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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-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:
Yes
Extremely tight, well plotted and thoughtful post-apocalypse novel.
"You never expect to be at the end of anything" says our heroine, Makepeace. Alas, that's pretty much where she is in regard to civilization.
Makepeace's family left their homes for what they hoped would be a semi-utopian, Quaker, refuge from climate change. Unfortunately, climate change refugees made it to their home in Siberia. Starving people met people trying to hoard their own resources, and chaos ensued.
Now Makepeace is pretty much alone. The world is depopulated but not yet empty. Some men see that as a reason to exploit others. It's not pretty.
This is a sad, grim book without much hope for humanity. But, as she says,
"In the long run, the waters recede, the sun rises, and plants grow. I’ve never doubted that something will survive of us. Of course, I won’t make it. And all those books I saved will end up mulch and birds’ nests, I suppose. But something will go on. It just gives me no comfort when I imagine the day when the deluge has finally passed, and the dark, slippery, once-human things that will be waiting to hatch out of the ark."
But it's very well written.
Makepeace's family left their homes for what they hoped would be a semi-utopian, Quaker, refuge from climate change. Unfortunately, climate change refugees made it to their home in Siberia. Starving people met people trying to hoard their own resources, and chaos ensued.
Now Makepeace is pretty much alone. The world is depopulated but not yet empty. Some men see that as a reason to exploit others. It's not pretty.
This is a sad, grim book without much hope for humanity. But, as she says,
"In the long run, the waters recede, the sun rises, and plants grow. I’ve never doubted that something will survive of us. Of course, I won’t make it. And all those books I saved will end up mulch and birds’ nests, I suppose. But something will go on. It just gives me no comfort when I imagine the day when the deluge has finally passed, and the dark, slippery, once-human things that will be waiting to hatch out of the ark."
But it's very well written.
I didn’t expect to enjoy Marcel Theroux’s Far North as much as I did. I ended up reading the whole thing in one sitting last night, finishing up a little after midnight. For an end of the world novel with little or no dialog, it was surprisingly engrossing. While the novel has some unmistakable similarities to Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, this book has something that McCarthy’s book was missing: hope. And that makes all the difference...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This had some pleasant twists, but about halfway through I abandoned it.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes