The End

The End

As a meteor races toward Earth, two teens search for the truth behind the murder of a friend, even as they face down their last days. Dry meets Sadie. When will the world end? With Foxworth, a massive meteor, hurtling toward Earth, humanity now knows the exact date. Seventeen-year-old Simon wants to spend his last weeks with the people he cares about most, especially his goal-oriented swimmer ex-girlfriend, Tilda, who dumped him shortly after the news broke. Since Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer she’s, retreated into herself preparing for the inevitable. Suddenly facing down a death that makes her the same as everyone else, she longs to connect again but doesn’t quite know where to start. Reaching out to her former best friend Tilda seems like a good first step. Then Tilda is found dead and accusations start circling that Simon is the killer. As the days tick down, Simon and Lucinda only want to know the truth, but the more they uncover about the final days of the girl they both cared for deeply, the clearer the things that really matter become. Probing the question How would you spend your last days if you knew exactly when they’d run out?, The End is a taut and riveting pre-apocalyptic thriller underpinned with sharp social commentary, that blends the urgency of Neal and Jarrod Shusterman’s Dry with the dark tension of Courtney Summer’s Sadie.
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Nessa Luna@octobertune
3 stars
Jun 3, 2023

Thank you Arctis Books and NetGalley for the review copy I thought this book was going to be a tough read, because it was about two characters who are experiencing their final couple of weeks on earth. The murder mystery part of the book kind of took me out of the whole 'the world is about to end' moment and I think I liked that. The last chapter felt incredibly sad and depressing (view spoiler)[honestly I didn't really feel sad at all until I realised that Boomer, Simon's dog, would be dying too and that's when I felt like I could cry tbh (hide spoiler)] and honestly I wish I never have to experience what these characters went through (both the fact the world is ending and the fact their friend was murdered). I liked the writing though I did notice sometimes it was translated, some sentences looked a bit odd in English, but overall I think it's a really good translation! The main reason I didn't rate this higher than a 3.5, was because I just didn't really like either of the main characters. I didn't really feel anything for them as I probably should have.