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aileron's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Dementia and Grief
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
displacedcactus's review
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
This is a beautiful little book. It made me cry. It also amped up my climate anxiety to 11, since I live in the PNW and the start of this book could be in my lifetime. It's hard, sometimes, not to be hopeless. This book perhaps provides some hope, in that it shows the different ways we might survive the climate apocalypse and still find some beauty and happiness in life. I think I'm just too indoorsy to make it in an off-grid, fire-ravaged world.
I really enjoyed the ways the vignettes were connected to each other, across generations, as we see decisions that one character makes still have ripples decades later. All in all, this was a pretty lovely and emotional book and I recommend it for anyone who is in the mood to feel some big feelings.
I really enjoyed the ways the vignettes were connected to each other, across generations, as we see decisions that one character makes still have ripples decades later. All in all, this was a pretty lovely and emotional book and I recommend it for anyone who is in the mood to feel some big feelings.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness
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