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A review by shella688
The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James
4.0
I read this book last July, which will be relevant shortly.
First, I liked this book. I liked the two main characters, I liked the setting and the quiet apocalypse, and I enjoyed the twist and how you could piece it together.
[SPOILERS FROM HERE]
But the main reason this book stuck with me as long as it did, is because Lauren James is really, really good at writing about a character stuck in a lockdown with no end in sight because of a global pandemic that no-one properly understands yet.
I read The Quiet at the End of the World at the height of the first lockdown and that's what made it such a memorable book.
>>> "Do you think when this is all fixed and over and done with, we’ll forget all about it? Will I one day tell my grandchildren about the whole thing as a horrible but exciting anecdote? Will it seem like a bizarre dream that lasted a few months, before normal broadcasting resumed? I’m not sure I’m the same person I was before this happened. I’m not sure any of us are. We’ve seen the desperate truth of how badly humans can behave when we’re forced into a corner. If life went back to normal, how could we stand it?"
First, I liked this book. I liked the two main characters, I liked the setting and the quiet apocalypse, and I enjoyed the twist and how you could piece it together.
[SPOILERS FROM HERE]
But the main reason this book stuck with me as long as it did, is because Lauren James is really, really good at writing about a character stuck in a lockdown with no end in sight because of a global pandemic that no-one properly understands yet.
I read The Quiet at the End of the World at the height of the first lockdown and that's what made it such a memorable book.
>>> "Do you think when this is all fixed and over and done with, we’ll forget all about it? Will I one day tell my grandchildren about the whole thing as a horrible but exciting anecdote? Will it seem like a bizarre dream that lasted a few months, before normal broadcasting resumed? I’m not sure I’m the same person I was before this happened. I’m not sure any of us are. We’ve seen the desperate truth of how badly humans can behave when we’re forced into a corner. If life went back to normal, how could we stand it?"