I absolutely adored this book. But not in the way I typically do. Wyndam does not paint a rich tapestry of a post-apocalyptic England, nor is he particularly adept at creating complex and layered characters. But he masterfully accomplishes what so many current writers flail at mindlessly: a believable world that feasibly explores the varying degrees in which people abandon their ideas of what society can be in the aftermath of cataclysm. But this was written in 1951. The veterans of WWII had yet to […]
Every story really needs a Han Solo
Hi, everyone! I hope you’re having a great start to the year. I’m so excited to be doing cannonball read again! I just finished a book called Scarlet, which is the second book in the Lunar Chronicles. I’d like to thank Terri (ModernLove) for getting me the third book, Cress, for Christmas in the book swap. I can’t wait to start reading it! The book continues the story about Cinder, a mechanic who is cyborg. In the previous book, Cinder, Cinder is invited to the […]
Life on Mars
Until now, Ray Bradbury has been one of those authors where the only book I’ve ever read is the one they assigned in high school. I am of course talking about Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury’s classic about a futuristic world where people watch wall-sized TVs and books are illegal. While I loved that novel I somehow never caught up with his other books. Having now read another work by the man, I have an even greater appreciation for his genius, and I can assure you that […]
“What if Heaven is real, but only in moments?”
I don’t really even know how to begin to review this book. This was one of those books where I finished the last page and wanted to cry because it was over and I’m never going to find out what happened to these characters and the world they live in. But I’m also happy that this was the first David Mitchell book I’ve ever read and now I have a bunch more to read. But I’m also afraid for the characters and for humanity. Basically, this is […]
Voiceless Women at the End of the World
I want to like Kurt Vonnegut, I really do. Slaughterhouse-Five is unquestionably brilliant. I am a fan of satire and science fiction, two genres that this book falls squarely into. Instead, I found this book extremely frustrating. Vonnegut’s take on love, faith and mortality is witty and subversive. If I was a white guy of a certain age, this book would probably inspire me to look more closely at my own political and spiritual beliefs. But as a woman, I hated it. There are only […]
To clone or not to clone, that is the question
A pretty enjoyable debut novel. The premise is a good one and seems fairly unique for young adult dystopian fiction. Cate lives in the remains of the United States where the population has been decimated. Still, her parents generation survived and rebuilt to give their kids a decent life. With the population being so small and having seen so much death, many parents have taken preventative measures by having their children cloned. Their clones live in a laboratory, but they feel and remember all the […]
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