lizswartz 's review for:

The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins

5.0

adventurous reflective tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this is an incredible debut and glad i finally picked it up. it’s very obvious that the author works with kids because emi’s teen perspective was surprisingly realistic. she’s a spitfire and often questions why the adults around her didn’t do anything more to prevent climate disasters. nothing more teen-like than thinking you would have been better than generations before. the family relationship was also spectacularly written. the tensions didn’t feel forced but very true to life. as the reader, you can very much understand the perspective of everyone. 

also very thought-provoking in its premise of a world post climate destruction. it manages to be both pessimistic and optimistic about our future here on earth and really makes you think about justice and what that means to you