Marissa Levien's The World Gives Way
I’ve been meaning to read this one for a while, and was reminded to actually do so by a couple of year end lists. I saw someone describe it as “optimistic post-apocalyptic, like Station Eleven” and I’m going to go ahead and disagree a little. See, it’s the story of a young woman, a contract worker (basically an indentured servant/slave), who will gain her freedom when their GIANT SPACESHIP makes it to a new planet, except then her wealthy employers tell her the ship is broken and can’t be repaired and everyone is going to die realllll soon, and then they kill themselves. So she goes on the run with their little baby (it kind of makes sense in context). It’s also the story of the rookie cop assigned to find her. And the story of a world that is literally falling apart. Sooooo some parts of this are pretty bleak. There are also some really beautiful moments. I would not use the word “optimistic,” however. A-.
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