Ewan Morrison
Auteur de How to Survive Everything
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Ewan Morrison
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1970
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Scotland
UK - Lieux de résidence
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Membres
- 190
- Popularité
- #114,774
- Évaluation
- 3.1
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 28
- Langues
- 2
Haley and her younger brother Ben have been kidnapped by their (non-custodial) father who is determined to shield them from the next pandemic, at a remote, off the radar location. It is Haley's voice and point of view that drives the book.
Is their father delusional or is he a canny harbinger of the truth? He's written a manual to follow, for just about anything that could occur. Almost. And it is this treatise that Haley refers to with every event, occurrence, interaction that takes place in the compound. But there's not an answer for everything that transpires.
I quite like dystopian tales and I found the physicalities of Morrison's setting to be intriguing. The idealism and regimen that the members try to live by and follow start to take their toll as the book progresses. Are they delusional? Or far seeing?
Wound into the tale is the unpredictable factor - people. There are others inside the gates as well. The dynamics of a small society cannot be predicted. I loved Haley's recounting. She's torn between her beliefs and what her father is telling her, her burgeoning attraction to one of the other residents, her love for her mother and more.
How to Survive Everything was a page turner for me. I couldn't wait to read the ending, to find the answers for the questions I had. And I did - but certainly not what I imagined.
This was a five star read for me. But perhaps not one for gentle readers.… (plus d'informations)