Rating: 2 stars (out of 5)
Genre: historical fiction
Review: Hap and Hazard don't really have anything much to do with this story. They're the family dogs. The end of the world seem to factor into it much either. This is the story of an unnamed girl, eldest of three daughters, as she tries to navigate being eight (give or take). No-one will answer her questions about anything important, and she lives in a world of unexplained things (her father's short temper, her grandparents' various idiosyncrasies, whether there really is a Santa Claus, is there actually something wrong with her, and on and on). While realistic perhaps, the method of relating a child's experience of the world around her with no explanations about what is really going on is predictably challenging and unfortunately, not very rewarding.
FTC Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for this review.
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