A review by marleyrichmond
The End of the World Is Bigger than Love by Davina Bell

3.0

"The End of the World is Bigger than Love" asked me to re-examine truth and reality, continually questioning the existence of either. At first, I found this uncertainty confusing, but by the end of the story, I ached with the realizations that slowly unfolded as I turned each page. Gentle gasps abounded. While Bell adds some political and environmental commentary, such plot elements mainly served to further the relationship between Summer and Winter, the twins at the center of this story. The world-building could have been expanded to fully delve into the climate change, pandemic, political (?) revolution, and technological terrorism introduced here, but the story's character-focused angle was emotionally effective. Disorienting at times and touching at others, "The End of the World is Bigger Than Love" was worth the read.