so like. a good portion of this book is just a bunch of teenagers dying and being killed in fucked up ways (their nightmares coming true, and then a 'natural' disaster).

it's an institution that calls itself a school. the pacing gets real fast once the disasters start happening. please look up the complete trigger warnings for this book because if burning alive or body horror where faces are partially missing or whatever is a bit much for you, beware. there's a few of that kind of thing.

at the same time, I feel like I didn't really get to know the characters that well. like what on earth does Jude even LIKE to do? what does Clementine LIKE about him besides just that he is Jude? they clearly are really into each other and have a lot of grief and some baggage but like bruh what else. what coping mechs does Clementine have? Jude at least retreats.

the characters are pretty 2D but the plot is pretty 4D which made me keep going.

I listened on audiobook at 2.4x speed so YMMV if you read it analog.