But now we’ll never know that, cause that’s not how it went. Some would have embarked on a career change or found the love of their lives in a busy bar on some Saturday night. It’s a question that’s eerily relatable to our lives right now – where would we be now, if the pandemic hadn’t hit back when it did? Some of you may have new jobs, some would be married (as opposed to in engagement limbo, unable to even book a wedding due to quarantine). Where would they have been, if things hadn’t happened the way they did? Would they have figured themselves out? Or not? It’s interesting, because as you start, you already know what’s going to happen – the Altmans’ lives are not going to continue as they were, but you keep wondering.
#Lights out novel full
We start following the Altmans as they are all in a transitory state – the wife in between being a full time mother and going back to full time work (which is not going well for her, not to mention her secret drinking problem), the daughter in between school and college (and her disastrous relationship with her mother), the son in the first throes of puberty (and the social terrors it brings), and the dad – in between of handling his career change and his crazy family and… Not handling it anymore. It’s sad, but also just that little bit funny, and so you just can’t look away. Watching the Altmans navigate a possible apocalypse is a little bit like watching a bunch of cows trying to stand up on the surface of a frozen lake. It’s no wonder that they all fumble about the newly developed situation with completely disastrous circumstances. Every single one of the Altmans is focused solely and entirely on himself or herself, without a single thought of what might be going on in the universe of the person next to them. They’re a disaster waiting to happen, but because of the distorting lens of daily life and routine problems, nobody has noticed that the family is on the brink of certain desctruction. Lights Out in Lincolnwood is about a family figuring out their current situation just as much as them figuring out their entire, messed up lives.Īnd I have to say, the Altmans are pretty messed up. The family members, upon starting their usual morning with bickering and stress, break up and go their own separate ways, only to get stranded – each in a situation of their own.
At first people react as if it’s a nuisance – at least, those who haven’t seen the planes fall – they think it’s another act of terrorism.
Cars and trains stop, phones won’t turn on, planes… Fall from the sky. What happens is that despite the day starting as usual as the Altmans go about it, suddenly all electronics stop working.
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