A review by katevaliant
Aftershocks by Marisa Reichardt
5.0
Ruby is struggling with issues in her personal life she wants to forget, and so she skips water polo practice to go to a nearby laundromat where she hopes someone older can be convinced to buy her some beer. At the laundromat she meets Charlie, a college dropout dealing with demons of his own. When a large earthquake hits, “the big one” that everyone has been waiting for, they wind up trapped together in the laundromat. They keep each other company, forming a bond as they confess their worries and regrets to each other. But as the hours pass by they begin to worry they won’t make it out alive.
This book tackles everything from complicated friendships and family changes to the fight to survive in the aftermath of an earthquake. There are a lot of emotional moments, and the story handles the heavier elements well. It also takes on learning to find hope in the wake of tragedy and the aftershocks that continue emotionally after such a traumatic event and the loss of loved ones. While this is a survival story, this is more about the characters and emotional journey of such an event that brings people together rather than tense action.
This book tackles everything from complicated friendships and family changes to the fight to survive in the aftermath of an earthquake. There are a lot of emotional moments, and the story handles the heavier elements well. It also takes on learning to find hope in the wake of tragedy and the aftershocks that continue emotionally after such a traumatic event and the loss of loved ones. While this is a survival story, this is more about the characters and emotional journey of such an event that brings people together rather than tense action.