Life As We Knew It

Reader reviewed by rachpaige11

Whoa Scary, that's how I describe this book. It is scary. No it doesn't have any monsters, but it has life threatning situations. The way it was written made me feel like I was there experiencing the same thing as the characters. It was a great book.

Told through sixteen-year old Miranda's diary entries, Miranda experiences an event that changed her world. It all started out as a normal week. Then the astronomers announced an asteroid would hit the moon. This information didn't seem that important at first, just an excuse for teachers to send home more homework, then it happened. It was nothing like they predicted. The impact caused the moon to move closer to the earth setting off a chain of rivetting events.

This book was very good. It shows you just how important your life is and what it means when the world around you crumbles.

Reader reviewed by Mairi

Miranda's first entry in her journal describes her teachers' preoccupation the asteroid that is about to hit the moon; they are even talking about it in history. It is lighthearted as she discusses friends and school, but by the next entry the asteroid has knocked the moon into closer orbit around the earth, upsetting tides and altering the climate, and everything has changed. Miranda's mother stocks the house full of groceries and refuses to give to charity when Miranda asks- sharing, she says, is a luxury you cannot afford when the world may be coming to an end.

This was assigned reading for me, but, contrary to my usual feelings about assigned reading, I was excited about it- it looked good and was by an author I was familiar with, even if it was for her less than stellar prequels to Little Women. At the time of the assignment the book was either a) very popular or b) very rare, because I had to get it from Amazon and they sent it to me a day after the assignment. Needless to say I was thrilled with this brilliant timing and so put the book on my shelf until now, when I was feeling generous enough to read it.

At any rate, this is a very good book and I would highly recommend it.