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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Clipped along nicely, but I had to wiki the first two books to bring me back to the "world we live in."
Enough surprises to keep me engaged. Should keep in mind this is a YA novel aimed at a pre-teen/teen audience. Given that, I think my daughter's will enjoy this series when they get to that stage.
Does make one hungry for food and fresh air, so be warned.
Enough surprises to keep me engaged. Should keep in mind this is a YA novel aimed at a pre-teen/teen audience. Given that, I think my daughter's will enjoy this series when they get to that stage.
Does make one hungry for food and fresh air, so be warned.
This World We Live In continues the story of two families after a meteor hits the moon, changing its orbit and causing its new gravitational pull to start tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions all over the world. The narrator of this book is the same as the first book in the trilogy, Life As We Knew It, Miranda. Her family-her mother, two brothers, and cat-have survived the winter, with the help of the food the government has been delivering to people still living in her area. Most of the people in their small town have either left or died. The weather is getting marginally warmer, and the days are longer, if still gray with volcanic ash. They occasionally have electricity for a few hours at a time. During one of those days when the electricity is working, something miraculous happens-the doorbell rings. Standing outside are Miranda's father, step-mother, new baby brother, and a small band of survivors, including a boy about Miranda's age named Alex. The two groups try to decide how to live on the extremely limited resources they have, and start sending the young people out to scavenge in empty houses for anything usable. Miranda soon realizes she has feelings for Alex, and when a tornado rips through what is left of their town, she is forced to make a decision that could change all of their lives.
When I read Life As We Knew It, I literally could not put it down. The story of Miranda's family was fascinating to me. One of the things I loved about the first book was the way that Pfeffer showed that there would be a slow breaking down of society, and I especially liked that she did not write a story about how suddenly we would all turn into raving lunatics with guns shooting each other over a can of cat food, which is what so many dystopian novels or movies portray. I personally think that humanity is better than that.
This book was just as gripping, but much less satisfying in the end. Once again Pfeffer's writing style, and the authenticity of Miranda's character, made me feel like I was reading a real journal by a real person. Sometimes that format can feel contrived, but not in this case. I was glad for the addition of new characters-while the first book showed the slow narrowing of their world to just the sunroom and the four of them, this novel highlighted our need to be part of community. I did not read the second book in the trilogy, The Dead and the Gone, so I'm sure that some of my disappointment is due to not knowing what happened to Alex and his sister Julie before they joined up with Miranda's father and his group. Because after getting every detail of every day of the beginning of the crisis, things seemed to jump around a lot in the second half of this book. I couldn't understand why Alex was so insistent not to stay with the group, or why Miranda's step-mother was so attached to Julie. But that slight dissatisfaction, of my own making, really for not reading the second book, was nothing compared to the end. I want more! I want to know where they go and what happens to them! I searched the internet last night looking for anything that could tell me if this series is going to continue, and given that everything I found-including the author's blog-lists it as a trilogy I guess I'm out of luck. From a teacher's perspective this is not necessarily a bad thing-it can lead to great discussions and writing projects about what becomes of them and America in the future. But from a reader's point of view-I'll always wonder what became of them.
When I read Life As We Knew It, I literally could not put it down. The story of Miranda's family was fascinating to me. One of the things I loved about the first book was the way that Pfeffer showed that there would be a slow breaking down of society, and I especially liked that she did not write a story about how suddenly we would all turn into raving lunatics with guns shooting each other over a can of cat food, which is what so many dystopian novels or movies portray. I personally think that humanity is better than that.
This book was just as gripping, but much less satisfying in the end. Once again Pfeffer's writing style, and the authenticity of Miranda's character, made me feel like I was reading a real journal by a real person. Sometimes that format can feel contrived, but not in this case. I was glad for the addition of new characters-while the first book showed the slow narrowing of their world to just the sunroom and the four of them, this novel highlighted our need to be part of community. I did not read the second book in the trilogy, The Dead and the Gone, so I'm sure that some of my disappointment is due to not knowing what happened to Alex and his sister Julie before they joined up with Miranda's father and his group. Because after getting every detail of every day of the beginning of the crisis, things seemed to jump around a lot in the second half of this book. I couldn't understand why Alex was so insistent not to stay with the group, or why Miranda's step-mother was so attached to Julie. But that slight dissatisfaction, of my own making, really for not reading the second book, was nothing compared to the end. I want more! I want to know where they go and what happens to them! I searched the internet last night looking for anything that could tell me if this series is going to continue, and given that everything I found-including the author's blog-lists it as a trilogy I guess I'm out of luck. From a teacher's perspective this is not necessarily a bad thing-it can lead to great discussions and writing projects about what becomes of them and America in the future. But from a reader's point of view-I'll always wonder what became of them.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pfeffer's writing style pulled me through this book in the same way she did with her first two books in the series, but I was hoping for more depth this time around. I wasn't surprised that she arranged for her two main characters to meet in this book, but the "he makes me so mad/ now I want him" scenario wasn't emotionally charged and so wasn't believable. Not bad, but not as good as the first book.
Well, let's just start with the obvious — this book is completely different from the other two. It takes place after the events of both, and the world is starting to look up. So right away the suspense of "what's going to happen next oh no terrible things are going to happen I can't look let me peek through my fingers" is dialed way down to something more like "what's going to happen next it's probably going to be okay there aren't as many terrible things that could happen but I'll keep reading in case one does."
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This one is a little weaker than the first two. But still couldn't put it down.
Compulsively readable! I was lucky to pick up a galley of this at Midwinter ALA & read it straight away on the bus home. Wasn't as enjoyable as the first two books in the series, but still. Who cares, if you're reading this one it's because you read the first two & love these characters, wonder how it's going to end up for them.
Wie das Leben vor der Katastrophe war, daran kann sich Miranda kaum noch erinnern. Eine vollständige Familie, genug zu essen, eine funktionierende Heizung - es scheint ewig her zu sein. Fast alle ihre Freunde und Verwandten haben den Ort verlassen oder sind gestorben. Nur wenn es ums Essen geht, sitzen plötzlich viel zu viele Leute am Tisch. Die Rationen sind winzig, nie ist genug da.
Doch eines Tages steht Mirandas Vater vor der Tür. Mit seiner Freundin und einem Baby. Und einem Jungen, den Miranda noch nie gesehen hat. Plötzlich ist die Hoffnung zurück.
Dystopie, Jugendroman und Trilogie.... in meinen Ohren zunächst alles wenig verlockend. Aber oh, was musste ich mich eines besseren belehren lassen.
Im ersten Teil wird die kosmische Katastrophe aus der Sicht eines jungen Mädchens erzählt. Der zweite Teil schildert das gleiche Ereignis aus der Sicht eines Jugendlichen in New York. Der dritte Band vereint die beiden Schicksale auf bemerkenswerte Weise. Die Moon-Crash Trilogie ist absolut empfehlenswert, sowohl die Pageturner-Einzelbände dieser Reihe als auch als Gesamtwerk. Das einzige, was ich bedaure ist, dass ich so lange mit dem Lesen des dritten Teils gewartet habe. Dafür habe ich die letzte Nacht durch gemacht und dieses Buch verschlungen.
Doch eines Tages steht Mirandas Vater vor der Tür. Mit seiner Freundin und einem Baby. Und einem Jungen, den Miranda noch nie gesehen hat. Plötzlich ist die Hoffnung zurück.
Dystopie, Jugendroman und Trilogie.... in meinen Ohren zunächst alles wenig verlockend. Aber oh, was musste ich mich eines besseren belehren lassen.
Im ersten Teil wird die kosmische Katastrophe aus der Sicht eines jungen Mädchens erzählt. Der zweite Teil schildert das gleiche Ereignis aus der Sicht eines Jugendlichen in New York. Der dritte Band vereint die beiden Schicksale auf bemerkenswerte Weise. Die Moon-Crash Trilogie ist absolut empfehlenswert, sowohl die Pageturner-Einzelbände dieser Reihe als auch als Gesamtwerk. Das einzige, was ich bedaure ist, dass ich so lange mit dem Lesen des dritten Teils gewartet habe. Dafür habe ich die letzte Nacht durch gemacht und dieses Buch verschlungen.
