Rootless
by:
Nick Podehl (author)
Chris Howard (author)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780545530453
Publish date: 2012
Publisher: Scholastic Audio
Edition language: English
Series: Rootless (#1)
Ein Endzeitroman mit dystopischen Elementen und ökologischen Themen - der Autor hat Abschlüsse in Waldökologie und Umweltwissenschaften, und das merkt man auch! Er selber nennt das Ergebnis "Biopunk", was inzwischen in der amerikanischen Literatur anscheinend ein neues Genre ist. Originell ist das a...
I swear to God I've read a story like this somewhere but for the life of me I can't remember where.
I just can't bring myself to care about this book. There's not enough character development for any of the characters. I don't understand why anybody did anything. I also had a really hard time believing in a world where humans can survive with out any plant life except genetically modified corn tha...
Enjoyed this book even with its plot holes. As Banyan the protagonist and 1st person narrator was likable, had a very good moral compass considering the world he lived in, it was easy to like the story he told about his life building artificial trees in a world where no more natural trees exist due ...
* the brutal world and the artificial trees were all described beautifully.* saw the "twist" from a mile ago!* the ending was disappointing-if those were the last trees on the planet, was it smart of Banyan to destroy those? And why not end the story right there?