Wowza!

I bought this ebook on sale back when this story was buzzing.

I knew it was post-apocalyptic, one of my favorite world types.

I knew someone stole a dog and that action would forever change lives.

I knew that I really loved the cover art.

Reading this story had me twisting and turning throughout. Fletcher’s end of the world scenario felt authentic.

If you like dystopias, I think knowing less about this story ahead of reading it is the way to go.

Imagine the daily awful you expect from 🤬uckerberg. This book chronicles that and a bit worse.

Who didn’t think Sandberg was a liar liar 👖🔥 with her fairy tale 💩of a book, but I wouldn’t have pegged her as a sexual predator.

While some readers point out how SWW doesn’t truly grapple with her complicity, I’m okay with her saving that for her own therapy sessions because we need more insiders spilling on this greedy & exploitative juggernaut.

As someone who lives on PEI, I decided to read this book because of the Netflix show, some of which will be filmed here. Yay, for more jobs for locals and bigger tourism numbers🤞🏼

But the Netflix writers better have an actual story they’re plotting because Carley Fortune gave them nothing.

There’s not a serious conflict in this entire book. The problems are nothing burgers that anyone with even a smidge of emotional intelligence would handle 1000% better than the dolts of characters here.

Bridget the Bridezilla makes everything about her and tries to be the main character of this story multiple times.

Lucy, the actual main character, wears granny nightgowns to bed, loves her pink everything, and takes all of her twenties to even begin figuring out who she is as a person.

Their friendship over the years was toxic.

Felix, the uber hot, toned love interest, likes to read, especially classics, so he must be smart.

Such a bland cast of middle class white people who have such a dearth of problems they have to make up problems like “Don’t fall in love with my brother”.

The best part of this book was reading about some of the details about PEI.

The airport is really small. There’s 2 gates. Not terminals. Gates. They’re expanding, though, so I think it’s going up to 4 gates.

There are many round-abouts here, so make sure you understand how to drive safely around one before you visit.

Tourist season is during the height of summer, and lots of places close down after Labor Day, which is crazy because autumn on PEI is peak beautiful imo.

Tons of lighthouses to go see. If you visit both East Point and North Point during tourism season, you can ask for a cute certificate at either lighthouse certifying that you’ve explored the island tip-to-tip.

Cavendish and Anne certainly draw in many people, but there’s the PEI National Park plus a lot of provincial parks too. Really nice to read about some of the specific parks Lucy got to enjoy.

And there really is seafood freaking everywhere, in season. And it’s delicious. You can tell I’m a CFA because I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of the seafood choices here. I may be a Nutritarian (similar to vegan), but I make exceptions for seafood chowder, lobster rolls, and fish tacos. Ohh, and fish and chips a few times a year.