(Spoiler warning!!) I’m honestly just very confused about this book. I was originally intrigued by the many characters and world building, but as the book progressed, I felt a little overwhelmed by the sheer number of characters. Unlike other multi perspective books, The Last Murder at The End of the World has an omniscient narrator character, which means that each character is not written in a different voice. For me, this took some getting used to. That being said, I do think that having an omnipresent character as a narrator is a really interesting idea, and I really enjoyed Abi’s story arc.
The main issue I had with this book, however, is that it tried to open up a conversation about what is and is not human, but didn’t really explore that theme too much. One of the twists is that the villagers are actually not human, and the only humans are the elders. While this was very interesting, I was hoping for more of a dilemma from the villagers, who all just kind of accepted it? This would have been fine, but Emory, a character known for not just accepting things, accepted it with in a few pages. I would’ve loved to see more questioning what it means to be human, from both the villagers and the elders.
Overall, I think that the twists were pretty interesting, and made a lot of sense in the world, and that it was an interesting read.
The main issue I had with this book, however, is that it tried to open up a conversation about what is and is not human, but didn’t really explore that theme too much. One of the twists is that the villagers are actually not human, and the only humans are the elders. While this was very interesting, I was hoping for more of a dilemma from the villagers, who all just kind of accepted it? This would have been fine, but Emory, a character known for not just accepting things, accepted it with in a few pages. I would’ve loved to see more questioning what it means to be human, from both the villagers and the elders.
Overall, I think that the twists were pretty interesting, and made a lot of sense in the world, and that it was an interesting read.