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Book Review of Life as We Knew It

Life as We Knew It
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YA post-apocalypse novel. Definitely suitable for YA as many of the uncomfortable things that would really happen are not even mentioned. But, OTOH, it's refreshing to read about apocalypse without wars, people killing each other over food, or cannibals! And there isn't any time spent on how the community is interacting; I kind of think people wouldn't hole up quite so much. But it's not really about that, the theme is family, so that's fine too. Excellent descriptions of the hardships that are endured - the confusion, the cold, the greyness, it goes on. Miranda is believable to me, although I'm so far from being 17 I couldn't tell you if she's believable to a person that age. Very engrossing. I see this is a series, and I am a little curious, but in the end this book was just a little too young for me to want more.