Author: Demetra Brodsky
Genre: realistic fiction
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Rating:
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| ultimately disappointing |
Summary (provided by publisher): Demetra Brodsky's Last Girls is a twisting, suspenseful YA thriller about sisterhood, survival, and family secrets set in the world of doomsday prepping.
No one knows how the world will end.
On a secret compound in the Washington wilderness, Honey Juniper and her sisters are training to hunt, homestead, and protect their own.
Prepare for every situation.
But when danger strikes from within, putting her sisters at risk, training becomes real life, and only one thing is certain:
Nowhere is safe.
My opinion: At first, I was really into this book. I liked the comparison between the Juniper girls and this mysterious boy with missing sisters. I liked the parallels between their plots, the ways they were trapped by circumstances and how both of their worlds threatened to end. I was less happy when it became clear earlier than I'd have liked that it was not parallel plots but just one plot from two perspectives, that the missing sisters were the Junipers. Because then, instead of becoming an exploration of what leads a person to these extreme view it becomes a simple oppressive cult,. It's threats to their lives and a race for survival. The first chapters were an exploration of who we are, the things that influence, and what we give up for the good of others. The end was just the resolution of simple, physical plots. These emotional issues don't get resolutions or further exploration. All of the complexity is loaded into the early chapters. The end is just quick physical wrap up. That devolution from inventive and contemplative to commonplace was a serious let down.
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