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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
In high school, everyone has their defined social role. But then there's news that an asteroid will strike and there's a 66% chance of the world ending. They have two months to figure out how they want to live out their last days.
I was excited to read this book after reading Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer awhile ago. It seemed fairly similarish in premise. It started out okay and just continued to go downhill. While the characters in Life As We Knew It were striving to survive, these characters were striving to die.
This book was full of ridiculous stereotypes, terrible characters (except for the characters that just were "nice" but seemed to have nothing else to them), and just terrible people. They were all horribly obsessed with... Then that ending. What. Was. That. First of all, terribly written...also...it just didn't end. I don't want to give it away in case you are interested in reading it, but these are very high school stereotypical characters all very obsessed with sex. Just don't expect to be impressed and maybe it'll be okay.
The only positive was the multiple perspectives. I enjoyed that I got to hear from more than one character (probably because I disliked them all so much I was glad that it switched around a bit).
I rarely would do this, but: basically....I really don't recommend this book. If you are into end of the world dystopia scenes, there are so many other well done stories in this genre that I'd recommend against this one. Life as We Knew It wasn't my favorite book, but it was a semi-decent read if you are looking to pick up something similar.
I'll go 4 of 10 overall (it was kind of like the car wreck you can't look away from, so I stayed semi-hooked...but again, car wreck) and 4 of 5 for readability. Also, not PG in the very writing a YA to write something edgy sort of way.
I was excited to read this book after reading Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer awhile ago. It seemed fairly similarish in premise. It started out okay and just continued to go downhill. While the characters in Life As We Knew It were striving to survive, these characters were striving to die.
This book was full of ridiculous stereotypes, terrible characters (except for the characters that just were "nice" but seemed to have nothing else to them), and just terrible people. They were all horribly obsessed with... Then that ending. What. Was. That. First of all, terribly written...also...it just didn't end. I don't want to give it away in case you are interested in reading it, but these are very high school stereotypical characters all very obsessed with sex. Just don't expect to be impressed and maybe it'll be okay.
The only positive was the multiple perspectives. I enjoyed that I got to hear from more than one character (probably because I disliked them all so much I was glad that it switched around a bit).
I rarely would do this, but: basically....I really don't recommend this book. If you are into end of the world dystopia scenes, there are so many other well done stories in this genre that I'd recommend against this one. Life as We Knew It wasn't my favorite book, but it was a semi-decent read if you are looking to pick up something similar.
I'll go 4 of 10 overall (it was kind of like the car wreck you can't look away from, so I stayed semi-hooked...but again, car wreck) and 4 of 5 for readability. Also, not PG in the very writing a YA to write something edgy sort of way.
I really enjoyed this book, especially as an audiobook - it was as if I was listening to a movie. Different characters with different voice actors, all seemingly perfect for the role.
Although a meteor had a 2/3rd chance of hitting earth and wiping everyone out, it was interesting and timely to watch how people decided to spend their time knowing it could be over - some choose to reflect, look inward, cultivate meaningful relationships with others and themselves. They build. Others hurt themselves, the people around them. They destroy.
It feels like a timely read when so much is going wrong in our world today. The meteor is a metaphor. How do we cope?
Although a meteor had a 2/3rd chance of hitting earth and wiping everyone out, it was interesting and timely to watch how people decided to spend their time knowing it could be over - some choose to reflect, look inward, cultivate meaningful relationships with others and themselves. They build. Others hurt themselves, the people around them. They destroy.
It feels like a timely read when so much is going wrong in our world today. The meteor is a metaphor. How do we cope?
Really interesting. Interesting perspectives. I liked all of the characters that got their own chapters too, which doesnt always happen. Not a fan of the semi-vague ending. But i liked it a lot. I like books that make you feel something, even if you dont quite know what the feeling is, and that's how i feel about this one. I feel a little different having read it.
I didn't think i would write anything about this but oh my god LMAO.
I had to force myself through thinly veiled misogyny masquerading as feminism, what I refer to as "cis white guy type social awareness", and one of the romances that made me so mad and so happy when I got to the end of the book. But in the end, the prose was good, the philosophical and self-reflective nature of the story was really well done. The rest made me furious.
I had to force myself through thinly veiled misogyny masquerading as feminism, what I refer to as "cis white guy type social awareness", and one of the romances that made me so mad and so happy when I got to the end of the book. But in the end, the prose was good, the philosophical and self-reflective nature of the story was really well done. The rest made me furious.
slow-paced
This book was recommended to me by a student. I understand why this book would be appealing to a high school kid, but it’s not the best YA I’ve ever read. It follows four high school kids who just found out that 2/3 of the world’s population will be wiped out in 8 weeks by “Ardor” (an asteroid?)
Here’s why it’s only three stars:
1. It started out pretty interesting, but devolved into two boys “fighting over” a relatively uninteresting girl.
2. The characters all fell flat, but especially Andy- the slacker. His language was so fabricated- like an adult who has never spent any time with kids would think a high school kid would talk.
3. Since the book was told from four perspectives, each chapter had a unique story to follow- but sometimes the stories were told from first person and sometimes third, and that really annoyed me as a reader. Stay consistent.
4. I don’t mind the pre or post- apocalyptic type story, but that plot was merely a background of the text by the end.
Here’s why it’s only three stars:
1. It started out pretty interesting, but devolved into two boys “fighting over” a relatively uninteresting girl.
2. The characters all fell flat, but especially Andy- the slacker. His language was so fabricated- like an adult who has never spent any time with kids would think a high school kid would talk.
3. Since the book was told from four perspectives, each chapter had a unique story to follow- but sometimes the stories were told from first person and sometimes third, and that really annoyed me as a reader. Stay consistent.
4. I don’t mind the pre or post- apocalyptic type story, but that plot was merely a background of the text by the end.
at first, I couldn't get into this book. it was a little boring and kind of cliché. but, I stuck with it and (thanks to an 11 hour car ride) finished it in one sitting. it got a lot better after the first 1/3 of the book and I ended up enjoying it. it got a little bit deeper than I expected it to, and went in a different direction than I expected, but it worked. it made me laugh and cry, which is all I can really ask for. it was a pretty good read and had a few life lessons hidden in there. the ending makes me want to tear my hair out (in a good way). overall, I enjoyed this book! if you're looking for a contemporary book that's more than just thoughtless drama, with the threat of the end of the world coming, this book is for you.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
It took me a long time to get into this book and once I finally started caring about the characters, it was over. There was too much told about what was happening in the world before the chaos and not enough real-time story for my liking.
For a young adult book, I can't believe how much depth this book had. A beautiful coming of age story with a tragic plot line. It was written pre pandemic but someone is even more fitting after 2020