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"Now I see that if I do not carry my past with me, it will wrap itself around my ankles and drag me down. There is no living without it. There is no pretending I am not the sum of all these things."

What I Loved: The reverence for books in the story & the LGBTQ+ stories
How I Felt: The army plot was less important in this book. It focused on the character‘s self-discovery
Read or Not Read: Read this if you‘ve read the first two in the series
The Book of Flora starts after Etta with Flora narrating. It jumps back and forth between her present & past.
My full review: https://shejustlovesbooks.com/2019/10/27/the-book-of-flora-by-meg-elison/

Hmm, I finished this but just barely. I usually don‘t finish books when I dislike them this much but I wanted to give Elison a fair shake. This was an extremely uninteresting and unmoving end to the trilogy. Don‘t want to spoil it but the characters are wooden and there is a love triangle that is simply boring. This read like a developmental draft, not a finished product. Still I would read more from Elison since the first two books 👇🏽

I liked this much better than the Book of Etta - it felt a little closer to the original book which is still the best in my opinion. I liked the jumps from different times and POVs in here. And as always I enjoyed the diary style of writing. We got more world building and saw how other communities live in this post apocalyptic world too - for better and worse.

A carrier ship turned into a protected floating library?? This is the post-apocalyptic content I‘ve been wanting 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚

I think all of us here on Litsy would agree with this quote from Flora 😆

I loved, loved, loved the first two books so I really hope this is as good as the others! 🤞🏽

I need more! This whole series had be detaching from the world around me & I NEED MORE!!!

I just finished this and O. M. G. It was soo good. Really interesting look at gender roles, sexuality and humanity trying to survive years after the plague. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Headed out of town for the weekend to spend it with my dad for Fathers Day but had to stop to the library and pick this up before I left!! Book #3 here I come!!!

This book didn't knock my socks off, but I did enjoy it. I think the first book was my favourite. I did like Flora and the secondary characters. And, it is one of those books that get you thinking about the world and possible futures. The trilogy as a whole definitely touches on a lot of subjects. So, ultimately I am happy I read it, and I do recommend it, but not something I consider a favourite read ever. I listened to the audio & liked it.

Hello, my pretties!

Going to dive in and do a reread of the whole series because I can‘t remember especially what happened in The Book of Etta.

Oh man! I sorta forgot about this series! The third book is coming out next week! I put some Amazon points to good use to get it. I wasn‘t a huge fan of the second book (it was getting a little much) but I look forward to seeing how the series ends.

Super stoked for this release next week! I adore the way Meg Ellison crafts her post-apocalyptic world and the characters she populates it with, and I really can‘t wait to read Flora‘s book.

#comingsoon

This is book 3 in Meg Elison‘s Road to Nowhere trilogy. I did not enjoy this as much as the others. The focus is no longer on survival and community building in the post-apocalyptic era (thus book starts right where The Book of Etta ended). The focus here ison lgbtq, catamites, horsewomen, and other who do not fit the male/female gender dichotomy who are looking for a community where they can be accepted and safe. See comments for more.

I NEED A COPY OF THIS!