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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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:
Complicated
I got this book through a goodreads giveaway and wow, what a great giveaway to win!
I felt lost in a good way--in the way I'm sure the author intended. This book was such a creative exploration of how people might interact with the end of the world. And at the end, the puzzle pieces fall into place in such a thought-provoking way.
I felt lost in a good way--in the way I'm sure the author intended. This book was such a creative exploration of how people might interact with the end of the world. And at the end, the puzzle pieces fall into place in such a thought-provoking way.
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
So so so good and beautiful and heartbreaking and beautifully heartbreaking. I love this book.
I enjoyed reading this, it was a beautiful book about relationships and how life feels when there is a finite amount of time left. The larger concept of "being here before" went over my head, though. I think I caught glimpses of it and I highlighted a lot of lovely passages, but not sure I entirely got it.
"This is what marriage looks like after so many years. She can hold his hand and feel comforted by him even as she wants to shove his face into the Jell-O salad."
"She can almost feel the memory of him curled into her side as she eats her cinnamon bun, the smell of his hair, still a little sweaty from sleep, the pride emanating from his body at having so successfully surprised his mother. Like it was only a moment ago and not years. How unfair that time only goes one way, that by the time you understand how much you will miss something, it’s only because you’re already missing it."
"You think things like this are going to change you into someone else, but generally they make you more of who you already are."
"Kids don’t realize how hard it is to be the adult, how courage doesn’t just show up, how life is actually more frightening when you’re older because the stakes get higher and higher. You love more and more people and also understand more fully how fragile and temporary they are."
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wow! Engrossing and oddly hopeful, despite being about the end of the world. I laughed out loud several times, as well. The cast of characters is large, but each one is important. The author does a great job of tying it all together. And I found myself highlighting so many beautiful lines. It's a great read to start out a new year!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Dementia
I’m just so not into the story. It’s driving me crazy that Nora isn’t calling her parents after receiving news of the world ending. Like, girl, wtf are you doing? I don’t even want to finish the story because I find her so annoying.
Source: Kindle free
I really liked this book. And it went somewhere else than I expected… so that was fun that I didn’t predict how it unfolded or how it ended.
It did have a lot of pieces around importance of life and how are we spending our time. (Interesting to be listening to The Measure at the same time)
I think that the author might under-estimate or under-represent the violence that would have actually happened. But SUPER fascinating! Glad that I read it, and nice that it was free
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No