Dark, devastating, and brilliant, yet also beautiful and full of care, and tenderness, and hope. This was unlike anything I’d read before, and I know I’ll be thinking about it for a long time after finishing it.

It’s obvious the ways this book has been shaped by the author’s own experiences, fleeing persecution from Nazis during, and in those ways, this book takes your breath away. You’re not quite sure where you are, or what’s going to happen, or what’s going on, but the parallels are there, and they’re vivid. 

This was a fascinating book — our heroine is not quite of our world, not quite removed from it, and her yearning and curiosity are omnipresent in this book. She knows she is different from everyone around her — perhaps everyone left on this world - and she has made piece with that, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have questions. Her perspective is alien, yet also so painfully human, and that endears her to readers greatly. I loved this book so much - from the multitude of memorable characters, to the vast openness of this world and all the questions it brings the reader, this was a smart, moving, and beautifully written story.