All That's Left in the World

This book may have the best opening of any book I've read. Andrew immediately stepping on the bear trap was such a brilliant way to captivate me, and lead into Andrew meeting Jamie and to clearly demonstrate their characters.
This story was such a wild ride. From the Fosters, to Henri, to Fort Caroline, to Cara. I thought this book managed to tell a wonderful and imaginative story within the confines of a grim premise, as well as show the different types of people that could have gathered, and just how dangerous other people can be.
In the Author's Note, Erik J. Brown explains how he believed that there isn't enough queer representation in post-apocalpse stories, and I definitely agree. It was scary, but refreshing to see Andrew and Jamie having to navigate the new world as two queer boys, and the mental discussion in the epilogue about what they should do next really highlighted this aspect of living in a post-apocalyptic world that is rarely touched upon.

This book is just so good. The epilogue doesn't tell you whose perspective it is from, but from the very well-written characterisation, I could deduce that it was Andrew. Assuming that I am right, I like how the book began and ended with Andrew's perspective, which really made me reflect on everything that happened in the book as it was a lot. I loved this book so much and am so glad I got to read it. :)