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I had been torn in whether to read this book because it seemed to polarize opinions among my GR friends. I can say now that I am glad that I decided to read it since I am definitely in the "really enjoyed it" club here.
The book goes back and forth in time between a pre- and post-apocalyptic world. It focuses on a few characters, some who survived the apocalypse, and some who didn't. What I enjoyed most about the book was that there were no zombies, but that not everyone who had survived was a go ...more
The book goes back and forth in time between a pre- and post-apocalyptic world. It focuses on a few characters, some who survived the apocalypse, and some who didn't. What I enjoyed most about the book was that there were no zombies, but that not everyone who had survived was a go ...more
What a wonderful, intriguing, unique book. A little slow in the beginning, and I wanted more details on the how's of survival post Georgia Flu. But as someone whose usually not captured by science fiction, I was entirely captured by this story, by the heart break, by the dialogue and characters, by the basic idea of a traveling Shakespeare company 20 years post apocalypse. Great book to start off the year with.
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I got this book as a Christmas gift and was really looking forward to reading it. The reviews were good and I love anything Shakespeare. I did enjoy the book. King Lear sets the stage as an actor dies on stage, and the paramedic in training who tries to save him, and a little girl playing a part on stage, meet briefly and weave a tiny connection that pulls through the book... A few weeks later, everyone but these two who were present at that play have died from a flu that begins in Russia and cr
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Sep 08, 2021
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the story is kinda cliché but there is something in her writing that captivate me. it lift my heart in some way.
This book is way out of my comfort zone for several reasons. I don't much like apocalyptic novels and/or dystopian and this is both. I also find it difficult to jump from one time frame to another when the same characters are involved in both time frames. Yet I managed to persevere and even sort of enjoyed this one though I probably would have been better off reading rather than listening to it. I think the print medium would hve helped with the time frame problem.
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Although I found it a little difficult to get into with the flitting about in time and between stories, eventually it picked up momentum and I really enjoyed it.
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