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A review by bags_and_bookz
Last Day by Domenica Ruta
2.0
I was very excited to get approved for this book but it left me quite disappointed.
This is the story of the World's End, or at least it is supposed to be. In the described world, which is very like ours now, people celebrate Last Day every year and wait till the World ends after every celebration, but it looks like it never did. There is a story behind all of that but it was shared only in bits and pieces and hard to get where this Last Day idea came from. Nevertheless, the reader follows few characters on this particular Last Day celebration. There is a good man Bear - astronaut - serving his mission in space, a teenager Sarah, lost in understanding her self and her place in the World, and mentally and physically abused Karen. Along the way, many more characters come into play but left little or no mark on the narration.
At first, I was engaged in Sarah's thoughts of discovering herself and setting limits. I was sad to follow Karen's pursuits (however, I think that the theme of mental illness was poorly executed). I was intrigued of Bear's space adventures. However, after about 100 pages, more random characters were introduced with little or no value, and I was put off. It was hard to follow whose story it was and why some characters were connected and how it would play out. Well, it didn't and I had a feeling of unfinished story lines.
SPOILER
At the end, when the reader understands, that the World would actually end after this particular celebration, even more random characters are thrown into the story (music composer, a woman from Bali, etc) which just gives more pages but less value.
Anyway, I hoped I liked it more, but it felt like a waste of time.
This is the story of the World's End, or at least it is supposed to be. In the described world, which is very like ours now, people celebrate Last Day every year and wait till the World ends after every celebration, but it looks like it never did. There is a story behind all of that but it was shared only in bits and pieces and hard to get where this Last Day idea came from. Nevertheless, the reader follows few characters on this particular Last Day celebration. There is a good man Bear - astronaut - serving his mission in space, a teenager Sarah, lost in understanding her self and her place in the World, and mentally and physically abused Karen. Along the way, many more characters come into play but left little or no mark on the narration.
At first, I was engaged in Sarah's thoughts of discovering herself and setting limits. I was sad to follow Karen's pursuits (however, I think that the theme of mental illness was poorly executed). I was intrigued of Bear's space adventures. However, after about 100 pages, more random characters were introduced with little or no value, and I was put off. It was hard to follow whose story it was and why some characters were connected and how it would play out. Well, it didn't and I had a feeling of unfinished story lines.
SPOILER
At the end, when the reader understands, that the World would actually end after this particular celebration, even more random characters are thrown into the story (music composer, a woman from Bali, etc) which just gives more pages but less value.
Anyway, I hoped I liked it more, but it felt like a waste of time.