I would have preferred a book about Denise but without the comet because I feel that it is almost unnecessary. Everything which could be wrong is wrong. Also, she cannot work in the animal shelter and misses the cats. A comet is going to crash into the earth causing it to be uninhabitable, her mother is a drug addict and alcoholic, and her sister is missing. It felt like everything which could go wrong did.
I understand this is a strange thing to say about a YA sci-fi novel but it the scenario was unbelievable.
I understood what the author was trying to explain but I personally enjoy having loose ends tied up and all questions answered. It felt like one tragedy after another and I don’t understand how poor Denise was able to function on any level. I had to really force myself to read it and it got boring. The Bad:Įven though I liked the idea of the book for me it wasn’t enjoyable. I also loved how Dutch words were sprinkled lightly through the book as it gave it a feeling of authenticity. So many amazing YA books are set in the US that it was fun to explore a different culture. Having the book set in the Netherlands was really good as a change from being set in the USA. I learnt so much about how people experience autism and I would recommend the book to anyone who knows someone who has autism or doesn’t and wants to understand what it is like. It was refreshing, after so many YA books about a character who starts out “normal,” to start with a character who already was one step in a different direction. The author, Corinne Duyvis, is autistic and so is able to let the reader experience the (end of the) world from a different perspective. I found it so interesting to read a book from the perspective of someone who was autistic. Mother safely aboard a spaceship”- Provided by publisher The Good:ĭenise is a unique character.
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