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dani_hart1864's review against another edition
1.0
I had a really hard time finishing this, just wasn't interesting at all and left with so many unanswered questions
sakaloar's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
honkinggoose's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
sofielser's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
mariahistryingtoread's review against another edition
3.0
I almost didn't write a review for this book. I high key honestly don't want to but I wanted to spit a few lines out in case it's helpful to someone else.
This is really important going in and absolutely no one outside of some of the reviews here on Goodreads mentions it. It's not even interwoven into the synopsis: this is not a straight thriller, it is post apocalyptic fiction .
I very much feel this book has been completely miscategorized and/or misrepresented. Something got lost in translation somewhere because I had no idea. And I definitely would not have read this book heck I wouldn't even have picked it back when I still had Book of the Month if I had known.
I have no words for how anxious this book made me. And I absolutely could not quit because once I was in my anxiety spiral I was desperate to finish with a glimmer of hope or something, anything to make me feel better about how dire the circumstances were. There is something there but it almost feels delusional for the character involved to believe like they do.
If you have bad anxiety like I do and easily spin out into what ifs and your thought patterns endlessly cycle and branch off into more and more paths as you try to account for every possible avenue I'd recommend passing on this. Or at the very least be very careful going in. I found the implication of what was going on, the little asides and tiny morsels of info given to be an immensely triggering way of writing.
I wish it had been much more clear that this was not a simple mystery or thriller. So I'm giving anybody out there the heads up I didn't have.
This is really important going in and absolutely no one outside of some of the reviews here on Goodreads mentions it. It's not even interwoven into the synopsis: this is not a straight thriller, it is post apocalyptic fiction .
I very much feel this book has been completely miscategorized and/or misrepresented. Something got lost in translation somewhere because I had no idea. And I definitely would not have read this book heck I wouldn't even have picked it back when I still had Book of the Month if I had known.
I have no words for how anxious this book made me. And I absolutely could not quit because once I was in my anxiety spiral I was desperate to finish with a glimmer of hope or something, anything to make me feel better about how dire the circumstances were. There is something there but it almost feels delusional for the character involved to believe like they do.
If you have bad anxiety like I do and easily spin out into what ifs and your thought patterns endlessly cycle and branch off into more and more paths as you try to account for every possible avenue I'd recommend passing on this. Or at the very least be very careful going in. I found the implication of what was going on, the little asides and tiny morsels of info given to be an immensely triggering way of writing.
I wish it had been much more clear that this was not a simple mystery or thriller. So I'm giving anybody out there the heads up I didn't have.
jmrich's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
savaging's review against another edition
5.0
I could tell right away this would be a book where the eerie was tucked up into the normal. I knew it would be filled with rich sensory detail. I knew it would mess with my mind, to read about the opaque, banal horror of global catastrophe -- how the people inside them wait for an explanation that never comes.
But I didn't know that the book would be tender. With such an unlikeable bourgeois white couple at the onset, and their awful reaction to the Black homeowners, I was expecting a Jordan Peel horror story. But all things considered, this is a far more gentle apocalypse than it could be.
But I didn't know that the book would be tender. With such an unlikeable bourgeois white couple at the onset, and their awful reaction to the Black homeowners, I was expecting a Jordan Peel horror story. But all things considered, this is a far more gentle apocalypse than it could be.
mollyjones's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this book and it was a super quick read but I kept reading expecting something more to happen and it just...didn't?
juliawo's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25