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This novel is just okay. Nothing great, nothing horrible. It really read as a young adult novel for me, and since 216 other Goodreads users have shelved it that way, I'm not sure why it wasn't marketed as one. It's very simple, and from the perspective of an 11-year-old girl who has trouble fitting in at school and has a crush on a boy in her class. Throw in the dystopic scenario, and this is as young-adult as you can get! Because of that, it's hard for me to be too harsh here. I think I would h
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What a fascinating book! It was not what I expected at all, but I felt compelled to turn the pages to find out what would happen in this world. To explain, the earth's rotation has slowed very imperceptibly, but enough to cause each day to be minutes longer than the one before. And this happens day after day, which in turn cases other problems with gravity and magnetic field, etc. I liked that the author didn't explain it too much, just enough to get the gist and realize that there are so many i
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This one is a slow burn, but I think that made me appreciate it all the more. There isn't some big disaster, zombies or disease outbreak, but rather a sense of foreboding that grows as the world in this book slowly changes.
The science is sketchy as best, but that isn't why you read this book. You read it for the characters who are real with real problems. You read it to see how life goes on in the face of adversity and you read it for the lyrical writing:
"The Ferris wheel stood only partially er ...more
The science is sketchy as best, but that isn't why you read this book. You read it for the characters who are real with real problems. You read it to see how life goes on in the face of adversity and you read it for the lyrical writing:
"The Ferris wheel stood only partially er ...more
Very good easy-to-read novel describing the future of civilization as the earth begins to slow in its rotation. The key to the book was the growth of a pre-teen and her reactions to growing up in a changing environment. However, one of the most compelling aspects was the descriptions of the changes in lifestyle and day-to-day living in a doom-filled environment.
Generally we think of the end of life as we know it as a function of a cataclysmic event -- this was a new twist - the earth was dying d ...more
Generally we think of the end of life as we know it as a function of a cataclysmic event -- this was a new twist - the earth was dying d ...more
A very thought provoking, but disturbing story. The theme was a little too similar to other YA books.
Jun 15, 2012
Suzanne
marked it as to-read
Jan 04, 2013
Melissa (ladybug)
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Feb 09, 2016
Veronica
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Nov 07, 2018
Jessica
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Sep 07, 2020
Rusty
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