Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea

How it reads

Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea is science fiction (speculative short fiction, specifically), and its dominant mood is eerie. It's atmospheric and uncanny, with a sense that something is wrong. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in several locations, in the future, told in the first person by several narrators. Its central concerns are identity, survival and loss and grief. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is left open, for you to argue about. At 288 pages it's a quick read. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.