Pam
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I just discovered the title. Is it overall heavy? As an environmentalist, I am intrigued by the author using climate change as the back bone. However, I'm dismayed that it might be really heavy. Not that the subject isn't- was hoping it was more "inviting" (as in this is why we need to change our ways). I have added it to my list to read...
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Mahina Nightsage
It is heavy in the way that a book about the destruction of our wild spaces and the need to protect this one last space is heavy. If you love the Earth and feel acute pain over what we are losing, that is the subtext of this novel. I did not, however, find it too heavy to read. The story focuses on the people who are trying to make it in the New Wilderness and is very much driven by the stories and interactions of the people, particularly one mother and child. I encourage you to read it!
Nancy Martin
The book is not about climate change. It is set in a future world that is overpopulated and has depleted or exhausted natural resources. The focus of the book is the group dynamics of the people who volunteered to live in the wilderness, with the proviso that they not damage the environment in any way, or leave any human impact. Their lifestyle defies everything we've come to take for granted as "human progress."
Stranded
I am waiting for my library copy, while in queue I had the chance to read her short story collection - Man v. Nature. It is so amazing, I haven't read such unique and captivating stories in recent times and many of her stories feature natural forces haunting and bringing out the best and worst of the characters. Wanted to share with someone who is interested in the author. I guess the novel would be a lot about how human nature is affected, climate change acting as a dystopian background haunting the characters. That is the style I saw .. you can check the short story collection to get the flavour (specially the second story in the collection), since they are individual stories it would be quicker.
Mark Cofta
It's a post-apocalyptic survival story, so it isn't light. The apocalypse is the slow destruction of nature rather than a catastrophic event. The central characters are complex and likeable.
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