This book takes place at the beginning of the pandemic in an apartment building in London. It takes place entirely over the course of one week. Personally, I enjoy when a book takes place over a short timespan.
At the start of this book, the residents of an apartment building all get notified that they have to quarantine in their apartment for the next week. Someone in the building has COVID, so whoever is in the apartment is staying in for a week and whoever is outside can’t get in for a week.
We meet the tenants in several apartments most are in their own terrible scenario (some definitely worse than others).
In one apartment, Ethan’s live in girlfriend is shut out for the week after staying the weekend with her parents.
In another, Isla is staying with her boyfriend of one month. They are incredibly happy in this early part of their relationship but being stick together for a week is rough. They’ve both been on the best behavior around each other up to this point.
Imogen was trying to sneak out of an apartment where she’d had a one night stand with a man she barely knew (she doesn’t even remember his first name).
One apartment resident has been hosting her best friend’s bridal party for the weekend. She barely knows these women and now they will be there all week (this sounds like a nightmare!)
And in another apartment, a long term couple is questioning the commitment they made to each other…their drama all starts with a pineapple pizza.
All of these people are forced into close proximity (other than Ethan) with people for the week. Everyone is questioning their relationships in some way during and after. Some people are broken down by the stress of the pandemic and eventually resolve their fights, others might have been pushed to have a conversation they would have avoided otherwise.
At the end of the week everyone is free again but it breaks your heart to know that they don’t even know what lies ahead over the next two years.
Clever idea for a storyline and setting. Some of the characters got on my nerves sometimes but they got on each other’s nerves too lol
I thought the end of one of the character’s storylines was especially sweet.
I got to read an early ebook edition from BookishFirst.
At the start of this book, the residents of an apartment building all get notified that they have to quarantine in their apartment for the next week. Someone in the building has COVID, so whoever is in the apartment is staying in for a week and whoever is outside can’t get in for a week.
We meet the tenants in several apartments most are in their own terrible scenario (some definitely worse than others).
In one apartment, Ethan’s live in girlfriend is shut out for the week after staying the weekend with her parents.
In another, Isla is staying with her boyfriend of one month. They are incredibly happy in this early part of their relationship but being stick together for a week is rough. They’ve both been on the best behavior around each other up to this point.
Imogen was trying to sneak out of an apartment where she’d had a one night stand with a man she barely knew (she doesn’t even remember his first name).
One apartment resident has been hosting her best friend’s bridal party for the weekend. She barely knows these women and now they will be there all week (this sounds like a nightmare!)
And in another apartment, a long term couple is questioning the commitment they made to each other…their drama all starts with a pineapple pizza.
All of these people are forced into close proximity (other than Ethan) with people for the week. Everyone is questioning their relationships in some way during and after. Some people are broken down by the stress of the pandemic and eventually resolve their fights, others might have been pushed to have a conversation they would have avoided otherwise.
At the end of the week everyone is free again but it breaks your heart to know that they don’t even know what lies ahead over the next two years.
Clever idea for a storyline and setting. Some of the characters got on my nerves sometimes but they got on each other’s nerves too lol
I thought the end of one of the character’s storylines was especially sweet.
I got to read an early ebook edition from BookishFirst.