Linda Cai

Fortunately I am reading this book towards the end (hopefully?) of the covid pandemic rather than right in the middle of it. I enjoyed the book a lot, and I love how the complete picture of the storyline and the connection between characters gets revealed bit by bit throughout the book, which makes the nonlinear timeline engaging but not confusing. In general the post pandemic world is emotionally believable and reminds me of (of course to a much lesser intensity) the kind of thought process people went through during covid. My only complaint is that the Georgian flu does not seem like a virus that could destroy civilization in that short amount of time span (the incubation is short, virus is lethal so people will be motivated to be on good behavior, gov could have started mandatory quarantine, within 5-6 at least the small town ppl shouldn't be all dead yet). Also, I feel like getting back electricity should not take 20 years to figure out, since solar panels could have powered at least some electricity and the panels should be easy to find near certain facilities.