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We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach (view source)
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I liked the multiple points of view and I liked all the protagonists, even when they weren't behaving well. I suppose ''We All Looked Up'' is really a distillation of everyone's search for meaning in their own lives, just heightened by impending doom. Music - Wallach is himself a musician - pervades the whole book and adds another layer of perception to what's going on. There will be a companion album or songs and you can listen to one of them in the video on the right.
I thought this was a great story. It's interesting with credible characters and has a real sense of urgency about it. There may have been a tad too much romance for my liking but I'm an ancient old bird, so what do I know? I'm not in a rush to experience anything but if I were 18 and an asteroid was approaching, I'm sure I would be. I'm definitely looking forward to reading whatever Wallach writes next. We also have a review of his [[Thanks for the Trouble by Tommy Wallach|Thanks for the Trouble]].
If you like the idea of an end of the world approaching scenario, you might also enjoy [[The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker]], which tells the story of a young girl's life in a world where the spinning of Earth has slowed.