It is hard to even really be able to describe the style of this book except to say that is it wonderfully odd. It is very much character driven, which I love but it isn't like some of the books that Joe loves that practically need a spreadsheet in order to keep track of who is who.
The store follows a father and his mute daughter that are trying to fly under the radar in a police state that is never really fully explained. There is a curfew (hence the title) is strict and the father is a given a reason to break that is hard to resist. The story follows the father and his daughter in a quite peculiar way. I can't really say anymore without giving the story away.
I became very connected to the characters in the book, especially considering I didn't have much time. Even though I have finished the book days ago, I have thought of the each of the characters every day wondering what kind of choices I might have been given the same circumstances. It is such a strange world they live in yet with the relationships so familiar it is impossible to wonder what I would do.
Jesse Ball has written two books before this one and they are definitely going on my to-read list on Goodreads.
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