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A review by mppilk
The Last Stars in the Sky by Kate Hewitt
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
3.5
Not entirely sure about this book, 3.5 stars upgraded to 4 because it certainly draws you in and can be very atmospheric at times.
Alex is returning to her childhood home by a remote lake in Canada, with her family. This is not willingly but as a result of her husband losing his job and keeping that a secret for 6 months. Tensions are strained and this worsens when nuclear strikes hits various U..S. cities and the family has to go into survival and indeed eventually pioneer mode. As Daniel leaves to find their son Sam, Alex and her 2 daughters must learn to survive.
Character development throughout the book is very good and days after reading I’m still thinking about the strength of character needed to survive such a scenario. However too much of the story seems incredible. Would the government of a powerful democracy really just abandon its people? Would no effort be made to restore electricity, water and other utilities months after the event? Army, police etc abandoned the upholding of law and order yet a group of marines protected the students in a university……is the a message there somewhere?
I would have liked to read more about Daniel’s journey and the reasons behind the nuclear strikes in the first place. For me the ending felt flat but all in all worth a read. Just lets hope that if it ever comes to it humanity will step up and not turn on one another like this book represents.
Thanks to NetGalley.co.uk and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Alex is returning to her childhood home by a remote lake in Canada, with her family. This is not willingly but as a result of her husband losing his job and keeping that a secret for 6 months. Tensions are strained and this worsens when nuclear strikes hits various U..S. cities and the family has to go into survival and indeed eventually pioneer mode. As Daniel leaves to find their son Sam, Alex and her 2 daughters must learn to survive.
Character development throughout the book is very good and days after reading I’m still thinking about the strength of character needed to survive such a scenario. However too much of the story seems incredible. Would the government of a powerful democracy really just abandon its people? Would no effort be made to restore electricity, water and other utilities months after the event? Army, police etc abandoned the upholding of law and order yet a group of marines protected the students in a university……is the a message there somewhere?
I would have liked to read more about Daniel’s journey and the reasons behind the nuclear strikes in the first place. For me the ending felt flat but all in all worth a read. Just lets hope that if it ever comes to it humanity will step up and not turn on one another like this book represents.
Thanks to NetGalley.co.uk and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.