Leave the World Behind

Leave the World Behind

2020 • 241 pages

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While I was reading this I kept feeling like I was reading the book equivalent of a Jordan Peele movie - What is going on? Are these good people or bad people? What is going on? Now that I've finished it, I'm not sure I got my answers, but I certainly have a LOT to think about. It is amazing to know this was written BEFORE 2020 threw all it has at us. Themes about family, parenting, climate change, politics, youth, technology, and more out of a quick read that I can't wait to see brought to the big screen by Netflix with Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. If the author's purpose was to show the reader a slice of life in the midst of mysterious events, he succeeded. This one is worth reading and thinking about.

October 24, 2020