𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴—𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

Amanda and Clay leave New York City, and head to a remote house for a vacation in Long Island. They're both enjoying spending time with their kids and letting life slow down for a while, but the spell is quickly broken by a late night knock at the door. It's the owners of the property. They are frantic, saying a sudden power outage has swept across the city. Can these people be trusted?

This book is 🔥. 
I have never been so stressed by a book, but so unable to put it down. Leave The World Behind is the epitome of watching a car crash happen. It's claustrophobic and aggravating, you feel as in the dark and stuck as all of the characters. 

The writing can be quite jarring at first, for the first 30 pages I struggled. I was wondering what the hell I'd let myself in for, but I stuck with it, and soon got into the swing of things. I've never read anything like it before, Rumaan Alam writes in a way that gives the reader a chance to hear everyone's thoughts. It adds a whole other layer to the narrative. The author effortlessly uses this technique to create such an accurate examination of race and class, amidst all of the other chaos going on.

Technology dependence is a big big theme, with the TV and Internet going down almost immediately. It just made me think how absolutely screwed we would all be. The thought of trying to get somewhere, when you don't know the area, without Google maps, just made me feel sick🙃

Leave The World Behind is much more than a suspense filled end of the world novel, it goes so much deeper than that, and it feels especially apt to have come out in 2020. I know this one is quite polarising, but I urge you to give it a go, just know that the ending is pretty open. I truly haven't stopped thinking about this book since I finished it over two weeks ago, it's a book that claws into your brain and never leaves.