Vivian Apple at the
End of the World by Katie Coyle
I really like Vivian Apple. Katie Coyle has created a
character with a great, read: very realistic, voice who is true to herself and
her friends in the face of immense challenges.
When we join the story, Vivian Apple’s parents have just
been “taken” in “The Rapture” and have disappeared – to heaven, maybe… They were part of the chosen group of
Believers, a weird, scary cult, called the Church of America. And, yes, the
irony is intentional.
Vivian Apple and the End of the World is an apocalyptic tale. Vivian is an atheist. Her vest friend, Harp whose parents
were also taken, is all Vivian has left in the world. Together they set off on a cross-country trip with Peter, a
handsome boy with a mysterious past.
The world does not end, but the ending is not sugar coated. The story lines are pulled
to their ends, and those endings are sometimes sad. The post-Rapture world is a
scary one, but those in search of the truth are not easily deterred.
I think, I hope,
you will fall in love Vivian Apple (I just love to say her name) like I did. Her
adventures continue in the next installment, Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle.
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