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Cold People
by Tom Rob Smith
I was initially leary of this one because of the poor Goodreads rating, but after it made after several of Meredith's glowing endorsements, I decided to try it.
I was completely blown away by first half of the book. There's an alien invasion and all of humanity is given 30 days to get to Antarctica. If they do, they will be spare, and no one is totally sure what will happen to those who don't. I was riveted as people evacuate by any means possible to get to the coldest tundra on Earth.
The second half of the book wasn't as strong - though it was still very interesting. It got very sci-fi and I was interested in the direction the author took it, but couldn't help but wish he'd have focused on the 3 separate tribes that had formed.
Meredith had said that if you "liked Station Eleven but make it sci-fi, this book is for you", and I'd agree. But there were glimmers of the author attempting to examine humanity and the elements that make humanity so special - the arts, music, etc - but he kept if very surace level and focused on a whole new species instead. It was interesting, but I missed those softer parts of life and their connection to this crisis. Just a tiny bit of that would have made this book better!
If you like near future dystopian/sci-fi books, I would definitely recommend this one!
I was completely blown away by first half of the book. There's an alien invasion and all of humanity is given 30 days to get to Antarctica. If they do, they will be spare, and no one is totally sure what will happen to those who don't. I was riveted as people evacuate by any means possible to get to the coldest tundra on Earth.
The second half of the book wasn't as strong - though it was still very interesting. It got very sci-fi and I was interested in the direction the author took it, but couldn't help but wish he'd have focused on the 3 separate tribes that had formed.
Meredith had said that if you "liked Station Eleven but make it sci-fi, this book is for you", and I'd agree. But there were glimmers of the author attempting to examine humanity and the elements that make humanity so special - the arts, music, etc - but he kept if very surace level and focused on a whole new species instead. It was interesting, but I missed those softer parts of life and their connection to this crisis. Just a tiny bit of that would have made this book better!
If you like near future dystopian/sci-fi books, I would definitely recommend this one!