timweed 's review for:

American War by Omar El Akkad

4.0

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A very readable novel of a speculative late 21st century America. El Akkad creates an admirable version of a society battered by climate change, disease, and political strife, with odd echoes of the 19th century American Civil War. The storytelling is very good too, though I personally never quite warmed to the main characters. Still, this is a well-written page-turner, and a worthwhile entry in the expanding and necessary field of contemporary literature that some have called "climate fiction."