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A review by utopiastateofmind
Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
(Disclaimer: I received this book from Edelweiss. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
Okay so what you have to know about me is that apocalyptic floods-are-coming books are my soft spot. Pair that with my passion, even though I've never done it, for aerial silks and that alone is enough to warrant an insta-read from me. But then you tell me it's a queer story about survival in the face of destruction and I'm sold. From premise alone, even after reading, I am just utterly entranced. Girls at the Edge of the World has beautiful aerial descriptions paired with a world in peril. Their world is coming to a close and so what does our society do?
ind escape in art, but also deny that art has any importance for saving, and in the new world. Talk about an Oryx and Crake moment. What will we value when the world is ending might not be on the tip of the characters tongues throughout Girls at the Edge of the World, but it's something I kept coming back to again and again. These girls are symbols of hope, of escape, but not granted their own escape. At the same time, this book tackles homophobia and bids for power when it all seems to be a knife's edge.
Okay so what you have to know about me is that apocalyptic floods-are-coming books are my soft spot. Pair that with my passion, even though I've never done it, for aerial silks and that alone is enough to warrant an insta-read from me. But then you tell me it's a queer story about survival in the face of destruction and I'm sold. From premise alone, even after reading, I am just utterly entranced. Girls at the Edge of the World has beautiful aerial descriptions paired with a world in peril. Their world is coming to a close and so what does our society do?
ind escape in art, but also deny that art has any importance for saving, and in the new world. Talk about an Oryx and Crake moment. What will we value when the world is ending might not be on the tip of the characters tongues throughout Girls at the Edge of the World, but it's something I kept coming back to again and again. These girls are symbols of hope, of escape, but not granted their own escape. At the same time, this book tackles homophobia and bids for power when it all seems to be a knife's edge.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia