This book is brilliant, check out my full review over at Bookish Brews!

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Creepy, unsettling, atmospheric, brilliant, mundane, impressive, thought-provoking

I feel like I spontaneously picked up Leave the World Behind because I was really itching for another short audiobook. This book hit the spot. It’s simple, creepy, and incredibly written. The best part is that it’s a quick read, so it’s the perfect binge read. Being able to finish an entire book in one sitting (or in one day) is my favorite and this one you could do just that.

Quick Summary: Leave the World Behind is the story of Amanda and Clay as they take a family vacation to a remote but luxurious house in Long Island. Pretty quickly into their vacation, they get a knock on their door in the middle of the night. It’s an older Black couple who have arrived in a panicked state, saying that this is their house, and speaking about a big blackout in the city even though the power in the house works. Can Amanda and Clay trust this couple? Should they let them stay? How do they know what to believe?

The absolute brilliance of this book is the writing. The way that the author can describe completely mundane tasks that still make a statement on white supremacy is simply stunning. Simply describing a shopping list manages to be compelling. It highlights the mundane pieces of white supremacy, a side of it that we don’t often ever see in literature. I was blown away the entire time by the social comments that managed to slip their way into descriptions of inanimate objects in a way that I have never seen before. Keep reading...

cw / tw: the mention of death, disease and unrest, vomit, medical stuff, cursing, racism, blood
Diversity representation: Author of Color, Black supporting characters

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