Dr. Appu Sasidharan (Dasfill)'s Reviews > After You

Louisa Clark is now living alone after the tragic incident she had to face. This Louisa is not a charming and humorous one like the first book. The tragedy has shattered her. She is just barely surviving. She feels beleaguered in her life. She thinks that her life is burlesque due to her callow nature. Many of us won't like such a protagonist in a romantic novel. But the author has brilliantly portrayed the grief stage of Louisa's life. Then to make things worse, she lands up in a terrible accident. Will Lou be able to find love again in her life. How will she overcome the grief stage? The author tries to explain all these through this novel.

I think that this book is the most important book in this series. This is sadly the one that the majority of the people disliked the most. It is mainly due to the shift of pendulum to depression and tragedies of life from the first book's romantic theme. This book tells us perfectly how to handle the grief stage of our life. I appreciate the author's courage to deliberately focus on such a theme, fully knowing that there is a high chance that it will backfire.

“The only way to avoid being left behind was to start moving.”