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3.5
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thank you netgalley for the ARC of the audiobook of this one. 
This story very much felt like a character study for the family that it had revolved around, which I feel worked in its favor. The dystopian world, destroyed by climate change and rife with realistic issues coming from such a world felt all too much like one we are heading in, though I do find it hard to believe that the rest of the world would step away from technology so quickly with how ingrained it is everywhere, not just the US. 
I will say, as someone that has a problem with guessing plot twists way too soon and easily, that there were a few that actually surprised me. 
As the ARC I received was an audiobook: the narrator spoke clearly and kept from the all too known issue of monotone reading at times. The accents were rather inconsistent at times, however.