Reviews

Nous vivions dans un pays d'été by Lydia Millet

birchmezz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

foraging_pages's review against another edition

4.0

Read for Studies in Environmental Literature and Culture course, Spring 2021

Cautionary, Apocalyptic

This book took me by surprise. It is very short and easy to read, but I wasn't expecting to be so enlightened. I have never annotated a book so extensively.

The biblical connections were interesting coming from a child who grew up in a secular home and started to see connections between his life on a changing planet as related to events in the bible. Jack and Evie was special main characters that embody biblical characters and show modern readers the influence the idea of God as nature and Jesus as science can have.

aberdeenwaters's review against another edition

3.0

If I could, I'd give this one 3.5 stars. It's a potent, if not obvious allegory, but there are enough chuckles and good writing that it's a mostly pleasurable read. Yes, it's apocalyptic but has just enough hope towards the end.

lydiawesome's review against another edition

4.0

Woof. This book is something else. Not for the faint of heart. So well written, but sort of petered out at the end. Still, very good, very prophetic.

bookteacher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

laneyvonhall's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

mr_cain's review against another edition

The characters are just so unlikeable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Cursing

sagefikse's review against another edition

2.0

good premise, good message, but ugh this was so disappointing

nyfrea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

_chloe_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5