Point of View

The point of view of Afterlife is third-person, primarily through the eyes and emotions of Will Brody and Claire McCoy. However, there are a few chapters where the perspective shifts to Edmund, a native Londoner turned Eater in his afterlife. Nevertheless, Brody and Claire remain the main protagonists of the novel, with Edmund acting as the main antagonist - though at first his desires are undertaken by Simon Tucks as a sniper. As a result, the reader is most invested in the fate of Brody and Claire as well as their love story. Both Brody and Claire's points of view are not always reliable as they often draw conclusions that turn out to be faulty or lack all the information needed to make the right calls - as seen by the fact that both are killed by hidden bombs. Edmund, as a cannibalistic murderer, is...