the Orc than the trees he is dismissive of. I think a large part of my inability to connect with the Orc is that he was too familiar. I expected a creature more unknown in experience and thought when the book opens with a Orc but he just wasn't different. I couldn't connect with him enough to care about what happens to him. The idea of writing a fantasy from the perspective of an Orc is interesting.

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Short and interesting novel, based on Survival of the fittest view of the author. Really enjoyed reading. Thank you Netgalley.

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This was not what I expected when requesting the tile. I should have read what the book was about. Interesting to humanize an Orc but this whole thing was off for me. Intriguing concept/idea just execution fell flat for me.

Thanks to Netgalley, Maire Brophy and Books Go Social for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Already available: 5/85/2021

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This isn't usually the type of genre that I read but I judged a book by it's cover this time around and I'm glad that I did! After the World is a fabulous book and Brophy paints pictures with words! I felt like I was a character in the novel and I've recommended After the World to many of my friends! So amazing!

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