END OF THE LINE Review

End of the Line by Ottilie Weber

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


What if the world as you knew it suddenly came to an end? What if your parents and most everyone you knew were killed, leaving only you, your brother and a few friends alive, along with possibly others out there somewhere? This is seventeen-year-old Lauren’s world on that horrible Labor Day when the neighborhood is celebrating the holiday.

Author Ottilie Weber’s YA novel END OF THE LINE is a story about facing an uncertain future with courage and determination. When asteroids destroy Lauren’s home and neighborhood, she teams up with Aaron, a boy she knows slightly from school, and with her brother and friends that survived, they set off to find other people that might still be alive. Told from alternating point-of-view characters, Lauren and Aaron, we follow the young people as they scrounge for food, seek shelter, and sometimes have to hide from other survivors in what has turned into a lawless world.

I love how gentle Lauren is with her six-year-old brother Sean and his friend Paige, as well as the other children with them. The author shows their emotions nicely, from hunger, to fear, and even how the very young can still find humor in almost any situation. The tension between Aaron and Cole, another teen that resents Aaron’s leadership, is portrayed realistically.

The END OF THE LINE is a story of survival and trust as two teens discover love and respect, and struggle to make the best of their new lives for the children and for themselves. Ottilie Weber has written a tender novel of the best in people and also the worst.
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