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The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
3.0

I liked this. The last chapter or two really came together for me, especially regarding the characters and the motherhood thread, but it didn’t quite make up for a large part of the book being fairly dry. It felt similar to something like Station Eleven to me, but missing the spark and connections of that book and others like it. There were also little parts throughout that felt off. Like Agnes could remember specific movies but had no context for what pizza was? It took me out of the story somewhat. I appreciated the explorations of a world affected by climate change, but personally it didn’t feel like enough to carry the book.