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"Whether someone is useful only matters if you value people by their use."

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#OwnVoices is quickly becoming my favorite genre of books! 16 year old Denise grapples with end of the world dangers and needs to find her family survive safely. Corinne Duyvis does an amazing job writing her plot and characters!

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The plot got very meandering, and I found myself struggling to follow and maintain interest. I bailed when I realized I was actively avoiding reading it.

THIS FEELING THO #relatable

First impressions: reading about an autistic person going through anxiety and feeling it in very similar ways to how I feel anxiety is...refreshing, but also stressful.
The writing is giving me a bit of an ESL vibe, and given it's set in the Netherlands, that may be the case.
This is an #ownvoices teen sci-fi with an autistic protagonist.

Image from weneeddiversebooks.com

On the Edge of Gone is the best #ownvoices book I've read in the last year. Duvyis does a fantastic job of creating a cast of diverse characters and it doesn't come across like she's checking off a list. It reads like it reflects the real world, where people aren't simply defined by gender or ability. Add in some cosmic end of world stuff and it's totally my kinda book!!
#24in48 #hour18 #weneeddiversebooks

Finally getting back to this after being sick for too long, it's really good so I hope to finish it soon 😍

"Whether someone is useful only matters if you value people by their use."

Day 9 of #riotgrams is #PRIDE! Check out On the Edge of Gone for a prominent trans character! #loveislove

It's a cold, dreary day outside, but Howie and I are cozy inside with this #ownvoices title about a teen with autism dealing with surviving the end of the world. #howiereads

January 29, 2035. Denise,her mother, and sister, have been assigned to shelter outside their town to wait out the comet blast, but they can't reach the shelter in time. A meeting leads them to a generation ship, scheduled to leave Earth behind to colonize new worlds. But everyone on the ship has been chosen. Denise is autistic and fears that she won't be allowed to stay. When the future of the human race is at stake, who matters most?

#TBR 😱📚

One of my fave 2016 reads

How was this book? Good enough to stay up and finish it in one evening. Good enough to request from the library something else by the author.
Full review over on Goodreads.

When things are literally life or death and we're running out of time, who do we actually believe is worth saving? This is a consuming book that somehow manages to tackle ableism, racism, prejudice against transgender people and the chronically addicted while weaving in an accepted idea of religious tolerance. Just pick it up immediately.

Sigh. Truth. Medicine is objective, doctors aren't.

Excited about this. Love to see positive representations of autism, and in a sci-fi setting? Even better.

This isn't a book with an exciting plot or a ton of action. No space, not a lot of apocalypse; it's mostly just a character study. BUT. It's filled with wonderful and inclusive character description. The main protagonist is an autistic, mixed race girl and the author is terrific when it comes to writing her. Who deserves to survive and why is one of the main themes of this book. Refreshing to see diversity! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Not quite halfway through this yet, but I'm not sure I've ever seen inclusive done quite as well as this. So in love.

Escaped the library at lunch to sink into a dystopian world for a change. #books #booklr #reading #yabooks #youngadult #dystopian

Holy wow, this book. The most human post-apocalyptic story I've ever experienced. That it's told through the eyes of an autistic teenager and has a cast of characters that is incredibly diverse for a work of fiction makes it all the more real, and the tugs at your heartstrings all the stronger.

"Whether someone is useful only matters if you value people by their use." At the end of the world there's survival and interdependence. There's loyalty and betrayal. There's also Denise, autistic and biracial, often on guard & always fighting to keep her and her family alive ON THE EDGE OF GONE.

Met some great people and picked up some very interesting books at the Dutch Comic Con. And Corinne Duyvis and her new book check both those boxes.