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After The Fire #2
After the Fire II - A Still Small Voice
480 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1996
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March 17, 2024
I skimmed a large portion of this book as it did not hold my interest as the first one had. To be honest, what I found the most interesting was the description of the pandemic in the first book. Once it started describing the survivors and their methods of survival, I was less interested. So much in this second book I could have done without. The affair of Martin and Anne was so ridiculous. First of all, Martin is a priest and seemingly never romantically involved prior to this episode. So no mention of how he felt about his first sexual encounter? Secondly, Anne's disgust at him went beyond what was necessary given her complicit role in the affair. Thirdly, ridiculous as well for her to become pregnant after this one encounter. And finally, the connection at the end to Bathsheba and King David which suddenly made Martin not have any remorse or guilt? Please. Convenient to have Anne's husband die so he's out of the picture.
The other community with the bully leaders holding hostages was also not very believable. I can believe a community stealing and threatening another community who had food, but holding their own community under their iron fists to keep them in control? I don't buy it.
Needless to say, I won't be reading the last book in the trilogy.
The other community with the bully leaders holding hostages was also not very believable. I can believe a community stealing and threatening another community who had food, but holding their own community under their iron fists to keep them in control? I don't buy it.
Needless to say, I won't be reading the last book in the trilogy.
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August 14, 2015
The story of life in the UK following a plague continues. I would recommend reading the first book ('After the Fire') before starting this one, but mainly to get to know the characters rather than because the plot requires it. The story is actually pretty slow going, so you won't have any trouble following what's going on, and the events of the first book are mostly not important by this stage.
The book begins around a year after the outbreak, with the survivors in Ampthill having managed to get through the initial chaos and revert to an agricultural existence. The majority of the story is part soap opera, part struggle to regain technology and avoid starvation. A large proportion of the book features a neighbouring community that causes another set of problems.
Not as good as the first book, but well written and still worth reading. It's a fairly gentle post-apocalyptic story, but I think a fairly realistic one.
The book begins around a year after the outbreak, with the survivors in Ampthill having managed to get through the initial chaos and revert to an agricultural existence. The majority of the story is part soap opera, part struggle to regain technology and avoid starvation. A large proportion of the book features a neighbouring community that causes another set of problems.
Not as good as the first book, but well written and still worth reading. It's a fairly gentle post-apocalyptic story, but I think a fairly realistic one.
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