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My god. My dear god. Can I give ten stars? Twenty?
The end times, 2020, the now times that feel so much like the dropping-off point just before the end times, have made it into print, into fiction that feels absolutely real and haunting. Her depiction of the kids versus the parents and the parents’ failed responsibilities (to the planet, to the kids) has me rethinking where I fall in that age range and whether and how I’ve let down the kids with my own resignation and passivity. This review is scattered, but this book....Read this book.
The end times, 2020, the now times that feel so much like the dropping-off point just before the end times, have made it into print, into fiction that feels absolutely real and haunting. Her depiction of the kids versus the parents and the parents’ failed responsibilities (to the planet, to the kids) has me rethinking where I fall in that age range and whether and how I’ve let down the kids with my own resignation and passivity. This review is scattered, but this book....Read this book.
I don’t normally write reviews but this book warranted one. This is my first experience with the write, Lydia Millet. And after reading this novel, I feel like we should be friends. Millet so wonderfully and dryly captures the disdain of teenagers directed towards their parents while working in the real world issues that we lazily sweep to the side every day. This novel is dystopian/end of the world but without the schmaltz just like it would/will likely play out. In the time of Covid, we find lots of drama on our phones but most of us are still living day to day without our lives being a scene out of Contagion. I absolutely love Millet’s creative use of the Bible/God as almost a modern legend and at the same time a book not loved quite as much as Frog and Toad by a 9 year old. The main character is direct and to the point, and I love her sincerity without being a bleeding heart. The writing is wonderfully succinct, honest and sprinkled with dry, one-liners that capture teen attitude and help you relish those days you swore you knew everything. The tragic truth woven through the eyes of “eerily mature” children is right on the money. And I loved every page.
This book was unexpected. It was imaginative and a bit haunting. I really loved it.
A page turner. It started as one type of book, which I wasn’t sure I liked, then changed into something else entirely. Dark.
My children are now crying and refuse to go to church. Neither a bible nor suitable for children.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
loved the writing style & mainn character's voice in this book.
honestly kind of a scary read as someone with high anxiety about doomsday (read this before, during, & finished it immediately after the US presential election)
it started losing me whenthe "govenor" & the owner came into the picture, i couldn't really fathom why she took the angels & left the children but after they left it got interesting to me again, i liked the ending & wish it had gone on even longer :"p
also i was raised in the church & did not clock a single narrative parallel to the Bible besides Jack & Shel's noah's ark moment so maybe im dumb??
honestly kind of a scary read as someone with high anxiety about doomsday (read this before, during, & finished it immediately after the US presential election)
it started losing me when
also i was raised in the church & did not clock a single narrative parallel to the Bible besides Jack & Shel's noah's ark moment so maybe im dumb??