3.95 AVERAGE

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

critland's review

3.25
emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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: Yes
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rhisbookreviews's review

4.0

What a hugely profound book. This is a story about what you hold on to and how you live your days when the world (literally and figuratively) is ending.

I was immediately interested from the first chapter. At first, I thought this was going to be a time travel tale, but that is not at all what this was.

This story follows multiple family members who are dealing with heartbreaking news only to learn that the end of the world is literally 2 months away. It brought up thought provoking questions and profound realizations and takeaways for me and I'm sure anyone who reads it.

It did lag some from time to time throughout but it's a beautiful story and I definitely recommend.
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j_sunday's review

4.0

This book entertains the mind with a possibility of a disastrous cosmic event that would be the end of us – all of us. Everyone tries to make sense of what’s happening.

Scientists are always watching the stars to monitor activity and possible danger to the planet earth. It’s a story that’s been told before and this book makes the reader think and wonder what if there’s news that we all will die? It makes you pause and sort out your feelings about how you would react. It's cleverly written with vivid characters.

Nora from Canada is now 20 years old and has just started a work-abroad program in Berlin at a coffee shop. She meets her boss, Jacob, who she feels she’s met somewhere before. Of course, there has to be some romance involved. Her parents from a small Saskatchewan village miss her and when the news comes out that the world will end, everyone wants to be with their families. Is that possible with chaos in the world?

This is a fast-paced, engaging story with likable characters. It touches on some humor and some serious issues. However, there are many end-of-the-world interpretations and this is one with the author’s imagination. This would be a great book for a discussion.

My thanks to Lake Union Publishing and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book with an expected release date of September 24, 2024.
emotional 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: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

kevasboe's review

4.5
challenging emotional hopeful 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: Yes

ali23ewing's review

4.0
dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Enjoyed this, even though the theme was the impending ending of the world. ( I would normally avoid this topic as too depressing). I found that the way different characters dealt with this was interesting.