A review by vlucet
The End We Start from by Megan Hunter

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.5

I mean, sure it's climate fiction and sure it's an interesting style and take. I get the wanting to create distance with the fragments of prose and the characters being named by letters. But I think the author went too far, I could not connect to the characters, I could not follow the action with interest. Beware of making your commentary about the climate emergency so elemental that you forget to connect it to the real world. I did appreciate the almost "tunnel vision" on maternity and the feverish feelings caused by the style, but I kept gasping for air and substance and actual stakes.