In a way, the redeeming part of the book is that there are lessons we can learn. Even her time in prison hasn’t taught her anything except that she thinks everyone should still worship her for being the daughter of some big drug dealer in the ’90s. We’re reminded of some of that through her thoughts in this sequel, but those thoughts are completely overshadowed by her actions. In The Coldest Winter Ever, there were parts of her personality that I could appreciate, although she is still a deplorable character. My biggest issue with the book is that I couldn’t route for Winter. Related Story: Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson review I don’t root for Winter in Life After Death by Sister Souljah Once the plot does start-it’s a story about redemption and doing the right thing-it gets better. We spend time with Winter trying to figure things out, but her thoughts are all over the place to really follow the plot. I don’t know enough about the Islamic religion’s afterlife to know for certain.īut it takes a good 30% of the book to even get to understanding the plot.
At least, that’s the feeling that I get based on the writing. This is about what comes after death, and it follows what is supposed to be the Islamic afterlife.
As the title of the novel suggests, Winter is killed at the start. The first 30% of the book was extremely hard for me. A story that doesn’t feel like it has much of a plot And maybe this is supposed to show how her maturity hasn’t grown while being in prison for 15 years, but she knows enough about reality shows of today that it doesn’t fully make sense. They’re ludicrous and make her sound like an attention-seeking 15-year-old.
Sadly, many of those qualities are overshadowed by her actions in Life After Death, and it all starts with her demands getting out of prison. We get to know this flawed individual, but she has some redeeming qualities in her sense of loyalty and honor. The Coldest Winter Ever is an outstanding novel. So, I worked through to the end, hoping that there would be something good to say. When it comes to advance copies, though, I have a “Do Not DNR” rule. Sadly, this is just one of those novels that I struggled to get through. Sister Souljah puts so much work into her books that I hate to not find something good to say about it. The last thing I like to write is a bad review. I received a free advanced copy of Life After Death by Sister Souljah from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
Here’s my honest review of Sister Souljah’s latest book. Set 15 years after The Coldest Winter Ever, Life After Death picks up Winter’s story.
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