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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
“Children’s Bible” certainly is a feral getaway that has some noticeable events. It centers on a group of awfully rowdy teens trying to get away from their equally carefree parents while they’re all vacationing, until a dangerous storm turns it all into a trip of survival. While I like the plot’s premise, half the time it becomes confusing and darkly depressing. It also doesn’t help how most of the characters are pretty unlikable, leaving its narrator as the only interesting one. Again, a not so inviting vacation. B- (67%/Decent)
It’s Lord of the Flies (Golding) meets Bible stories, told through the lens of The God Delusion (Dawkins). Bleh.
Dark, yes. But funny and super engaging and a very fast read. Not for faint-of-heart parents who have chosen to ignore the impending catastrophe that is irreversible climate change. Or maybe exactly for those parents.
The most generous emotion these kids can spare for their parents is a grudging compassion, but the overriding opinion is disgust - with their willful blindness, their lack or attention or empathy, their obsession with avoidance and dulling intoxication, and their lies.
While never going into great detail, and being in large part character-driven, despite the compelling action, this is a book about a massive, destructive global warming event and a group of privileged kids that have little interest in their own privilege and an undying commitment to survival, loyalty, creative thinking and compassionate action. A couple of odd things that didn't quite fit perfectly for me, but I absolutely loved it.
The most generous emotion these kids can spare for their parents is a grudging compassion, but the overriding opinion is disgust - with their willful blindness, their lack or attention or empathy, their obsession with avoidance and dulling intoxication, and their lies.
While never going into great detail, and being in large part character-driven, despite the compelling action, this is a book about a massive, destructive global warming event and a group of privileged kids that have little interest in their own privilege and an undying commitment to survival, loyalty, creative thinking and compassionate action. A couple of odd things that didn't quite fit perfectly for me, but I absolutely loved it.
Stunning. An absolutely vicious takedown of the complacency of the middle, liberal class on climate change.
Didn't finish. About halfway through audiobook and just really didn't care.
Haunting book with a wise narrator: “At that time, in my personal life, I was coming to grips with the end of the world, the familiar world anyway. Many of us were. Scientists said it was ending now; Philosophers said it had always been ending. Historians said there had been Dark Ages before. It all came out in the wash because eventually, if you were patient, Enlightenment arrived, and then a wide array of Apple devices. Politicians claimed everything was fine…” - A Children’s Bible, A Novel by Lydia Millet
This book is utterly baffling in parts, and such a fun read. The children are disgusted by the adults and the selfishness, laziness and decomposition they represent. They’re on their own and they know it. I loved the subtle and not so subtle metaphors embedded throughout this cautionary tale - which isn’t far from reality on our current trajectory. For me, this novella succeeds as an allegory and in its writing style and I loved it!
This book was dark and reminded me of The Road a little. I liked it a lot, I just wanted more. Gonna have to Google some of the Biblical parallels because I wasn’t familiar with all of them
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
4.5 stars. Fell in love with main character's little brother Jack. Absolutely live for this dystopian ish. Only complaint was that there were one million characters and a semi-confusing series of events.