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From the beginning it clawed at my heart, my head , scared the hell out of me actually, and I almost wanted to stop reading it. This dystopian novel is a departure from House’s southern stories that I’ve read. I couldn’t give up on it , though, because of his beautiful writing and if you’ve read his other books , you’ll know he’s a born storyteller.
Lark is ninety and looking back to the time when he was a young man on a boat to Ireland with his mother and father, all that are left of those he l ...more
Silas House detours from his previous books, and gives us a dystopian novel. The book summary states this is the near future, but as I read I kept thinking we are well on our way, climatically and politically. I took this book as a warning.
As in his previous books he does deliver his descriptive passages, as well as his brilliant characterizations. Much of the United States is on fire, most of the world is suffering from climate change. Clean water and food is scarce. Pets,dogs, cats are destro ...more
As in his previous books he does deliver his descriptive passages, as well as his brilliant characterizations. Much of the United States is on fire, most of the world is suffering from climate change. Clean water and food is scarce. Pets,dogs, cats are destro ...more
4 🐕🦺 🌲 💛 🌳
“What use was there? We had thought things would be better… there was nothing but desolation. Emptiness. The world had ended. Yet it had not, and as long as there were still cedar trees and dogs, I reckoned I had a reason to keep going.”
What can propel a reader through pages of apocalyptic destruction, chaos and catastrophic loss?
Trees and dogs, our planet's resiliency in the face of humanity's failing, true friends who inspire hope and purpose in us, and Silas House's tender and poet ...more
“What use was there? We had thought things would be better… there was nothing but desolation. Emptiness. The world had ended. Yet it had not, and as long as there were still cedar trees and dogs, I reckoned I had a reason to keep going.”
What can propel a reader through pages of apocalyptic destruction, chaos and catastrophic loss?
Trees and dogs, our planet's resiliency in the face of humanity's failing, true friends who inspire hope and purpose in us, and Silas House's tender and poet ...more
5 stars - Thanks to you Diane for turning me on to this book and thanks to Seamus for gently taking his leave.
A dystopian novel that reads really well. I loved this book.
The life of a young boy - as told by an old man - as he and his family ran from the savagely torn United States to refuge in Ireland - an Ireland that was also war torn and in desperate condition. The loss of his family - finding a new alternative family and learning to live a very different life.
Happily my first read of 2023 ...more
A dystopian novel that reads really well. I loved this book.
The life of a young boy - as told by an old man - as he and his family ran from the savagely torn United States to refuge in Ireland - an Ireland that was also war torn and in desperate condition. The loss of his family - finding a new alternative family and learning to live a very different life.
Happily my first read of 2023 ...more
While listening to this dystopian piece, amazed, as I've stated many times, "I don't do dystopian," I made a mental note to be sure to include in my review the quote, “…as long as there were still cedar trees and dogs, I reckoned I had a reason to keep going.”
Then I saw my friend Cathrine already wrote that review and I knew I couldn't say it any better than she did. Read her lovely review here:
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I simply adored this little tale but I hate how dangerously po ...more
Then I saw my friend Cathrine already wrote that review and I knew I couldn't say it any better than she did. Read her lovely review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I simply adored this little tale but I hate how dangerously po ...more
Ratings:
Writing 4
Story line 5
Characters 4
Impact 5
Overall rating 4.5
Writing 4
Story line 5
Characters 4
Impact 5
Overall rating 4.5
From page one, House had me sitting on the edge of my seat.
America is on fire?
A fundamental religious sect holds absolute power?
The ocean is in constant gale?
Other countries won't accept American refugees?
Lark and his family are fleeing the persecution of The Fundies. His mother is an intellectual - a brazen one at that - and she will be imprisoned for her high level of education. They escape with another family to a quiet, unknown corner of Maine. Here, they live simply and self-sufficientl ...more
America is on fire?
A fundamental religious sect holds absolute power?
The ocean is in constant gale?
Other countries won't accept American refugees?
Lark and his family are fleeing the persecution of The Fundies. His mother is an intellectual - a brazen one at that - and she will be imprisoned for her high level of education. They escape with another family to a quiet, unknown corner of Maine. Here, they live simply and self-sufficientl ...more
Hits very close to home in this current political climate. A truly haunting dystopian read.
May 16, 2022
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