I am in a full on dystopia mood recently and The End of Us brings me back. I loved how The End of Us balances this larger scale story with individual stakes. Keep reading this book review of The End of Us for my full thoughts.
Summary
For years, Jules and Rico have only had each other-through the burning heat, hunger, and sleepless nights in the Wasteland. Their only hope of escape? Winning the lottery into the Oasis, the last haven in California.
Against all odds, Rico’s number is selected, and he gives his spot to Jules. Their sheriff would put him in prison for his role in a failed rebellion, anyway. But even in a fancy city, Jules can’t stop thinking about Rico-or how to save everyone she left behind.Then Rico learns the lottery was rigged. The rebels have a new plan—with Rico at its center. If he refuses to help, Jules won’t survive paradise.
Now their relationship is being tested in more ways than one. Is there a future for the two of them… or is this the end of everything?
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
The End of Us is one of those stories which reminds us of what we’re fighting for. There’s these larger stories about society and power. And The End of Us has that. But it also balances this feeling of the end of the world with the people and loves that make it worth it. The people who ground us, the community we can find, and the people who bring light into our lives. The End of Us begins with the end of the world as it crumbles around them. And it find the hope within, the love we can find, and the sparks of life. It ask us who deserves to have the freedom, the access, the possibility of a future, and at what cost.
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I loved this latest release from Proudman as The End of Us explores power, balance, and the possibility of the future. How we can work together, not against each other, for all of us. I had the best time reading The End of Us and it perfectly straddles this line of hopeful and dystopian at the same time. Find The End of Us on Goodreads, Storygraph, Blackwells, Bookshop. org & Libro. fm.