A review by karrama
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

4.0

The premise is physically impossible. At least as far as the hero understands it, it can and did happen. We follow a girl who comes of age as the world might be ending. The moon may crash into Earth. The protagonist documents the changes in society through her personal experiences. There is no sunlight, weather patterns have gone crazy, food is not growable and the future is not knowable. What will happen? It's the reality of the emotions and family connections that keeps this story moving. Character driven distopia is an understatement. We feel her pain and hope as the year progresses and people migrate to find food and family in the nightmare Earth became.