A review by celiapowell
The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson

4.0

I really enjoyed this Australian dystopian novel, which has a grimly realistic "after the climate crisis/pandemic" feel, despite the cause of the crisis being... almost annoyingly opaque. You have to kind of just accept it and run with it, as if you get bogged down in the "what?! why?" questions you'll spoil your enjoyment of the book. Anyway, that aside - this is a hugely tense and thrilling read, and Rachel grimly overcoming her anxiety in order to help Hannah and her baby is done so beautiful. It's not just the one decision, but a difficult one she has to keep making. Great Australian setting - I loved the visual picture of Rachel's isolated little homestead.