5/12/2023 0 Comments Disappearing earth book review![]() ![]() We are never told directly as to what exactly has happened, but we can keep guessing.Įach chapter is named after the month in which it is set, so you get a sense of the story trudging on slowly, and you keep turning the pages compulsively as you feel the turn of the screw. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story moves from one set of people to the other while the two little girls remain a constant unifying theme - the reference against which all lives in the remote community of Kamchatka, in the eastern-most tip of Russia, are judged. The story moves on, other characters come swarming in, but the novel does not let you go it keeps you hoping against hope, praying that things do not turn out the way they are set to be, and knowing that it cannot be otherwise. The view of the tranquil beach sets little butterflies fluttering in the reader’s stomach in the anticipation of horror.Īs the scene unfolds, the most incredulous events are described in a most simple manner and you are shocked at the tragedy unfolding right before your eyes. Two little girls play by the sea in the spellbinding opening scene of the novel Disappearing Earth by first-time American writer Julia Phillips. ![]()
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