So what about the world-building? Well, I think the camping scenario got plenty of air-time, but the outside world was dim in comparison. The hints at the future from the authorial voice worked for me. It was obvious that she survived anyway, so it’s not like that was a giveaway. The swapping between the time periods could have been confusing, but Treichel made the time periods so obvious, even a serial chapter heading ignorer like me could manage. Not everyone has a soul mate waiting to pick them up! Emma has to deal with things by herself, and through that come to realisations about life. It’s a more relatable picture of grief, and so so realistic. What was refreshing about this novel was that Emma didn’t need a love interest or a best friend to get out of her trauma. Enough had been said that I was satisfied. But that’s ok! I didn’t mind that I didn’t have all the answers, because it allowed me to really delve into the text, and come to my own conclusions. Sure, the novel ends, but you are left not knowing all the answers. Swapping between the days preceding and then following the accident, this novel depicts how life can change rapidly around death and how one girl survives the rapids to the other side. Out on a camping trip, 15 year old Emma inadvertently causes her father’s death.
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