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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
“And after all, what did it matter? Everybody died anyway, the good and the bad, the efficients and the weaklings, those that loved to live and those that scorned to live. They passed. Everything passed.”
dark
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
[a: Jack London|1240|Jack London|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1394062600p2/1240.jpg]'s [b: The Scarlet Plague|1201864|The Scarlet Plague|Jack London|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1292626937s/1201864.jpg|2741135] is a post-apocalyptic story that takes place in 2073 and describes a disease (the plague that gives the novel its name) in 2012 that wipes out nearly all human population.
Although the story is told by one survivor some 60 years after the event, most of the narrative covers the description of the apocalyptic event, describing the fall of civilisation and some of the initial struggle of the very few survivors. Through this survivor, the author lets us know how the initial society formed by these survivors will have to walk a long way before it can reach a similar, pre-crisis, development, and how Nature is now claiming back the Earth.
It is worth mentioning that Jack London offers a quite dystopian view of 2012's society, with a very hierarchical social structure: it would be interesting to discuss whether our society is much different than that.
Jack London often uses words no longer common in our current-day English, but nevertheless [b: The Scarlet Plague|1201864|The Scarlet Plague|Jack London|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1292626937s/1201864.jpg|2741135] is an easy read that fans of the genre will appreciate. However, besides the comment made early, I can't say that this book has anything particularly remarkable other than being one of the pioneers in the genre.
Although the story is told by one survivor some 60 years after the event, most of the narrative covers the description of the apocalyptic event, describing the fall of civilisation and some of the initial struggle of the very few survivors. Through this survivor, the author lets us know how the initial society formed by these survivors will have to walk a long way before it can reach a similar, pre-crisis, development, and how Nature is now claiming back the Earth.
It is worth mentioning that Jack London offers a quite dystopian view of 2012's society, with a very hierarchical social structure: it would be interesting to discuss whether our society is much different than that.
Jack London often uses words no longer common in our current-day English, but nevertheless [b: The Scarlet Plague|1201864|The Scarlet Plague|Jack London|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1292626937s/1201864.jpg|2741135] is an easy read that fans of the genre will appreciate. However, besides the comment made early, I can't say that this book has anything particularly remarkable other than being one of the pioneers in the genre.
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
Kind of hated all the characters, though it’s interesting to think about how it was written just a few years before the flu pandemic.
reflective
medium-paced
"Algunos lucharán, algunos gobernarán y algunos rezarán, y todos los demás trabajarán y sufrirán mientras se levantan sobre su sangrantes cadáveres, una y otra vez, eternamente, la asombrosa belleza y la incomparable maravilla del estado civilizado"
3,5⭐️ En son öğrencilik yıllarımda Jack London okumuştum. Kalemini özlemişim. Özellikle yaşadığımız pandemi sonrası yazarın ileri görüşlülüğüne hayran olmamak elde değil. Kısa ve akıcı bir post-apokaliptik kurgu okumak isteyen herkese öneririm.