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All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

19 reviews

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Interesting apocalypse book of two men that happen upon each other. They end up teaming up and going to search for others and right their wrongs. They fall in love but refuse to just tell each other. It’s adorable and deeply unrealistic 😂. But I suspended belief at some point and it really sucked me in especially towards the end. An enjoyable read, especially for dystopia and an apocalypse. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

cosmichorizon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, Violence, Terminal illness, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Ableism

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/all-thats-left-in-the-world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Homophobia, Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

remimicha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, Blood, Child death, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Minor: Colonisation, Misogyny, and Vomit

marla_leonce's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Racism and Misogyny

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Racism, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Animal death

jenarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, Body horror, Misogyny, Gore, and Medical content

Minor: Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Hate crime

bookishflower's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

“This cute boy saved my life, gave me food and now stories. All you need indeed.” 

•••

“YES!’ I shout and roll the window down. ‘America! He knows Back to the Future!” 

•••

And just like Back to the Future there is no better opening than the power of love. (See what I did there?! *wink, wink!*) 

This book broke my heart then mended it again (repeat this stage a lot), made me fall back in love with the dystopian genre, and made me laugh out loud the whole time. 

Jamie and Andrew are the sweetest, I immediately fell in love with their characters and the way they support each other. The slow burn, grumpy/quiet and sunshine trope hitting all the marks! This is the dystopian, gay representation that was sorely missing in the height of 2010s with a fresh twist for post-pandemic life. 

Erik J. Brown is one of the few writers who can not only successfully, but expertly incorporate pop culture references into their writing. Nothing felt forced with the added bonus of being hilarious, while not shying away from the realities of what post-apocalyptic life would be like e.g. the ugliness of human nature and capitalism. 

I haven’t seen much hype online around this book since arcs were released (with a very cool marketing strategy too!) which needs to change! (For reference, I bought my copy, this review is completely unaffiliated if there’s any confusion).

 This book is criminally underrated, go read it now! 

P.S. 

(Someone needs to make the ultimate ‘all that’s left in the world’ pop culture guide with all the music, films, tv shows mentioned in the book- everyone needs to have Miss Congeniality and Nina Simone in their lives!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

aspring's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

this hit a little close to home with the state the world is in. but this book, through all of its angst was interlaced with hope and i adored it. the writing was intoxicating and i could never tell which direction the story was going to go. i feared for all the characters separately and i absolutely fell in love with them all and this piece of writing. a very beautiful book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Animal death, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Misogyny and Homophobia