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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
I thought this book was well written however, a little too much of a downer for me.
It is a very well written and haunting book. The story is told through the eyes of a 12 year old girl and how life changes when something happens to earth's magnetic field and the days and nights start getting longer and longer. It was very well thought out and realistic but for some reason I kept waiting for something to happen that never did.
The beginning of this story put me off. Into the first chapter, I felt that the author was making some seriously inconceivable scientific suggestions (like night extending on one portion of the planet but not another), which I could not put aside. I persisted though and after the first chapter or so, the scientific anomalies were more reasonable.
This is not a happy ending story. But it still feels true and for that it is worthwhile.
This is not a happy ending story. But it still feels true and for that it is worthwhile.
I really enjoyed this! It is not a big action filled apocalyptic book - it is a quiet, coming of age story set during a natural apocalypse. Every once in a while the foreshadowing seemed to hint of something more extreme than what happened - but generally I thought it was a really well done portrait of adolescence set in an intriguing scenario.
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
interesting book. fascinating premise - takes so many of our questions and fears about the environment to the next level. as with all dystopian stories it fails to address some basic questions or creates glaring problems. however, as the meandering story explores issues from an adolescent perspective, a lot of the flaws can be ascribed to the youth of our protagonist.
as the story unfolds and events take place, i found myself wondering if the orinary-ness of the events was a conscious decision on the part of the author to show that even in the most drastic of situations everyday life continues or if it was just a lack of imagination on the author's part.
this was not a bad book and it certainly offered some excellent moments, but it wouldn't be my first suggestion if someone were lokking for something to read.
as the story unfolds and events take place, i found myself wondering if the orinary-ness of the events was a conscious decision on the part of the author to show that even in the most drastic of situations everyday life continues or if it was just a lack of imagination on the author's part.
this was not a bad book and it certainly offered some excellent moments, but it wouldn't be my first suggestion if someone were lokking for something to read.
Read this in a day! Very captivating, and a little scary. But ultimately I really loved Julia - the main character - and her story growing up as a pre-teen in the time of the "slowing" (which is told in her adult voice).
The concept for this book is quite original and a very interesting read. It's definitely not my favorite story, but it was a good read.
Julia is eleven, and at that age of transition from child to adult. But the summer of personal change also brings about profound change in the world as the rotation of the earth starts to slow.
In this new age the very fabric of society is threatened as people seek to store foods and other thing to survive the coming events. And as these thing happen, Julia finds that her friendships dissolve too; people move away, priorities change as a response to world events. Home is not the refuge it once was either, as the tensions in her parents relationship are pushed to the limit.
Written from her point of view, Julia offers a perspective on this changing world that can be simplistic, but also complex as she tries to understand and make sense of events in her life. As thing get more critical with the day length changes, and solar storms start to affect the power grid, life becomes more deadly day upon day.
Whilst the book was nicely written, and Julia's story reasonable pleasant, I had a fairly big issue with the whole earth slowing part of the story. I cannot believe that this would ever happen unless we had been hit by a fairly large meteor, in which case we're toast anyway. More plausible would have been the magnetic poles shifting, or a small meteor causing a long winter, and brining chaos to society. Nicely written, just didn't make sense.
In this new age the very fabric of society is threatened as people seek to store foods and other thing to survive the coming events. And as these thing happen, Julia finds that her friendships dissolve too; people move away, priorities change as a response to world events. Home is not the refuge it once was either, as the tensions in her parents relationship are pushed to the limit.
Written from her point of view, Julia offers a perspective on this changing world that can be simplistic, but also complex as she tries to understand and make sense of events in her life. As thing get more critical with the day length changes, and solar storms start to affect the power grid, life becomes more deadly day upon day.
Whilst the book was nicely written, and Julia's story reasonable pleasant, I had a fairly big issue with the whole earth slowing part of the story. I cannot believe that this would ever happen unless we had been hit by a fairly large meteor, in which case we're toast anyway. More plausible would have been the magnetic poles shifting, or a small meteor causing a long winter, and brining chaos to society. Nicely written, just didn't make sense.
I didn't know this was an apocalyptic book and when I started it, I thought I wouldn't like it. But it turned out to be a nice coming-of-age-during-an-especially-weird-time story. It was thoughtful and I enjoyed it.