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Nearly a century ago the Ice fell upon the Earth. And nothing has been the same ever since.This is a little based on the premise from the movie The Island or, further back, the Myth of the Cave by Plato. Good rulers who turn out to be not-so-good. Obsolete laws became valid again. Piety revives in t...
I do my best to avoid too many images in reviews, but SOME BOOKS (as this one) deserve it... to express my feelings betterFirst: I HAVE TO tell you this is a freaking sad book. No, not just sad... it will break your heart, scatter the bits around the world, birds will eat each piece and shit it arou...
Good story with interesting characters. I did have a bit of a problem with the time line. Grandmam is over 100 years old and remembers the time Before. David, her grandson, the oldest child of 5, is 16 at the start of this book. For me, the numbers don't add up. Didn't stop me from enjoying the rest...
Well-written dystopian coming-of-age tale of a young man living about a hundred years after the ice destroyed the "Before" world of modern convenience, forcing people to live a frontier life again. Also a nicely told love story in a society where "sodomy" is once more a crime.
Awesome read. Very well written and different from anything else in the genre. I loved it. Now I jus need to know... WHY????
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