A review by runnerjules
Not Forgetting the Whale by John Ironmonger

4.0

A book picked by my husband, based on its cover. Not something I would have spontaneously chosen myself, probably, but very happy to have read it. A sort of modern version of Jonah and the whale, though that is not why the book kept me hooked : though written in 2015, this book is very up to date at the moment, since it is about a society being struck by a pandemic, hitting the world hard and millions die. interesting to read in these Corona times and see, amongst others, the differences between how the characters in the book act (work together and help each other) and how the world chose to act during the Corona pandemic (we can't really call it working together when people deliberately ignore restrictions, chose not to take the vaccin and by doing so put others in danger, can we?). Lots of food for thought.