A review by unwisely
No Blade of Grass by John Christopher

4.0

Hunh, apparently I don't have a tag for "post apocalyptic", although "during apocalyptic" might be more apropos. I do love books about this topic, and this one is novel both because of its age and because famine is the number one driver (not merely a side effect of something else). The debates about what Britain should do as the world crumbled were fascinating (and of course is echoed in every disaster debate going on now). Help the other regions collapsing? Stockpile food for Britain? (It's a British book.)

I just read about famine in World War 2 (i.e., [b:The Taste Of War: World War Two And The Battle For Food|10234229|The Taste Of War World War Two And The Battle For Food|Lizzie Collingham|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328048171s/10234229.jpg|15134179]), and had some background on Britain's experience with food rationing, which I'm sure was fresh in the author's mind when it was written. This may have helped make it so captivating. I mean, the gender dynamics didn't make me happy, and even the way the males negotiated power was sort of creepy, but that didn't make it any less interesting to read.

Worth it if this is the sort of thing you like.