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A review by jenibo
The New Hunger by Isaac Marion
4.0
I was intrigued despite my finer feelings by Warm Bodies. So I wanted to read Marion's next book, which is a prequel to Warm Bodies, though, like other reviewers, I'd recommend reading that one first, anyway.
Marion really is a very fine writer, concerned to challenge his readers to look beyond the often hideous and frightening appearance of his characters, to find their common humanity, to tease out what is goodness and how a 6 year old might react under the stress of death and destruction and a little dope.."Good people see past their own fucking lives" says little stoned Addis, of his deserting parents:"They aren't just hunger and math. They aren't just animals...Good people are part of the Higher" he says in that deep growl and, just for a moment, Nora swears the colour of his eyes is changing. "Good people are fuel for the sun."
And then Marion goes on to push us even harder on the subject of goodness and humanity, by showing that a zombie, maddened by hunger, can also want to challenge his destiny, to become something more than the soulless survival Ken doll that poor Julie's father has become, because he knows no other way to be strong, and his wife does not wish to live in this world..
Good, deep thinking is gifted to us from the pen of Marion, and he demands nothing less from his readers; his books, original and thought provoking, are easy reading but sophistocated in content. This one is much darker than its successor, and has no humour, but remains entertaining.
Marion really is a very fine writer, concerned to challenge his readers to look beyond the often hideous and frightening appearance of his characters, to find their common humanity, to tease out what is goodness and how a 6 year old might react under the stress of death and destruction and a little dope.."Good people see past their own fucking lives" says little stoned Addis, of his deserting parents:"They aren't just hunger and math. They aren't just animals...Good people are part of the Higher" he says in that deep growl and, just for a moment, Nora swears the colour of his eyes is changing. "Good people are fuel for the sun."
And then Marion goes on to push us even harder on the subject of goodness and humanity, by showing that a zombie, maddened by hunger, can also want to challenge his destiny, to become something more than the soulless survival Ken doll that poor Julie's father has become, because he knows no other way to be strong, and his wife does not wish to live in this world..
Good, deep thinking is gifted to us from the pen of Marion, and he demands nothing less from his readers; his books, original and thought provoking, are easy reading but sophistocated in content. This one is much darker than its successor, and has no humour, but remains entertaining.