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4 stars? 3? Actually 3.5 is about right. This may be a National Book Award nominee, but I felt it covered familiar post-apocalyptic territory: set in the days directly before and many years after (there are multiple references to being on "the road" in the first years after a pandemic strikes, so this POV is like McCarthy +20), society is slowly coping with what has been lost (antibiotics! Anesthesia!! Electricity! Gasoline!) and what remains. The quirk of this novel is its insistence on the dur
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Jun 02, 2015
Betsie
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it was amazing
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I'm not a big fan of science fiction but I really enjoyed this book. If not for it being a category in my book challenge, I'm sure I never would have read it, but I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly I became engrossed.
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This book was good--a nice postapocalyptic story in the vein of (as I'm sure five million other people have said by now) The Stand. But I just don't get the hype. It's good; it was an enjoyable and easy read. But it wasn't any kind of game changer. I liked it, but not something I'd put on my favorites list.
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This book is not an easy read. It jumps timelines and characters very often. It is worth the effort. Enjoy
This book is not an easy read. It jumps timelines and characters very often. It is worth the effort. Enjoy
Jul 23, 2023
Larissa
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really liked it
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Jan 25, 2015
Mizlit
marked it as to-read
HOLY COW.
Dec 27, 2015
Esther
marked it as to-read
Feb 08, 2016
Nikki Spencer
marked it as to-read
Nov 14, 2016
Ling
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