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A review by katiescho741
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
4.0
This is a YA book about the apocalypse. But it's not about a far-flung future/ dystopia...it's about the first days of the end of the world.
It manages to deal with the huge scientific ideas regarding the earth slowing down, and the small, emotional and practical changes that affect a family during something like that.
Julia has the life of a fairly typical socially awkward 11 year old...she deals with bullies, frenamies, and youthful crushes. I liked how Julia and her classmates weren't that interested in "the slowing" because they had more important things to think about; like the next birthday party, or buying a bra.
There's an interesting rift in society between the "real time" people, and the "clock time" people, which, had this been a normal sci-fi novel, I'm sure would have become some sort of twisted war of factions.
Any topic like this gets you thinking...what would we do? what could we do? The end of the book is left open. There isn't some magical scientific discovery that solves everything, but people are persevering ad so there is hope.
It manages to deal with the huge scientific ideas regarding the earth slowing down, and the small, emotional and practical changes that affect a family during something like that.
Julia has the life of a fairly typical socially awkward 11 year old...she deals with bullies, frenamies, and youthful crushes. I liked how Julia and her classmates weren't that interested in "the slowing" because they had more important things to think about; like the next birthday party, or buying a bra.
There's an interesting rift in society between the "real time" people, and the "clock time" people, which, had this been a normal sci-fi novel, I'm sure would have become some sort of twisted war of factions.
Any topic like this gets you thinking...what would we do? what could we do? The end of the book is left open. There isn't some magical scientific discovery that solves everything, but people are persevering ad so there is hope.