I picked this one up because of the title. It's pretty compelling, right? The book though.... okay, but not amazing.
Amina gets accepted to an exclusive boarding school as a scholarship student. At home, she's been obsessing about the violence and discord in the world, to the point where she has horrific nightmares almost every night and her parents think getting her away from home and the site of their temple's arson will help.
They probably weren't expecting Amina to gravitate immediately to a group of kids with many of the same obsessions, yet that's what happens. Within this odd group of environmentalists, preppers and general odd-bods, Amina finds some real friends and learns some valuable survival skills along the way.
But being prepared for the apocalypse doesn't prepare her for the usual high school drama, from crushes to friendship blow ups and more. And as things start getting trickier to navigate, Amina must decide if preparing for the future is really worth it if it makes the present so difficult to live in.
There were parts of this book I very much enjoyed, but I feel like the way things were going to play out was telegraphed way too early. I knew from the very first incident of discord who was behind it, so it was no surprise when I reached the end of the book and discovered I was right.
The characters were interesting for the most part, but weren't that layered - each of them seemed to be there because they were a specific "type" rather than being fully rounded humans with a wide range of interests and experiences.
But as a quick and entertaining enough read, this ticks the right boxes, so I'd recommend it. especially if you're someone who catastrophizes about the end of the world!
But don't just listen to me. Here's the blurb:
If you knew the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do?
This is the question that haunts Amina as she watches new and horrible stories of discord and crisis flash across the news every day.
But when she starts at prestigious Gardner Academy, Amina finds a group of like-minded peers to join forces with—fast friends who dedicate their year to learning survival skills from each other, before it’s too late.
Still, as their prepper knowledge multiplies, so do their regular high school problems, from relationship drama to family issues to friend blow-ups. Juggling the two parts of their lives forces Amina to ask another vital question: Is it worth living in the hypothetical future if it’s at the expense of your actual present?
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