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A startling and evocative novel, harkening to both One Day and Gravity, a man and a woman revisit memories of their love affair on a utopian Earth while they are trapped in the vast void of space with only ninety minutes of oxygen left. After the catastrophic destruction of the Middle East and the United States, Europe has become a utopia and, every three years, the European population must rotate into different multicultural communities, living as individuals responsible for their own actions. While living in this paradise, Max meets Carys and immediately feels a spark of attraction. He quickly realizes, however, that Carys is someone he might want to stay with long-term, which is impossible in this new world. As their relationship plays out, the connections between their time on Earth and their present dilemma in space become clear. When their air ticks dangerously low, one is offered the chance of salvation—but who will take it? An original and daring exploration of the impact of first love and how the choices we make can change the fate of everyone around us, this is an unforgettable read.
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Max and Carys have found themselves in a bit of a predicament. They're spiraling through space, together but alone otherwise, with only 90 minutes of oxygen left. How in the world, no pun intended, did they end up in this predicament? This book is told in a mixture of present day space dilemma and flashbacks into Max and Carys' relationship and how they got from point A to point Holy Crap We're in Mortal Peril.
I did not want to put this book down. I found Katie Khan's writing pretty engrossing and once I started, it was very hard to stop at just 50 pages every day because of my book club. There were parts where the conversation between the two main characters didn't really make sense and there were definitely scenes were I wanted to slap them both, but it was very much a character driven book and how two worlds, essentially, collided– what with Max being a staunch utopian and Carys having been raised outside of Europia's utopian society until her late teens– and the conflicts and developments that can occur because of that.
I... just.. the ending though.... that ending...
