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A review by strangecandy
Trashlands by Alison Stine
2.0
Trashlands is a pretty dismal look into what could be the not so distant future. Some areas of the country have intermittent power while other places like "Scrapappalachia" have none. Currency is now mostly plastic that "pluckers" salvage from rivers etc. and are exchanged for food and supplies.
Coral has grown up with her adoptive father leading a life as a plucker. They traveled in an old school bus and followed the plastic tide with the seasons. Flooding has destroyed most of the coastlines and they've settled in an area that used to be known as the Appalachian Mountains. Her father teaches the children that are left from an old set of Encyclopedia Britannica's and Coral collects plastic from the rivers.
The area they've settled in is a graveyard of old rusted out cars that people live in and the main draw to this area is a strip club called Trashlands. It brings in men who want to spend plastic and forget. It's the only place that has electricity from solar panels that lights up a neon sign with the name of the club. It also has "chillers" to keep the air cool for the clients.
The book has quite a few characters that you grow on but most are sad in this place they call home. Overall a pretty depressing yet interesting read. I was not sold on how the book ended, felt a little rushed to wrap up the story at that point.
Coral has grown up with her adoptive father leading a life as a plucker. They traveled in an old school bus and followed the plastic tide with the seasons. Flooding has destroyed most of the coastlines and they've settled in an area that used to be known as the Appalachian Mountains. Her father teaches the children that are left from an old set of Encyclopedia Britannica's and Coral collects plastic from the rivers.
The area they've settled in is a graveyard of old rusted out cars that people live in and the main draw to this area is a strip club called Trashlands. It brings in men who want to spend plastic and forget. It's the only place that has electricity from solar panels that lights up a neon sign with the name of the club. It also has "chillers" to keep the air cool for the clients.
The book has quite a few characters that you grow on but most are sad in this place they call home. Overall a pretty depressing yet interesting read. I was not sold on how the book ended, felt a little rushed to wrap up the story at that point.