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The Thinning by Inga Simpson, Hachette

You don’t know how you’ll react to a total solar eclipse until you go through one. The rare celestial event – when the moon is positioned between the Earth and the sun plunging us into darkness – is known to elicit an emotional response.

Some people cry, others scream. Animals are known to huddle together and stare skyward. There’s a sense of collective awe, heightened humility and overwhelming wonder. I felt the same emotions reading The Thinning. Inga Simpson’s new novel bursts with feelings: impending doom, camaraderie and hope.

The dystopian story follows Fin, a young woman who grew up by an observatory before the world was thrown into turmoil, and Terry, one of the so-called “Incompletes”, a

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