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rocketiza's review against another edition
5.0
Sucked me right in and made me finish it in two sittings even though I thought I was going to straight to bed when I got home from work.
junancollins's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
strangecandy's review
3.0
I received this book in exchange for an honest review from Netgalley. That being said I had a hard time getting into this story. Initially the storyline was what attracted me as I love anything post-apocalyptic. But very quickly I found the story became convoluted with too many characters getting involved without much background information so I quickly lost track of who was who in the book. I think if the story had focused more on a central plot and and not gone off on so many tangents it would have helped me to become more invested in the characters. It does appear that there will be another book in the series but I'm not sure if I'll be reading it or not.
mechbutterfly's review against another edition
4.0
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley. Thank you! All opinions are my own.
Shelter: Tales Of The Aftermath is a compelling post-apocalyptic novel about the survivors in a world after the coming of The sisters. Interesting questions about this new world after our civilization meet well-written varied protagonists. A quite fascinating read, I really enjoyed this.
Shelter: Tales Of The Aftermath is a compelling post-apocalyptic novel about the survivors in a world after the coming of The sisters. Interesting questions about this new world after our civilization meet well-written varied protagonists. A quite fascinating read, I really enjoyed this.
bepbop's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
bothwell's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
annknee's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
riverwise's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this one a lot. It's set in southern England several generations after an apocalypse bought about by an asteroid strike. The picture of a society slowly putting itself back together with quasi-medieval subsistence farming communities strongly reminded me of Richard Cowper's excellent Corlay books. But it's not all some bucolic idyll. A chance meeting and brief scuffle have terrible consequences, as a whole region is dragged into conflict between two families. The resulting downward spiral into violence is expertly plotted. Nobody wants it, but nobody is able to stop it.
Throw a spy, an emerging serial killer and a would be despot into the mix, and it's clear it's not going to end well.
It's all very good fun, exciting, and somehow very English - it put me in mind of a John Wyndham novel, although it is substantially less cosy than his middle class catastrophes.. There are further books to come in this setting, written by other authors, and this has more than whetted my appetite for them. Also, a special appreciation for making my hometown of Plymouth the centre of rebuilding civilisation, although I am not convinced janners are the best candidates for that job....we can but hope Cap'n Jaspers and Ivor Dewdney's survived the apocalypse.
Throw a spy, an emerging serial killer and a would be despot into the mix, and it's clear it's not going to end well.
It's all very good fun, exciting, and somehow very English - it put me in mind of a John Wyndham novel, although it is substantially less cosy than his middle class catastrophes.. There are further books to come in this setting, written by other authors, and this has more than whetted my appetite for them. Also, a special appreciation for making my hometown of Plymouth the centre of rebuilding civilisation, although I am not convinced janners are the best candidates for that job....we can but hope Cap'n Jaspers and Ivor Dewdney's survived the apocalypse.
riverwise's review
4.0
I enjoyed this one a lot. It's set in southern England several generations after an apocalypse bought about by an asteroid strike. The picture of a society slowly putting itself back together with quasi-medieval subsistence farming communities strongly reminded me of Richard Cowper's excellent Corlay books. But it's not all some bucolic idyll. A chance meeting and brief scuffle have terrible consequences, as a whole region is dragged into conflict between two families. The resulting downward spiral into violence is expertly plotted. Nobody wants it, but nobody is able to stop it.
Throw a spy, an emerging serial killer and a would be despot into the mix, and it's clear it's not going to end well.
It's all very good fun, exciting, and somehow very English - it put me in mind of a John Wyndham novel, although it is substantially less cosy than his middle class catastrophes.. There are further books to come in this setting, written by other authors, and this has more than whetted my appetite for them. Also, a special appreciation for making my hometown of Plymouth the centre of rebuilding civilisation, although I am not convinced janners are the best candidates for that job....we can but hope Cap'n Jaspers and Ivor Dewdney's survived the apocalypse.
Throw a spy, an emerging serial killer and a would be despot into the mix, and it's clear it's not going to end well.
It's all very good fun, exciting, and somehow very English - it put me in mind of a John Wyndham novel, although it is substantially less cosy than his middle class catastrophes.. There are further books to come in this setting, written by other authors, and this has more than whetted my appetite for them. Also, a special appreciation for making my hometown of Plymouth the centre of rebuilding civilisation, although I am not convinced janners are the best candidates for that job....we can but hope Cap'n Jaspers and Ivor Dewdney's survived the apocalypse.
raitalle's review
3.0
This was well written, but I think it was just too bleak for me. It's a bit post-apocalyptic Hatfields and the McCoys, as pointed out in another review, and I have a hard time with stories about family grudge matches where it feels like a lot of suffering occurs for no reason (it's the same with Romeo and Juliet, for example). The main-ish character (there were many characters and point of view shifts, which for the most part actually worked pretty well) who was most sympathetic, seemed like a pretty good guy actually, actually ended up acting a bit of a psychopath by the end? I'm not sure if he thought he was acting in retribution for a family who had greatly helped him, but his actions made the entire situation worse and I don't know what he was even trying to do.
I may or may not consider reading the next book in the series. They appear to be just interconnected stories in this same setting, not following the same group of characters necessarily, and I can't decide if that makes me more or less interested. Either way, the ending of this book was mostly just a downer, and I would need to make sure my expectations were set accordingly.
I may or may not consider reading the next book in the series. They appear to be just interconnected stories in this same setting, not following the same group of characters necessarily, and I can't decide if that makes me more or less interested. Either way, the ending of this book was mostly just a downer, and I would need to make sure my expectations were set accordingly.