This is my second read of the dead & the gone. I find that reading it a second time had a more emotional impact especially when it comes to all the different type of relationships. The second installment of the Last Survivors follows a new set of characters. Three siblings who live in New York. Our narrator is a young man named Alex who is tasked with protecting his two younger sisters in a world full of extra dangers do to the asteroid that pushed the moon closer to earth. Volcanic eruptions, floods, epidemics and food shortages are amongst a few of the disasters that characters have to deal with.
Alex is forced to do things he never imagined in order to survive all while making sure his sisters are safe. The world is cold, lonely and scary. People are suffering and while the premise isn't scientific possible the writing and scenes put you into the doom, gloom and survival mode the characters are under. Everything feels so real and possible and the tragic moments really punch you in the stomach.
If you read the first book, Life and We Knew it this is a must read. I strongly recommend you read the first book before this one.
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