The Quiet at the End of the World

Reviews

Holly L. Nicholls

I was desperate to find out why things were the way they were and what would happen to all the characters. It’s a dystopia set in the future, it is still feel good and leave you feeling warm inside, yet still deals with serious and heavy topics.

Strawberry

It had such an amazing and compelling story, but after reading it I just feel quite down and disappointed by the overall ending. There is a short epilogue, which does suggest one aspect of what happened, but it wasn't enough for me to feel like I had a final satisfying ending to the Lowrie and Shen's story and instead I felt pretty down for a while after reading this as I felt almost cheated out of a decent ending. They supported each other and understood each other so well.

Neelam

This book does pose some good questions about ethics, people's effects on the planet, climate change, etc. I'm still not sure what to say about this book.

Set in the future and with the idea of these two teenagers being the last of the human race really made me want to read this. I felt such a rush after reading the author's previous book 'The Loneliest Girl in the Universe' and while this one does a good job of addressing some interesting issues about the future, and has a good overall storyline with some great twists and a generally compelling feel, the ending just felt so flat and disappointing.

Even if this book is a young adult fiction - I absolutely enjoyed it. -Thanks to Walker Books for a free copy for review.

I also loved their messages to each other and especially how passionate Maya was about the issues they both faced when they were first faced with the infertility and the human race could become extinct. There is very little swearing in this book although the occassional s swear wod in English and a swear world in Japanese is used a few times. However I feel that 'The Quiet at the End of the World' did lose Lowrie and Shen's story in the end, focusing on a wider picture about humans and the future of life in general. This book did have a similar feel from the start, of a fast paced novel which did have some good twists.

The book is generally fast paced but at times it did slow down, especially when Lowrie is contemplating things. I recommend this book if you like light hearted fiction that really makes you think. At the same time there is another mini tale being revealed through old social media posts of what happened to everyone and the consequences of the virus that caused infertility.