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A review by oddmara
Let's Call It a Doomsday by Katie Henry
2.0
I'm sure that for the target audience, this could be a revolutionary read. If I were a mormon girl finding this at the library, I would probably understand a few things about myself. As I am however, while I enjoyed the read from a religious person's POV, just read the same general story about a girl with anxiety, except this time she is sure the end of the world is coming, and it's not her sidekick that's suicidal but her sidekick's brother (although the sidekick isn't a lot better).
After so many YA books about anxiety (and also reading the best one /A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares/) I just didn't feel like this one brought a lot to the table. It had a definition gimmick which started off as very annoying but became kind of cute in the end, as well as a lot of annoying moments typical to this genre that didn't have any good moments to balance it out. I don't even have any clue why Elis cares about Hannah so much, since they've never actually done anything to bond, prophecy about the end of the world or not. Tal is the only good character.
After so many YA books about anxiety (and also reading the best one /A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares/) I just didn't feel like this one brought a lot to the table. It had a definition gimmick which started off as very annoying but became kind of cute in the end, as well as a lot of annoying moments typical to this genre that didn't have any good moments to balance it out. I don't even have any clue why Elis cares about Hannah so much, since they've never actually done anything to bond, prophecy about the end of the world or not. Tal is the only good character.