I loved the book because it had funny details, like the gorilla was extremely wet all of the time, with a shark gnawing on his bottom. The gorilla died in the shark exhibit; he drowned. The plot was very funny and interesting. The book kept my attention. It took me 1.5 days to read it.

Seems like a romance but delves into issues of domestic abuse and difficult relationships.

I liked the food one about peaches and ice cream

LGBTQ characters in the novel. Very enlightening novel.

It was awesome

I loved this collection of short stories! It’s definitely not a feel-good read. It makes you think about all the dangers that are out there in the world and how one single decision can change your life.

continues w/ the cliffhanger of the 1st book! Very good and full of magical action!

The book was very cool and adventurous! The book is about two magical cats that go around their little world, and they like snacks! In one of the adventures, they went to the dragon witch's house and ate pie with a goblin who was rolling on a wheel of cheese down a mountain! Haha! The drawings in the graphic novel are really good.

I also wanted to love this book. It was an ambitious project, to weave an allegory based on the entire Bible, climate crisis, and End Times. I ended up feeling a little terrified (is that possible?), not so much by the apocalyptic events, but by the dynamic between the "wise" adolescents and the drugged/drunk/sex-crazed parents. The smug adolescents seemed just as unanchored morally, as they also dallied in drugs, sex, and drinking, although they were the "remnant" responsible for carrying on society post-storm. The book ended up with Eve (!) the main character, telling her brother he was right, Jesus is science and the Holy Ghost is the "things people make" or "art." The allegory and this conclusion felt altogether forced. I couldn't identity the Jesus character in this or understand how you can make an allegory of Christianity without the centrality of the cross or something cross-like? I'm not sure where I would have been located in this novel (which was a National Book Award Finalist). Maybe just swept out to sea with the other miscellaneous adult bodies. I accept that my generation added to the climate crisis and don't want to minimize this overarching idea. I also accept that the Bible gives believers responsibility for care of God''s world with His help. Maybe this is what allegory is meant to do, irritate us to action. After all, Jonathan Swift didn't really want people to eat babies.

I learned a lot