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After World by Debbie Urbanski
5.0
challenging dark emotional reflective

Wow wow wow this book is so good and also SO brutal and bleak. AI decides humanity is the problem with the Earth, so it eliminates us, and this book tells the story of some of the planet’s final humans through the lens of an AI who is tasked with recording their experiences. I don’t think I’ve ever read an apocalyptic book that felt so real or likely or called out current times as hard or as well as this one does. It is so broad and entire-planet focused while making me so invested in a few individuals (who it made clear from the beginning could and would not be saved!) It’s brilliant and my gosh was it a rough read but SO GOOD I promise.