Huge thanks to BookishFirst and Viking Books for their awesomeness in letting me read this book ahead of its release date.
If you're looking to get your mind blown, you've come to the right place. I'm not talking about my review (that may come off as rambling and full of run-on sentences because THIS BOOK MAKES ME SO EXCITED). I'm talking about David Arnold's latest release which very well may be his best book yet, and I am not lying. David, you cannot outdo this. This was your life's work and now you may go fish for the rest of your life or do whatever hobbies you want to do because you have done enough in putting this book into the world.
Plot: Mr. Arnold drops us into a post-apocalyptic world where massive swarms of bees have overrun and killed most of humanity. A select few survivors navigate this new world, propelled by rumors of a portal, and merely just getting by. Nico and her dog, Harry begins traveling to Manchester to quell her curiosity about a fabled portal said to exist. Along the way, she meets Kit, a boy raised in a movie theater. Together, along with others, they set off together to discover the meaning of their existence in a world that has died.
David Arnold must write somewhere on a different plane from the rest of humanity. Either that or his laptop of magicked somehow. I don't know. His writing is exquisite. I found myself pondering over every word, every phrase. Every scene had a much deeper meaning than what was printed. I can't even explain how mesmerized I was while reading this book. It felt like I was chosen to experience it, as if I were listening to someone tell me the meaning of life.
This review is sounding all wrong because I cannot get the words out correctly. I deliberated for days on how to start the review and how to finish it, but I've come up with nothing but generic words like, "awesome" and "amazing." This book makes you think so if you're too tired or aren't in the mood to reach into the deeper parts of your subconscious, don't read this book. But if you're looking to get your mind blown, this is the one for you.
If you're looking to get your mind blown, you've come to the right place. I'm not talking about my review (that may come off as rambling and full of run-on sentences because THIS BOOK MAKES ME SO EXCITED). I'm talking about David Arnold's latest release which very well may be his best book yet, and I am not lying. David, you cannot outdo this. This was your life's work and now you may go fish for the rest of your life or do whatever hobbies you want to do because you have done enough in putting this book into the world.
Plot: Mr. Arnold drops us into a post-apocalyptic world where massive swarms of bees have overrun and killed most of humanity. A select few survivors navigate this new world, propelled by rumors of a portal, and merely just getting by. Nico and her dog, Harry begins traveling to Manchester to quell her curiosity about a fabled portal said to exist. Along the way, she meets Kit, a boy raised in a movie theater. Together, along with others, they set off together to discover the meaning of their existence in a world that has died.
David Arnold must write somewhere on a different plane from the rest of humanity. Either that or his laptop of magicked somehow. I don't know. His writing is exquisite. I found myself pondering over every word, every phrase. Every scene had a much deeper meaning than what was printed. I can't even explain how mesmerized I was while reading this book. It felt like I was chosen to experience it, as if I were listening to someone tell me the meaning of life.
This review is sounding all wrong because I cannot get the words out correctly. I deliberated for days on how to start the review and how to finish it, but I've come up with nothing but generic words like, "awesome" and "amazing." This book makes you think so if you're too tired or aren't in the mood to reach into the deeper parts of your subconscious, don't read this book. But if you're looking to get your mind blown, this is the one for you.