The Afterlife

This book was 158 pages long. Felt like 400. It started to get interesting 78 pages in, then it pooped out towards the end. Not absolutely terrible.......more

They say autumn is the color of death,... It's like there's a story in it somewhere but I just couldn't understand it. It has a concept but the story went from one place to another, and when I reached the ending, I wasn't satisfied.......more

Katie Hupfer 2nd hour English 9.3 Murphy Title of Book: The Afterlife Number of pages: 158 Author of Book: Gary Soto 1. Plot Summary: “The Afterlife” starts off right away with the main character, Chuy, getting stabbed to death by a young man in yellow shoes. Chuy had only made a comment about the man......more

Well, this is certainly a play. I have some questions about the general worldbuilding, but found it to work quite well in terms of stage directions, set, and character - it's easy to imagine this actually being performed, and I can imagine it's a great production to work on. However, I found it to b......more

Summary: In the first two pages of this novel, the main character is murdered at a nightclub; the rest of the novel chronicles his journey as a ghost through the first few days following his death. Chuy learns what it means to be dead (and to have lived) as he "visits" his friends and family and dis......more