The Age of Miracles Review

For class, we were given a book entitled The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson. It's a book about the use of fear installed into a novel. The story is told past-tense in first person point of view through the eyes of a young girl named Julia. Within the story, the world has slowed in its rotation and, through Julia's eyes, you see everything transpire.

The novel is a coming of age book that tells its story in a setting of a place where not many have thought about. It is a story about fear and paranoia, and it affects the characters in such intensity that makes the story telling vibrate and at times, lively.

When I first started reading the book, it was a slow, almost in a lullaby movement. It started out so small, yet when everything toppled over each other, it became explosive. I would recommend those of the realist variety to try out this book, despite the scientific elements to it.

The Age of Miracles is a book that delves into fear. It uses such fear to weave a story about a simple girl, in a simple family, with everything crashing down.

Something to keep in mind, you can learn a various amount of writing elements in this book. One might be an epigraph, where you start the book with a relevant quote. There is also the use of past tense through the novel in the creative style of telling a story, despite a presence not being with you to tell the story. It's an interesting thought, so keep in mind when you're reading this.