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On the Edge of Gone
by Corinne Duyvis
3.5/4 stars
I received a free copy of this book from Abrams&Chronicle in exchange for an honest review.
On the Edge of Gone follows a teenage girl called Denise living in Amsterdam on the day a comet is due to hit Earth. Denise, her mother and her sister are due to go to a temporary shelter for safety but her mother is making them late, and her sister Iris is nowhere to be seen. Derbise and her mother end up on a generation ship - a ship scheduled to leave Earth in a number of days for another planet similar to Earth - and stay during the initial comet hit. But Denise wants to stay and starts trying to figure it out.
I really enjoyed this book for the most art and the strongest bit about the book was that Denise was autistic. I thought Denise being autistic was portrayed really, really well throughout the entirety gf the book - from the way she had to do certain things like scratching her seat belt to calm down to her downright aversion to being touched by anyone, even her own mother and sister. I loved following her as she tried to overcome her disability while trying to figure out a way her and her family could survive and become a part of the ship - she really had character growth from the way she was able to stand up to people like Anke to going off and looking for Irish by herself. I also liked seeing other people's reactions to Denise's autism from people suddenly being nicer, or some people like the Captain's brother not believing her cause it didn't fit into his idea of autism. I also like how it was mentioned a couple of times that Iris was trans but there was never a big deal made of it and like Denise said, unless it was said, no-one would guess anyway.
I had to take off a couple of stars for this book as it did get a little boring around the middle. The plot seemed to slow down and I felt like I was reading Denise do the same thig over and over again. I wasn't totally crazy about the ending. It wasn't bad by any means but it didn't give me any wow feelings. I also would have liked to have seen a bit more character development from her mom as well.
I received a free copy of this book from Abrams&Chronicle in exchange for an honest review.
On the Edge of Gone follows a teenage girl called Denise living in Amsterdam on the day a comet is due to hit Earth. Denise, her mother and her sister are due to go to a temporary shelter for safety but her mother is making them late, and her sister Iris is nowhere to be seen. Derbise and her mother end up on a generation ship - a ship scheduled to leave Earth in a number of days for another planet similar to Earth - and stay during the initial comet hit. But Denise wants to stay and starts trying to figure it out.
I really enjoyed this book for the most art and the strongest bit about the book was that Denise was autistic. I thought Denise being autistic was portrayed really, really well throughout the entirety gf the book - from the way she had to do certain things like scratching her seat belt to calm down to her downright aversion to being touched by anyone, even her own mother and sister. I loved following her as she tried to overcome her disability while trying to figure out a way her and her family could survive and become a part of the ship - she really had character growth from the way she was able to stand up to people like Anke to going off and looking for Irish by herself. I also liked seeing other people's reactions to Denise's autism from people suddenly being nicer, or some people like the Captain's brother not believing her cause it didn't fit into his idea of autism. I also like how it was mentioned a couple of times that Iris was trans but there was never a big deal made of it and like Denise said, unless it was said, no-one would guess anyway.
I had to take off a couple of stars for this book as it did get a little boring around the middle. The plot seemed to slow down and I felt like I was reading Denise do the same thig over and over again. I wasn't totally crazy about the ending. It wasn't bad by any means but it didn't give me any wow feelings. I also would have liked to have seen a bit more character development from her mom as well.