Monday, May 30, 2005

This is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow

Interesting read. It's a little dated, as the world ends due to a nuclear war between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., but that's easy to overlook because the politics really doesn't play a big part in the story. The story is about the trial of the last humans alive. These people are held responsible for the end of the world by the "unadmitted", those who should have been born but were not because their ancestors died.

I grew a little bored during the trial part of the story and started to skim a bit through part of it. The characters aren't as developed as they could be, so I didn't really care about their fate. However, the premise and plot were interesting enough that I enjoyed the book.

It's an easy read, but it was depressing. After all, it's the end of the world.

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