I really enjoyed this book. There is a note at the beginning talking about the radar stations in Northern Canada. I had in my head she meant the Loran system (a completely different thing) so had in my head a visual image of White Alice based on my own knowledge of that station. It did help with the visual, even though it wasn't the right visual. My mistake, not the author's!

This book proves how important good characterization is for me. By the time we reach the end, the fact I care about certain characters left me reeling. Without giving anything away, there is a dichotomy that is so brilliantly done that the ending is a bit disconcerting.

And I'm really hoping the ending means there is room for a sequel, because that would be brilliant!

I was excited to read Camp Zero, as it sort of reminded me of Station 11 another dystopian novel that takes place in Canada and the US.

Camp Zero takes place in the future where the oil is gone and people have destroyed the continent, the rich live on a floating island off the coast while the less fortunate live in what is now basically a wasteland. Told from multiple points of view, Rose the main character and another know as White Alice.

The story was interesting, but a bit slow. I felt that it could have been sped up just a bit. Good for fans of dystopian novels.

Thank you to NetGalley, Penguin Random House Canada and Knopf Canada for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

3.5 stars rounded to 4. Publishing April 4, 2023.

In this frighteningly realistic story, climate change has made parts of the world inhabitable. Luxurious, floating cities, protected from climate effects are reserved for the wealthy and regular people are left behind to suffer constant climate disasters and work to serve the super-elite.

We follow three groups as they join a research camp in the Canadian north with the goal of starting a new settlement - Rose, a sex worker trying to help her mother build a better life, a group of researchers who belive the're contributing to the cause, and the professor/son of a super-elite trying to excape his families dark past.

This book takes you on an evocative journey of surprise twists, betrayal, increasingly tight connections, and the harsh reality of what our future may hold.

My only issue with this story is that I feel it ended rather abruptly and seems to be set up for a sequel that I will absolutely pick up.