The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
jstilts's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
A very short book that reveals the circumstances of it's world and characters swiftly but naturally through plot devices utterly intrinsic to the story. This is a delightfully shocking slice of apocalyptic domesticity, with an acerbic lead that lets the author cut straight to the point of every thought and situation. Brilliant, satisfying, horrifying - with the occasional twist of dark humour. Highly recommend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders
anna_hepworth's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This is very bleak horror, with minimal nasty and much slow creeping dread. The viewpoint is very tightly first person--as diary entries--until the end, when it moves to second, and that works incredibly well in ratcheting up the emotional resonance of the story.
It is a story about forgetting, about an apocalypse--or maybe a pandemic--where one can survive, but not thrive. About the slow erosion of memory and the loss of self that goes with that.Â
There is no logic to what is going on, no explanation. Laverne, who is writing the diary, doesn't know the why. They know some of the what is happening in the now, and some memory of the bad things that have happened, but there is no indication that this is all the bad, just all the bad that they have remembered. Â
It is a story about forgetting, about an apocalypse--or maybe a pandemic--where one can survive, but not thrive. About the slow erosion of memory and the loss of self that goes with that.Â
There is no logic to what is going on, no explanation. Laverne, who is writing the diary, doesn't know the why. They know some of the what is happening in the now, and some memory of the bad things that have happened, but there is no indication that this is all the bad, just all the bad that they have remembered. Â
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Dementia, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence
Minor: Child death
kristinvaldez's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.25
This was a strange little book.Â
Journal entries from an old woman living in a town where the water and rain wipes away your memory. We follow her through suicide thoughts, loneliness, happiness and determination. Â
This book is very short so there isn’t much I can say that won’t give it away.  Is there action? No. Do you have a mystery you solve during reading? No. It’s just a look into someone’s mind, someone’s kind who keeps forgetting little things and trying so hard to hold on to her memory.Â
Journal entries from an old woman living in a town where the water and rain wipes away your memory. We follow her through suicide thoughts, loneliness, happiness and determination. Â
This book is very short so there isn’t much I can say that won’t give it away.  Is there action? No. Do you have a mystery you solve during reading? No. It’s just a look into someone’s mind, someone’s kind who keeps forgetting little things and trying so hard to hold on to her memory.Â
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Dementia, and Confinement
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