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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
Not my usual pick but that’s what book club is for right?!
Interesting story, makes me not want to take anything for granted
Interesting story, makes me not want to take anything for granted
Amazing. This book was so thought provoking (for fear of sounding pretentious). Truly could discuss so many parts of this for hours. I loved reading all the connections between the characters. I thought it was very interesting and well done how the author showed how different people fared in a post apocalyptic world.
I think I’m glad I read this after experiencing a pandemic, otherwise I would have been way more terrified in 2020. Imagining this situation kind of freaked me out at times. We should all count our blessings each and every day.
I think I’m glad I read this after experiencing a pandemic, otherwise I would have been way more terrified in 2020. Imagining this situation kind of freaked me out at times. We should all count our blessings each and every day.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
I read this in 2020 during the pandemic and i was thankful that real life Sars Cov 2 was not as contagious or as deadly as the virus depicted in this novel. The two timelines of the plot wove an interesting tale as i tried to figure out how the different characters were connected. I particularly liked the ups and downs of the traveling theater, including the idea that art lives on, through disaster & the demise of a significant proportion of the human race
Rather strange to read this just before and then several years after a pandemic. My main thought as I was reading this was that I’m glad the world didn’t turn the way it did in the book. Though, the mood does stay somehow hopeful throughout because “survival is insufficient.” Even after civilization collapses, there will be art. And there will be hope.
(January 2025)
(January 2025)