The Last Woman in the World

The Last Woman in the World

2021 • 310 pages

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15

Once more to the end of the world. This time, not a virus but an entity that lives on your fear making you, quite literally, die of fright. We never quite find out how the thing started but the indications are that it's all our fault. Good new is you can fend it off with pop music and babies. Story starts off really really well, a real sense of place (SE Australia) and feeling of isolation but once you get halfway though, the whole thing just peters out into just another dystopian road trip. Feels a bit Birdboxy, but not as good.

3.5 rounded up because we have chocolate!!!!!

March 31, 2024