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Old 07-02-2021, 11:38 PM   #30128
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Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton. I am torn between the beauty of what was written and the disappointment with what was not written. But this is definitely a book you read to enjoy the journey, not for the conclusion, and I did enjoy the journey. A little trite perhaps, but I found that forgivable for how eloquently it was expressed. The conclusion* was not unexpected, this is only a short novel. I can't quite tell if there was supposed to be a mystery around the main characters or not**. In short, I enjoyed it and can see myself re-reading this sometime, so 4/5.

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Spoiler:
The central premise - some global catastrophe - is never explained, but it didn't take me long to realise that it wasn't going to be.


**
Spoiler:
The relationships seemed apparent to me from the start, so I'm assuming the final paragraphs were given only to remove any lingering doubt.



Apparently this been made into a movie called The Midnight Sky starring George Cluney, except that according to the movie description about the only thing it shares with the book is the names of some of the main characters.
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