Who: Karen Thompson Walker
What: Age of Miracles.
Why: book club
Recommend: Nah.
This is a near future dystopia narrated by a 20-something, about the year she was 12 and the Earth's rotation started to slow. But she's 12, so what often is most important to her is the boy at the bus stop, the loss of her best friend (for random, unknown social reasons, not by death), and discovering that her father lies to her.
This book received a ton of hype when it first came out, and I was really excited to read it. However, it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. I liked the mix of simple glimpses into the science of what was happening, and on the other hand, the scenes from the life of a 12-year-old-girl. But in the end, there wasn't enough of either to satisfy me. Plus, the narrator's voice threw something off. I kept thinking the girl was in her late teens, not just 12. And the repetitive "and that was the last time I xyz" started to get annoying.
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