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

19 reviews

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

ramreadsagain's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I pretty much can’t fault this. I wish the characters were a little older but that’s a me thing. 

For once the pop culture references didn’t annoy me! It actually felt pretty realistic for teenage boys to use them as a coping mechanism in this setting. 

This was tense yet so heartwarming and now I’m feeling gay and emotional. It had some really good messages about hope, good people, shitty governments in pandemics, and love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Vomit, and Gore

Minor: Suicide

hufflehobbit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Homophobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Medical content, Hate crime, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Religious bigotry

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

manic_mantis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

This is one of those books that will leave you feeling both fulfilled and empty by the end. So much happens in this book and yet by the end you still find yourself wanting more. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time and I recommend it to anyone who knows how to read. 5/5⭐️ will be reading this again! P.s. this one's a tear jerker, I am currently crying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

sssssoup's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Racism, and Sexism

leduyhxxng's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Going through All That's Left in the World feels like loving—everywhere, it radiates love. Not the intimate kind often ascribed to romance. (Friendships, other kinds of platonic connections, can go deep, too.) But the expansive feeling for humanity, for goodness. To hurt, but to give people the benefit of the doubt, regardless. Following the story feels like a love practice, to love, to hurt, but choose to love once again. Two reasons for the rating of four stars. The first quarter was not as captivating as the last three. (It could do with some added sense of suspense.) And the two main characters, in the beginning, weren't as clearly portrayed as when they started their post-apocalyptic adventure, and thus one of them, Andrew, seemed as if he had a sudden, out-of-pocket change. (I get it—character development. But it could do with a bit more characterisation.) Overall, I think the author was very deft at portraying dynamics between the characters, as well as building suspense (specifically towards the latter half of the novel). And we, certainly, need more post-apocalyptic queer stories like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

smasson13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was such a surprise. 

Honestly, I imagined I was done with apocalypse books in a COVID world, but this was peddled to me hard as the queer romance I needed.  

It was so much more than a romance or a post apocalypse book. As a YA novel, some themes were pretty obvious, but over all it was beautifully written and addressed such a difficult topic at a difficult time. 

The main characters are adorable and they cry and it's real! That being said, I found their voices very similar so occasionally would have to look back and see whose chapter I was reading. As well, the side characters are a little under developed. 

The romance doesn't feel forced. Instead it's just sweet moments and a whole lot of feelings. 

Besides the cute queer romance though, this book was really well written as an adventure. While it may have followed some cliché storyline and themes, it never once felt forced or fake. Instead it was riveting. I was always unsure where the story would go next and the tense moments truly got my heart racing. 

So while there may be flaws, it still receives a full 5 stars for me 🌟 What a fantastic novel, told with a gentle handle, for our very fragile world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Murder, and Animal death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Biphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Stalking

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

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.” 

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

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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