I think this second point is where the book struggled a little. What will happen next? Where do the characters go from here? What are we reading for? Books about grief risk becoming "concept books", in that the concept is "this character is sad" but a story doesn't grow out of it.
Then you must also, usually, create a compelling story arc out of this grief. First, you must convince the reader of the importance of the relationship between the protagonist(s) and the deceased make them care about a fictional dead person as much as the characters supposedly do. It is hard to write a good book about grief. I feel like the book was spread a little thin over the three different perspectives, but the strong writing and diverse characters show a lot of promise.
The Beauty That Remains is a really solid debut from an author I will be looking out for in the future.
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