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Goodness this one hits hard. Dystopian fiction that feels not many miles from our reality. I‘ve always enjoyed dystopian fiction but this is bleak; watching Eilish‘s normal life unravel, the decisions made too late, her desperate attempts to protect her children from the state. The questioning as to how you would respond to these circumstances. An extremely powerful way to tell a terrifying story💔

Listened a second time in preparation for the sequel. I enjoyed it even better! Narrator has the perfect voice and accent for it. 😁

I think this novel especially appeals to me having grown up in an isolated AK Native village. It has a familiar ring.

This was not what I expected and I enjoyed that. You are sort of thrown in and gradually shown the shape of the world. I also was really interested in the world that was created.

The best book I've read all year. A second Book of Genesis cobbled together from scraps of Bible verse, western mythology, parables, art history, and pop culture left over after a nuclear holocaust sent human civilization back to the Stone Age some 2,400 years in the past. Profound, moving, funny, and utterly unique. I imagine I'll be re-reading this for years to come.

I enjoyed this… stayed up late reading it, which is one of my main tells that I‘m invested in a story. It does embrace tropes and well known story arcs, but still managed to surprise me at times. I‘ll be continuing with this series, and I‘m predicting it will get darker before the end. We haven‘t visited the Nightshade realm yet, after all.

Happy anniversary, for those who celebrate.

I love the thought of dystopian stories but they rarely meet my expectations. This was a short audio; at only 4 hours it‘s hard to do much world building and character development. For most of the story tough girl Reid is hog hunting?? I mean that was fine but too drawn out and she didn‘t even start her journey that we hear so much about. Interesting illness though: “cad” is a fungi infecting most of the humans left and influences their behavior.

3 Stars • The Future centers around a tech billionaire, Lenk Sketlish, who prepares for an apocalypse by building a survival ark on an island. The narrative explores themes of survival, technology, and power, with characters like Martha Einkorn, a survival guru, and Jimi, a hacker activist, playing pivotal roles. The story critiques societal structures and the ethics of who gets to survive a global catastrophe.

I love this book and wanted to re-read before I read the sequel later this month. What happens to an isolated community when the world ends? #FoodAndLit #Canada

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1) stripes!
2) I recently started the tagged book. But it's a bit too dark for me just now. Going to the library tomorrow to look for a new read.