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A review by quercus707
Clade by James Bradley
4.0
Not really dystopian, not really post-apocalyptic, because the apocalypse, most realistically, extends over a lifetime and occurs as a series of bangs and a long, drawn-out whimper. Yet, despite that, the book was strangely hopeful. A very internal examination of how people respond to crisis, set within a very realistic and non-melodramatic vision of how the Anthropocene may go.
Re-read: I was compelled to read this again in late 2020, after a year of pandemic and after a re-read of David Mitchell's Bone Clocks. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I'm finding myself thinking more and more about how humanity can and does respond to crises, either slow burns like climate change or wildfires like, well, wildfires, and pandemics.
Re-read: I was compelled to read this again in late 2020, after a year of pandemic and after a re-read of David Mitchell's Bone Clocks. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I'm finding myself thinking more and more about how humanity can and does respond to crises, either slow burns like climate change or wildfires like, well, wildfires, and pandemics.