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A review by joana_stormblessed
On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
3.0
"Hm."
That is my first thought about this book.
When I started the book I was absolutely hooked and adoring it! We're following a mix raced autistic Dutch girl and the book is set in the Netherlands. I was so excited because I didn't know this about the book. I'm married to a Dutch guy and so I knew almost all the places that were mentioned in the book and I recognized the diversity that truly is representative of this country.
This book is centered around an apocalypse as a comet is coming towards Earth (it's set before the comet, during the event and after) and Denise and her drug addict mother are trying to flee to their shelters when they end up helping someone and end up on a generation ship. This is a big deal and a huge secret. They cannot tell anyone.
As the ship is preparing to leave Earth, Denise is worried about finding her sister Iris and won't stop at anything to get to her.
First things first, I loved the diversity in this book!!!!! As I've mentioned, Denise is a mix-raced autistic girl and I absolutely loved reading from her perspective! It's not a perspective I've read about enough and it was incredible to be in her mind. I cannot vouch for the rep, but since this book is ownvoices for the autistic rep, I trust the author. The audiobook narrator was also incredible at interpreting Denise!
Iris, Denise's sister is also a mix-raced trans bisexual girl! THANK YOU!!!!
We also have gay, Jewish and Muslim characters in this novel.
My issue with this book, which is also why it took me 2 moths to listen to it, is that nothing happens. Sure there's the comet but it's a very short moment. And then nothing happens. At first you're intrigued and i was honestly imagining something similar to the movie Passengers with it being the same type of ship but nope. Honestly it's way too long for what "happened". There's not really a plot, since you just follow Denise trying to convince the captain of the ship to let her and her family stay aboard.
If you're expecting this to be a space book, it isn't.
All in all the book was okay, which would equal to 2 stars, but because of the diversity and the setting I gave it 3 stars.
That is my first thought about this book.
When I started the book I was absolutely hooked and adoring it! We're following a mix raced autistic Dutch girl and the book is set in the Netherlands. I was so excited because I didn't know this about the book. I'm married to a Dutch guy and so I knew almost all the places that were mentioned in the book and I recognized the diversity that truly is representative of this country.
This book is centered around an apocalypse as a comet is coming towards Earth (it's set before the comet, during the event and after) and Denise and her drug addict mother are trying to flee to their shelters when they end up helping someone and end up on a generation ship. This is a big deal and a huge secret. They cannot tell anyone.
As the ship is preparing to leave Earth, Denise is worried about finding her sister Iris and won't stop at anything to get to her.
First things first, I loved the diversity in this book!!!!! As I've mentioned, Denise is a mix-raced autistic girl and I absolutely loved reading from her perspective! It's not a perspective I've read about enough and it was incredible to be in her mind. I cannot vouch for the rep, but since this book is ownvoices for the autistic rep, I trust the author. The audiobook narrator was also incredible at interpreting Denise!
Iris, Denise's sister is also a mix-raced trans bisexual girl! THANK YOU!!!!
We also have gay, Jewish and Muslim characters in this novel.
My issue with this book, which is also why it took me 2 moths to listen to it, is that nothing happens. Sure there's the comet but it's a very short moment. And then nothing happens. At first you're intrigued and i was honestly imagining something similar to the movie Passengers with it being the same type of ship but nope. Honestly it's way too long for what "happened". There's not really a plot, since you just follow Denise trying to convince the captain of the ship to let her and her family stay aboard.
If you're expecting this to be a space book, it isn't.
All in all the book was okay, which would equal to 2 stars, but because of the diversity and the setting I gave it 3 stars.