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Original Title:	On the Edge of Gone
ISBN:	1419719033 (ISBN13: 9781419719035)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.corinneduyvis.com/novels/on-the-edge-of-gone/
Literary Awards:	Neukom Literary Arts Award for Speculative Fiction (2018)

On the Edge of Gone Hardcover | Pages: 456 pages

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Title	:	On the Edge of Gone
Author	:	Corinne Duyvis
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 456 pages
Published	:	March 8th 2016 by Amulet Books
Categories	:	Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fiction

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January 29, 2035. That’s the day the comet is scheduled to hit—the big one. Denise and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary shelter near their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise’s drug-addicted mother is going, they’ll never reach the shelter in time. Then a last-minute encounter leads them to something better than a temporary shelter: a generation ship that’s scheduled to leave Earth behind and colonize new worlds after the comet hits. But each passenger must have a practical skill to contribute. Denise is autistic and fears that she’ll never be allowed to stay. Can she obtain a spot before the ship takes flight? What about her mother and sister? When the future of the human race is at stake, whose lives matter most?

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I'm disappointed that I have to dnf this book, particularly since I had been looking forward to reading this, but unfortunately I just couldn't continue. There's nothing wrong with the book per se - this book is one that takes it times with the details and has a slow pace - one much slower than I had anticipated.- The book is about a biracial and autistic teen who, following the apocalypse, sets out to look for her sister. - This book, however, is not an adventure book (as far as I got; I got to

It was really slow at times but overall I enjoyed it. Denise's narrative voice is really compelling, and the ending definitely left me impacted. An interesting look into a world post-apocalypse, with a biracial black autistic girl, and tons of casual diversity? I definitely do recommend despite the slow pace.

Most apocalypse writers know that the readers who enjoy the end-of-the-world are looking for stories about survival, either individual or communal. On the Edge of Gone sidesteps this and focuses on Denise and her mom trying to get accepted on a 'generation' ship, which will offer the opportunity to escape the meteor-wrought destruction on Earth. It's an intriguing premise, but in this case, the apocalypse is a backdrop more than an integrated setting.One of the issues for me could be that the

Fast paced, well-written and kept me gripped to the end whilst making me ask some very pointed questions about the value of life. Opening minutes before the big comet hits, this book makes you a very different look at the apocalypse and what it means to survive. In fact, my overwhelming sense of this book was that it asks you to think beyond the binary of so many disaster stories. There is no tale of pre-disaster panic and preparation, but nor is it the story of survival in a post-apocalyptic

**This book was sent to me for review by Abrams, the publisher, but that in no way affects my opinions**I was happy to accept this when asked to review it as I have recently been reading and enjoying a lot of YA sci-fi and this was no exception to that rule. This book is set at the start of the end of the world in a highly advanced society, but one which is doomed. We follow the character of Denise and her family (her mother and the search for her sister) over the course of the book. Whilst the

Some quick details people have been curious about:Yes, the whole thing is set in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Nothing like destroying your hometown in a book.Yes, there's a generation ship, but no, the book is not set in space. The generation ship is still firmly planted on Earth, getting ready to leave.No, it's not a dystopian. The government is no more or less dodgy than it is right now, and the book is set only eighteen years into the future.Whether it's post-apocalyptic depends on your

3.5 starsLoved the main character and seeing her handling all these different situations in her own way. But the story itself and the writing/pacing just weren't for me. (Might've also been the reading slump I was in...)