A review by solitary
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes

3.75

henry is being abducted and examined by aliens for years. he never knew what they wanted, until they told him that the world ends in 144 days and only he has the power to save it with a press of a button. between his deteriorating family, the recent death of his boyfriend, and the constant bullying he receives in school, henry attempts to answer the question: is the world worth saving?

we are the ants is a profound story that explores human significance on the grand scale of the universe. henry’s character is deeply and realistically flawed. his actions sometimes do not coincide with his wants or his needs. he tends to end up hurting himself and the people around him, which made me frustrated at some point. But he is a depiction of how people spiral into their own self-inflicted torment because of pain and isolation. Sometimes we unwittingly hurt the ones we love trying to punish ourselves, and then we punish ourselves more because of it.

although i usually don’t read books with slow pacing, i  believe this one is rightly timed to properly narrate henry’s story.

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