dreamingofreadingx's review
dark
emotional
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
I actually really enjoyed this book! At the End of Everything is about teenagers who are abandoned at Hope Juvenile Treatment Center. After a deadly plague takes over the world. Our group of teens has to figure out how to survive as food and supplies slowly dwindle and they realize no one is coming to help.
I was a bit worried that reading about a deadly disease would hit a little too close to home right now. But honestly it just felt relatable. Also this plague and their situation was just so much worse, that I felt a bit grateful. (Which I know sounds ridiculous to say).
I loved the representation in this book. We got to read from the POV of a non-binary character. Which I’m sad to say, I’ve never seen in any of the books I’ve ever read.
My favorite part about this book was watching all our characters grow so much. We got to see all our characters learning to work together and trust one another. Which is hard for a lot of them to do.
Overall, I would really recommend this book. Just please check trigger warnings first. At the End of Everything deals with a lot of dark themes.
Thank you so much Source Books Fire for the ARC!
*All opinions in this review are my own*
I was a bit worried that reading about a deadly disease would hit a little too close to home right now. But honestly it just felt relatable. Also this plague and their situation was just so much worse, that I felt a bit grateful. (Which I know sounds ridiculous to say).
I loved the representation in this book. We got to read from the POV of a non-binary character. Which I’m sad to say, I’ve never seen in any of the books I’ve ever read.
My favorite part about this book was watching all our characters grow so much. We got to see all our characters learning to work together and trust one another. Which is hard for a lot of them to do.
Overall, I would really recommend this book. Just please check trigger warnings first. At the End of Everything deals with a lot of dark themes.
Thank you so much Source Books Fire for the ARC!
*All opinions in this review are my own*
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Racism, Blood, and Gun violence
lokenstein's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This was an amazing book. I picked it up because I heard there were quite a few queer characters in it, including a non binary main character, and indeed there were. But I wasn’t expecting the story to be so much about found families, about everything that is wrong in the prison system – or even in the punishment ideology, especially for young people, and especially in America. Of course this was written (and read) during the covid pandemic, and there are some obvious similarities, although this is still a work of fiction and not really talking about covid (for instance, the plague here has a near 100% death rate). This book broke my heart, but also healed it, and I cannot recommend it enough!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Terminal illness
Minor: Racism, Transphobia, and Sexual assault
sonicb00's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I flew through this book and finished it in one day. It was a delightful book that held my attention the whole way through. Just when I thought that things might be getting a bit stale, something would happen in the plot, either character or circumstance based. I loved the alternating view points in this book, something I usually really don't like, but this kept it fresh and gave me diverse view points on a terrible situation. The book had as happy of an end as you could imagine for this sort of genre. It tied up enough loose ends to satisfy, but left enough open that you know this story will continue with the characters, not in a sequel per se, but there is story left up to the imagination after the end of the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Transphobia, Classism, Homophobia, and Racism
anniereads221's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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? Yes
5.0
This book now holds a special place in my heart
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Racism, Mental illness, Transphobia, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Ableism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death, Deadnaming, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence
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