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If you’re looking for a book that covers several themes then Mood Swings by Frankie Barnet is your pick. The narrative follows two young women trying to coexist with a society that is crumbling before their eyes.

Us vs animals? The odd plot feature is a random world-impacting event where animals are revolting against humans. This incident has left everyone terrified until a bn’aire develops a sound with the ability to kill all the animals. But is this what they want? This dilemma sparked a debate regarding whether the extermination was necessary or cruel.

Remember the protagonists? Jenlena, who writes poetry on Instagram, and Daphne, who writes ‘real’ poetry and has received awards for it, go about their lives: They make discoveries, set life goals, and even start a relationship with the inventive bn’aire at some point, all while the apocalypse continues to happen.

Are you lost? That’s the idea. There seems to be so much happening at the same time and that is what Barnet intended while writing Mood Swings. The New York Times describes it as a master class in maximalism where “the effect is that of being inundated by a whirlwind of pop-up ads that you find yourself enjoying” if this is a readers’ kind of thing.

You can find the book on Amazon.

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