Parks-Ramage takes the idea of a wealthy, sometimes frivolous main character getting ready for a party and dials it up to 11. But then, in an ambitious move that brings a delightful element of camp to the novel, he abandons that relatively safe and simple premise in favor of an exercise in maximalism. Which is to say that his plot goes off the rails - and it works...It's Not the End of the World is a wild ride of a novel. Sometimes you have to laugh so you won't cry - and as is usually the case with camp, there is something true and painful running beneath the humor.

Ilana Masad, LATimes

It's Not the End of the World reads like the best yap sesh you have with your friends after splitting a pitcher of mimosas at brunch...[Parks Ramage] distorts humanity just to the point of recognition, delivering a sharp-tongued satire indicting the current political landscape as well as human greed and apathy.

Liz Doupnik, Marie Claire

After the success of his debut modern gothic novel Yes, Daddy, Parks-Ramage returns with this new yarn chronicling the lives of queer men navigating homophobia, political opposition, a totalitarian government, and climate collapse in a futuristic world...This is a wild ride that spans a century in the life of two queer fathers in the future.

Jim Piechota, Bay Area Reporter

Parks-Ramage's ambitiously bonkers new page turner It's Not the End of the World is a mash-up of social satire, sci-fi, soap opera, and horror set on the edge of the apocalypse. Both snark and gore ramp up quickly (a mutilated body is “still breathing tartare”) as Parks-Ramage pulls the reader into a breathless B-movie world situated somewhere between Mad Max and The Real Housewives.

Jim Gladstone, Passport Magazine, "Favorite Books for Summer 2025"

It's Not the End of the World is both a demented, technicolor romp through end times and a heartbreaking story of love and family. From its terrifying opening to its gut punch conclusion, this grotesque, hilarious, beautiful novel had me in its thrall. Parks-Ramage has written the most imaginative and visceral cli-fi I've read to date.

Kate Brody, author of RABBIT HOLE

It's Not the End of the World is a prescient and harrowing page turner and a brutally vivid wakeup call blending queer family making, an Atwood-esque ethos and a horny gay odyssey. Parks-Ramage warns us that the eradication of queer peoples' rights isn't only feasible, we're barreling directly toward its inevitability. Yet despite the terrors at play, we're imbued with hope that speculative fiction of this caliber combined with our will to persist might just save us all.

Jason Yamas, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of TWEAKER WORLD