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(2025) In a future climate apocalypse, Minor lives with her family and friends in a flooded Manhattan, on the roof of the Museum of Natural History. But when a superstorm forces them inland, they have to face the usual dangers of traveling a postapocalyptic dystopia. It's fine: the writing is lovely but the territory is familiar and the resolution is implausibly optimistic.

Usually like these survival in the future books but this one seemed simple to me and too quick in the saving or the loss of people. Nonie and her family with others are living on the roof of the NYC museum bc the water is rising. A mega storm comes and they have to finally move North. I honestly finished it but probably shouldn‘t have…the ending just kinda ended! 😏 More science and maybe some more good dialogue could have saved this?

This cover of this book got my attention. In this future, most of the land on Earth is now entirely under water, because all the glaciers have melted. The oceans are warm enough that there is no longer a ‘hurricane season‘…there are constant superstorms called hypercanes. A family loses nearly everything they‘ve learned to survive in and with, when one of these storms comes their way, and a new journey of learning and survival begins. ⬇️

I figured it was a good time to share the new article from The Guardian, and that it was appropriate for the book…. ❄️💦🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/20/glacier-meltdown-risks-food-...

“The way ahead was like the edge of a cliff, like the drop out the tower windows. The way ahead was full of all the things I didn‘t know. Sometimes what looks like shelter is only menace.”

I'm torn on this book. On the one hand, I liked and appreciated the message of community and survival that the author conveyed in this slow-burn dystopian novel. However, the writing felt a bit repetitive in areas, and the details describing this new water world felt poorly researched.

Slow burn that picks up the plotting pace about 1/2way through. After climate change, and disease, wipe out The World as it Was, Nonie and her family must survive in the World as it Is. A superstorm hits, so the characters must leave behind the shelter they knew, for higher ground and the chance at living on a farm. The journey is dark, but not as hellish as The Road. Thoughtful commentary throughout on how we build community.

A different dystopian view of the world. I liked the world building and witnessing how they traveled through a very different landscape.

#gottacatchemall Whimsicott: Storm or strong winds

The characters in this book take refuge from floods/tidal waves in their former place of employment, the American Museum of Natural History. One recalls the curators from Leningrad who hid in the Hermitage during WWII to preserve the art. Staying hidden in the museum doesn‘t seem like a long-term strategy in this story, though😬

New release library hold is my next read on my Kobo. Hearing lots of mixed reviews on this one, so 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

Libby is one of the apps that I allow for notifications, so I was super excited to see that one of my libraries obtained this new release. 🙌🏼 Plus the line is short.

The same cannot be said for Beautiful Ugly. I put my hold on that one waaaay too late, so I‘ll be waiting for several months😂

Another day, another bail! This one looked so interesting, and I love the cover, but I‘m bailing at the 12% mark. It‘s repetitive and very YA (in a bad way). Plus, if New Zealand is underwater from sea level rise, why is Manhattan only partially submerged? In the age of Google it‘s really easy to figure out there‘s an altitude problem there.

Power, beauty, vision, and hope all lie at the heart of this flooded landscape. I hope this book is viewed as speculative science fiction when it is looked back at in 100 years rather than as a missed Memo and warning. I hope we take a note of the question that is so often posed in this work today - “Didn't they know this coming? Couldn't they have done anything?“ “

Thank you NetGalley and St Martin's Press for the ebook I read

5⭐️ I *really* liked this. I read the pitch comparing it to Station Eleven, which is one of my all-time favorites and a book that completely changed the way I think of and interact with people. This one is very similar, where climate changes have forced a life that is unrecognizable. A slow story, beautifully written, with lots of emotion and longing in the pages. Toward the middle, it really started to pick up until I absolutely HAD to finish it.

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All the Water in the World- Eiren Caffall

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