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A review by shimmery
The Wall by John Lanchester
4.0
The Wall surrounds Britain, separating the land from the rising sea water that has replaced disappeared beaches. Kavanagh and everyone else in his generation must spend years guarding it from the others who are desperately trying to get to safety. This means spending long stretches of time bored and cold and other times so much more terrible that they wish they could go back to being bored and cold.
This is a book I didn’t expect to like but did. Like might be the wrong word — it’s a dark story of a dystopia too easily imaginable, meaning it’s not exactly enjoyable. But I thought the narrator and the other characters were very believable/relatable and the story got human nature right in all its desperation to survive. It was a gripping read.
This is a book I didn’t expect to like but did. Like might be the wrong word — it’s a dark story of a dystopia too easily imaginable, meaning it’s not exactly enjoyable. But I thought the narrator and the other characters were very believable/relatable and the story got human nature right in all its desperation to survive. It was a gripping read.