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aelong1399's review against another edition
5.0
this is unfortunately probably an accurate depiction of the end of the world. also I cried like a baby.
jennifermreads's review against another edition
3.0
Actual rating 3.5 stars
Lucy and Luke are dancing at a prom they never thought they’d attend. Then everyone’s phones start beeping and ringing. Something horrible has happened and life is about to change.
I think the ratings on this book will be affected by one very important thing: timing. If I didn’t feel like I was currently living smack-dab in the middle of Jeff Hirsch’s world, in this land we call “COVID Hell” and “2020,” and thus, read his words while I got more and more terrified that this is my future? Well, if I wasn’t reading it now, if I was reading it at a time where it could be far-future or doesn’t seem so possible? Yeah…reading it at another point may have bumped the star-rating higher. Now? Terror at the possibility of the book’s world becoming real makes me so hesitant, consumed my mind, and made me lose some serious sleep. No electricity? No cell phones? Phones period? No gas? No supplies? Wacko & extreme weather? Politicians stirring pots that should be set to simmer? Yup…all too close to home.
But all those things that made me hesitate? Those are also the reasons why the book is incredible. Jeff Hirsch brought up all the emotions with the power of suggestion. Readers never really get full descriptions of the “sixteenth” disaster. {Side note: Eerily, I finished this book on Sept. 11th, the 19th anniversary of those attacks.} But another disaster later in the story will trigger some memories and buttons for many readers. It is a heavy tale. And one that is all to close to being real.
Lucy and Luke are dancing at a prom they never thought they’d attend. Then everyone’s phones start beeping and ringing. Something horrible has happened and life is about to change.
I think the ratings on this book will be affected by one very important thing: timing. If I didn’t feel like I was currently living smack-dab in the middle of Jeff Hirsch’s world, in this land we call “COVID Hell” and “2020,” and thus, read his words while I got more and more terrified that this is my future? Well, if I wasn’t reading it now, if I was reading it at a time where it could be far-future or doesn’t seem so possible? Yeah…reading it at another point may have bumped the star-rating higher. Now? Terror at the possibility of the book’s world becoming real makes me so hesitant, consumed my mind, and made me lose some serious sleep. No electricity? No cell phones? Phones period? No gas? No supplies? Wacko & extreme weather? Politicians stirring pots that should be set to simmer? Yup…all too close to home.
But all those things that made me hesitate? Those are also the reasons why the book is incredible. Jeff Hirsch brought up all the emotions with the power of suggestion. Readers never really get full descriptions of the “sixteenth” disaster. {Side note: Eerily, I finished this book on Sept. 11th, the 19th anniversary of those attacks.} But another disaster later in the story will trigger some memories and buttons for many readers. It is a heavy tale. And one that is all to close to being real.
dlberglund's review against another edition
2.0
Too much. Early on, there's a nuclear attack in the US, but the unnatural disasters are a hedge podge of unclear climate change symptoms and repercussions of nuclear war. The events didn't always make sense to me, and it felt like a slog.
lydiahephzibah's review against another edition
3.0
3.5. Not what I expected - I thought this would be dystopia but it's more like a character study while there happens to be an apocalypse going on in the background. It has a strange, distant vibe, but it was intriguing
ijustreadthisbook's review against another edition
2.0
not a fan
Wasn’t ‘end of the world—how are we going to survive’ enough. I read this book to finish instead of the challenge of reading out of my comfort zone.
Wasn’t ‘end of the world—how are we going to survive’ enough. I read this book to finish instead of the challenge of reading out of my comfort zone.
heyitsjanna's review against another edition
5.0
Hirsch's writing about the unraveling of the world feels stunningly real and the characters are delightful.
spretnaksbitch's review against another edition
5.0
I didn’t expect this book to be what it was. When I picked it up at the library I thought it was gonna be some teen romance and now I can say it has surpassed my expectations of a book (probably bc I read too much Wattpad books and not enough published books).
eve_is_obsessed's review against another edition
2.0
The blurb on the back cover hinted at some catastrophe but didn’t say what it was, and that’s what intrigued me enough to pick it up and read past the first chapter or two even though I really didn’t want to, and that was a bad decision. My main issue is that I thought this would be either a post apocalyptic survival story or an examination of current world issues, but it turned out to be a trivial teen drama that just happened to be set in the future. It only occasionally mentioned the terrible problem, which wasn’t very original or clever like I thought it was going to be. Also, the characters were boring, and so was the plot! The story had no resolution and epilogue didn’t fit the rest of the book.
knoonan's review against another edition
1.0
One of the worst books I've read in a long time. The plot has huge holes in it and is overall slow and shitty.