Author: Rae Carson
Genre: sci-fi/post-apocalypse
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Summary (provided by publisher): Paige Miller is determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even beyond. But as March Madness heats up, Paige falls deathly ill. Days later, she wakes up attached to an IV and learns that the whole world has perished. Everyone she loves, and all of her dreams for the future—they’re gone.
But Paige is a warrior. She pushes through her fear and her grief and gets through each day scrounging for food, for shelter, for safety. As she struggles with her new reality, Paige learns that the apocalypse did not happen by accident. And that there are worse things than being alone.
My opinion: It's a scenario we've seen before: waking up to find that the world has changed. As a concept it has some flaws. While Carson addresses some of these with enough detail as to provide plausibility without trying too hard, other elements never fully make sense. The plot is solidly paced but relies a bit too much on gruesome detail for atmosphere. Ultimately, it's not an especially compelling story as no secrets are revealed in later chapters. Once Paige figures out what is going on, where the disease came from, there are no new reveals, just slogging through to a new stasis with no emotional exploration.
Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley
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