Somehow I went into this completely blind. I think I might have different thoughts if I read this pre-pandemic. But this pandemic is obviously a lot worse - and I had a hard time accepting some of those details. Still the book was hopeful in a way and I enjoyed the craft and watching how all the different chapters intertwined together. There’s a lot of time jumps from before and after the pandemic and it’s basically a bunch of different intertwining character portraits. The pandemic and collapse after are at the center of it but also that’s not what’s focused on at all. Great writing and it will stick with me but I can’t say I loved the story.