What a powerful read that uses the title as a form of juxtaposition and subversion. “That’s All I Know” is a phrase constantly uttered by our main character, Lea, as she tells a stranger about her life and, more specifically, the last year as her hamlet in the middle of nowhere thinks it is the last year before the end of the world. We learn that Lea knows more than she lets on. “That’s all I know” functions as a self-soothing technique as she relates all of the hardships she has gone through. This novel holds a high level of truth and honesty that feels rare

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC of the book in exchange for my fair and honest review.

This is a highly conceptual novella told as a running monologue from a 19 year old girl. I kept thinking that this story would benefit from being read aloud, or by the author in audiobook format to really land.

The writing is beautiful and the structure is very unique.

For being so conceptual, it was hard to focus on the direction of the story - which maybe was the point of the author! But unfortunately, that didn’t land for me.

This book is a somewhat stream-of-consciousness story of a girl ruminating about her life and the things that have been going on while the end of the world approaches. You get to know her, her family, and the people she knows. She tells you how the forest kills people and the fact that the town doesn't trust outsiders and of course, you learn through her about about the end of the world.