This book is a little bit of everything. Primarily, it's apocalyptic and a lot of it is quite bleak which I find a little difficult to engage in as apocalyptic fiction isn't very fun to read. But then it's got this emphasis on friendship and I loved how it wasn't dismissive on friendships you form as a teenager. Then it also has this slightly odd road trip element which did try to inject some "fun" into what otherwise would have been a fairly depressing book. The only problem with that is they are travelling through an emotional apocalypse so it isn't very "let's go to a motel and eat fries and go to Yosemite" or cute.
The main reason to read this book is the plot. It twists and turns even though some bits do feel like the author was padding to get to a decent page number. It's just a very intruiging book.
The characters were very well done as they were strong and interesting and different. Their relationships were set up well. What really shines in this book are the relationships.
I will kind of give this book a trigger warning. It is fairly dark and I won't put an age on it but you do have to be fairly emotionally mature to really read it as it is really dark. I will also put a "trigger warning" as it's pretty anti religious. I did like the way it mocked modern culture (I did laugh out loud at some bits) but it does sort of mock the Bible. If this could upset you or you work for one of those US corporations that bans books I wouldn't recommend it.
I would recommend this if:
You love dystopias
You want a black comedy
You want a book with interesting relationships
I gave this four stars.
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