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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A great, slow moving thriller that takes a realistic look at what would happen if the power and internet cut out, and the creeping dread that accompanies desperate survivors, while still having an uplifting, hopeful ending.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Overall - despite 3.75 stars, I liked this book and would recommend. I read it as part of a club, and liked the themes of how to confront a crisis like this in our age.
This community has advantages to being small and isolated, but it doesn’t eliminate natural challenges that would arise. The central conflict in the story is a valid and possible one in any community that potentially was in this situation, even if in a rural, non-first nation community.
I liked rice’s attempt here and will still try his sequel
This community has advantages to being small and isolated, but it doesn’t eliminate natural challenges that would arise. The central conflict in the story is a valid and possible one in any community that potentially was in this situation, even if in a rural, non-first nation community.
I liked rice’s attempt here and will still try his sequel
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really liked the frequent use of the Ojibwe language as well as the references to customs and beliefs of the Anishinaabe people. The idea of how the blackout fits into a long history of crises and displacement of the Anishinaabe was also very interesting.
I did feel like the story was very basic in the way it was crafted. And I was a bit annoyed that the book ends without going deeper into what has happened to the community (Scott's influence, the deaths, the community's leadership, etc.). I think that would have belonged in this book and not a sequel.
I did feel like the story was very basic in the way it was crafted. And I was a bit annoyed that the book ends without going deeper into what has happened to the community (Scott's influence, the deaths, the community's leadership, etc.). I think that would have belonged in this book and not a sequel.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I have mixed feelings about this book. I happen to own the sequel so I'll read that too, but it wasn't quite anything above a 3 star for me. The story and the characters felt a little underbaked... I don't need my horror stories to explain everything, but I felt removed from what was happening to the point where the tension just sort of fell flat. That, and it was so obvious from the start that Scott was going to be evil, I didn't even understand whether that was supposed to be part of the mystery or not .