Finished on January 5, 2021
It’s real easy to see why this almost won a Pulitzer. I wonder if it might have won if the third act hadn’t devolved into a Walking Dead re-run (complete with, I shit you not, an evil marauding baddy called the Governor).
That said, this book is totally worth the ride, even including its goofball third act. The writing is excellent — prose-like, efficient. The character development is economical but surprisingly deep (as others have noted, love love looove the first person plural narration). And I personally love many of Millets points throughout the book, especially the generational disconnect and distrust between the kids and the parents.
