Review: Difficult issues portrayed well in a thought-provoking book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
Disclaimer:  I downloaded a free copy of the book from storycartel.com in exchange for an honest review.After Alex Died deals with important issues of intolerance, false perceptions, bullying, suicide, and forgiveness to name but a few.  Despite all the heavy subjects, the writing was well done and the book was a quick read.Told through the voice of Deedee de Marco, the sister of a young suicide, the characters are all well developed.  It is easy to sympathize with the characters in the book as we see them grow and develop. While Deedee's falling for one of the people who bullied her brother may seem unbelievable, Ms Madison makes it work.This book would have easily been rated a 5 if not for the typos and grammatical eras which impinged on my enjoyment of the book.