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A review by stressedspidergirl
Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson
3.0
This is the kind of book that I get super invested in, and then the ending hits me with a two by four of... well. Nothing?
What happens?
I personally hate these vague kinds of endings. As always, that doesn't make it a bad story, or make it not good enough for other people.
I just feel like nothing was resolved or tied up or solved or acknowledged and for me I want there to be a point. And the point feels like the character realizing she's a lesbian (or something along those lines) and that's about it. They don't figure out the storms, they don't figure out so many things, or how to survive, or anything, they're in a little boat probably going to die in that little boat and we have no idea if Nicolai did jack to get rid of Godsopin etc. If he ever stepped up. I was so invested I personally feel like the ending was a slap to the face.
But I know some people enjoy stories like this, so it is what it is.
What happens?
I personally hate these vague kinds of endings. As always, that doesn't make it a bad story, or make it not good enough for other people.
I just feel like nothing was resolved or tied up or solved or acknowledged and for me I want there to be a point. And the point feels like the character realizing she's a lesbian (or something along those lines) and that's about it. They don't figure out the storms, they don't figure out so many things, or how to survive, or anything, they're in a little boat probably going to die in that little boat and we have no idea if Nicolai did jack to get rid of Godsopin etc. If he ever stepped up. I was so invested I personally feel like the ending was a slap to the face.
But I know some people enjoy stories like this, so it is what it is.