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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Very good, very depressing. Set in 2016 in NYC, lots of political and climate anxiety. All about dread, apathy, and living at the end of history. Despite this, it was funny. The gallows humor and numb, matter-of-fact approach to doom and despair that seems so common in millennial fiction. I'm going to have to read a sensation novel after this, I need some passion, some drama!
Some good lines:
"but hasn't the world always been going to hell in a handbasket? I asked her. Parts of the world, yes, but not the world entire, she said."
"I forgot my phone, or I too would have blotted out all these humans."
"Then one day I have to run to catch a bus. I am so out of breath when I get there that I know in a flash all my preparations for the apocalypse are doomed. I will die early and ignobly."
"And then there is another day and another and another, but I will not go on about this because no doubt you too have experienced time."
there are better ones, but I didn't read with a pen in hand unfortunately.
Some good lines:
"but hasn't the world always been going to hell in a handbasket? I asked her. Parts of the world, yes, but not the world entire, she said."
"I forgot my phone, or I too would have blotted out all these humans."
"Then one day I have to run to catch a bus. I am so out of breath when I get there that I know in a flash all my preparations for the apocalypse are doomed. I will die early and ignobly."
"And then there is another day and another and another, but I will not go on about this because no doubt you too have experienced time."
there are better ones, but I didn't read with a pen in hand unfortunately.
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Oh… my… coping mechanism! This might as well be the first book ever I would like to reread – pretty much soonish. The rhythm (fast and snappy), the style (train of consciousness version 3.0), the content (disaster psychology and survival tactics à la in your face), the tone (gloomy and cynical): this is pretty much how it feels to live today for a privileged person in the Western world. The format adds up to the overwhelming feeling of humanity losing its battle against climate change (read: panic), throwing each and every one off balance. Offill infers an inner monologue skipping from thought to thought – just like a real person thinks in short observations – with a cankering anxiety that might reassure the most frustrated of us. Weather does just that. Yes: “May You Be Among the Survivors”.
This was a good read, I liked the flitting between topics instead of straight forward narrative/form structure. It gave the opportunity for little nuggets and tidbits of wisdom/artistry that only slightly connected but enhanced the overall by quite a bit.