Amanda is dying. A boy named David sits next to her in the hospital, walking back through her memories with her to uncover how she got so sick, and why her town is crumbling around them.

I've discussed this book with two different book clubs and am still not entirely sure what to make of it. It's one of those books that makes you second guess what's real and what's hallucinatory. It's a parable about environmental dangers and a close look at the terrors of motherhood. I read the whole thing in one sitting, unable to pull myself away.

Beyond that, I don't really know what to tell you. FEVER DREAM is unsettling, otherworldly, and still immediately real. Go in blind someday when you have a free afternoon, and then please come tell me what you think you read! I could not decide on five stars or zero stars? Five stars it is!