Review: Egg Island by Sara Flemington

Egg Island by Sara Flemington

Blurb from Goodreads:

Two laconic teenage runaways plunge deep into backcountry, farther and farther away from civilization, searching for an extraordinary place that may or may not exist.

On the move for who knows how long, Julia, age unknown, walks into a gas station. There, the tall, ominous kid with a studded belt and crusty eyebrow ring who’s stocking the fridge stops his work and leads her out back to the restroom. What happens next is technically grand theft auto.

Egg Island is the peculiar and darkly humorous story of Julia: a runaway in search of the elusive locale known as Egg Island, a place where, she has been told, the sky breaks the exosphere and the path to a new home will be revealed. Julia’s journey is the story of the shy camaraderie between two bruised teens, stretching beyond roads, forests, and outer space, as they learn to reconcile their histories with the big, open future.

 

This was definitely one of the weirdest books I've ever read.  It had these almost dream like sequences that I wasn't sure if they were supposed to be magical realism or just dreams.  It also jumped all over the place.  Still, I liked it.  I think this author writes very well and certainly has an imagination.  The descriptions were great, too.  I will read more from this author in the future.

Egg Island comes out next week on July 19, 2022 and you can purchase HERE.  

By the time I arrived at the first gas station my shoulders were rubbed raw from the straps of my backpack. My T-shirt and bra all soaked through with sweat. The old man behind the counter asked where I was headed and why the heck I was walking to get there on a day hotter than heck.