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A review by alongreader
The Ballad of Ami Miles by Kristy Dallas Alley
4.0
It's an honor to live in the Compound, the only safe place left after the barren plague swept the world. Ami knows that, just as she's always known her destiny is to procreate as soon as she's able. But when the time comes, she finds it hard to allow it.
It's hard to summarize this book, because it is so many things. It's a look at a world a long way from here, a hundred years into an almost total plague of barrenness. It's a look at women in cults and how hard it can be to forget the lessons we learn in childhood. It's a beautiful coming of age story. And though I can't say it's exactly fun, I really enjoyed it.
Post apoc is my favourite genre and I really enjoyed looking at this one, at how two different groups have reacted; one by drawing in, being smaller and insular, and one by opening themselves to others, being friendly and welcoming and blossoming as a result. It's a look at what people thought was important, years into this slow apocalypse.
I loved reading about Ami's slow acceptance of a wider world and a different way of thinking, that she didn't just jump straight into believing what her new friends did. I'd love to read more set in this world, but if this is all we get, I'm happy with it.
It's hard to summarize this book, because it is so many things. It's a look at a world a long way from here, a hundred years into an almost total plague of barrenness. It's a look at women in cults and how hard it can be to forget the lessons we learn in childhood. It's a beautiful coming of age story. And though I can't say it's exactly fun, I really enjoyed it.
Post apoc is my favourite genre and I really enjoyed looking at this one, at how two different groups have reacted; one by drawing in, being smaller and insular, and one by opening themselves to others, being friendly and welcoming and blossoming as a result. It's a look at what people thought was important, years into this slow apocalypse.
I loved reading about Ami's slow acceptance of a wider world and a different way of thinking, that she didn't just jump straight into believing what her new friends did. I'd love to read more set in this world, but if this is all we get, I'm happy with it.