The World After Alice: A Novel by Lauren Aliza Green

July 2, 2024

NetGalley

Viking Press

316 pages

3/5

Fiction, women’s,

4/29/25-4/30/25

These are my initial immediate thoughts after finishing this book. 

I was following the rather complex cast of characters each with potential for a dynamic story. As the story started to wind down I was extremely disappointed with how it ended. It described these flawed characters and their oddly interwoven lives which I expected to culminate in an “event” of some sort. Sadly, the story and characters were pacified into a “they lived happily ever after” ending. I wish there was more substance or conflict at the heart of the story. There were several luke warm plots that never reached its full potential in my opinion.

Thanks to NetGalley and Viking Press for the complimentary advanced readers copy of this book. This voluntary review is my honest and unbiased opinion.