I read this in one sitting because I just couldn't bring myself to put it down. 
 This isn't the type of subject I usually read about, or the kind of book I'm into, but something about it drew to me read it and I'm glad I did. I was pretty much prepared to hate the MC, Devon, because let's face it - what she did, at face value, is absolutely disgusting. I've read news reports of mothers tossing their newborns into bins and I've always been so angry towards them, disgusted at their actions. 
 Amy Afaw's After, however, seemed to have a way of making me sympathise with Devon in a way I didn't think could be possible. I couldn't even relate with her as a character and in no way could I condone her actions, but the book gradually helped piece together the puzzle of why she did - her feeling and overall emptiness that makes you realise that although she's not particularly loveable as a character (far too empty and depressing for that), it's easy enough to feel sorry for her, even though her crime is severe. 
 I would have liked, however, for the lose ends to have been tied up rather than had the abrupt ending that we were given. We are given clues and facts to help piece together Devon's life and how she made the decision she made, yet we never fully explore them. We never find out truly how her mother feels, how her friends feel and more importantly; the babies dad feels, a factor I think really needed to be explored, even if it was just Devon herself coming to terms with her feelings for him. We know she ended it, but we never find out what that did to her, emotionally. 
 Overall it was a very likeable and very emotional read, the feelings it evokes makes you question everything you thought about the type of people Devon is: mothers who dump their babies in the bin. Clearly Devon had extreme psychological issues that were apparent even before pregnancy and I'd have liked to have seen them explored more.