2/5 stars
How’d I find it? I like an end of the world yarn, and Last Day seemed to fit the bill. I borrowed a copy from Multnomah County Library.
Why not 3 or more stars? A large cast of characters and rituals populate Ruta’s novel centered on the last Last Day, a global holiday on May 27th in which everyone celebrates the world possibly ending. Like an anthology film à la New Year’s Eve or Love Actually, this sweetly earnest story is stitched together with suspiciously convenient links between characters. And there are multiple shamrock tattoos.