A review by silodear
The Only Ones by Carola Dibbell

3.0

I was so into the premise and execution of this book throughout the first half: for all intents and purposes, a single woman of color doing everything in her power to stay alive in post-pandemic NYC -- but the story devolved into the monotonous tale of what it's like to parent a teenager post-apocalypse. Which is apparently pretty much as difficult, confusing and hormone-filled as I imagine it is in our current world. Why did the author take this path?? The beginning was so so compelling!