Before Ever After, (Paperback)

from Judy95

This is ambitious. Hedonism, existentialism, darkness, resilience, comedy, familial love, romantic love, true love - themes that are explored in this novel that at some point in our lives, we've experienced either in a small, medium or encompassing way. The clever use of vignettes to portray thes...

from kimyunalesca

I love this book so much! let's start off with the cover it's very pleasing and easy on the eyes it immediately caught my attention because of the title,cover art and the author she's Filipino! the edge of the pages looks and appeals to be really old torn like parchment.This novel warms my heart ...

from ethel55

I was completely captivated by Samantha Sotto's novel, Before Ever After. It wasn't exactly what I was expecting, but when I sat down to read it, it was difficult to tear myself away. I liked Shelley's character a lot. I'm sure it's difficult to lose a spouse and felt her journey back from the un...

from JBD1

A readable, amibitious debut novel, Samanta Sotto's Before Ever After (Crown, 2011) takes some common novelistic tropes and adds some less common twists and turns to make them interesting. Told in short chapters covering the present day, the near-past, and various historical points (which matter ...

from Electablue

I was very excited to be receiving this book and loved the concept of it. The story kept me interested, the attention to historical detail and obviously thorough historical research I found impressive. I kept wishing that such a tour actually existed because I would like nothing more than to go o...