The Last Day: Review
This novel is based in a near-future Earth which has stopped spinning
about its axis. While some parts of the planet became inhospitable
(permanently sunlit and permanently dark), a narrow 'Goldilocks' band
remains livable. Luckily for the protagonist, this includes her home
country of Britain. The novel weaves in numerous details of this
fascinating alternate reality, from the mundane of dealing with a
never-setting sun low on the horizon, to the political and
humanitarian upheavals that resulted.
However, this book isn't a dry treatise of this fictional world. The
well-planned setting is the ever-present backdrop to a tense,
thrilling dash to find out the hidden secrets hinted at by her former
mentor in his deathbed whispers. All the while staying one step ahead
of the dictatorial government's minders whose motives are unclear and
whose tactics are brutal.
Rating:
- Recommend? Yes
- Buy as a gift? Yes
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