Rhiannon
Wow. Just… wow …
This post-apocalyptic tale of the remnants of humanity barely clinging to life a decade after an alien invasion was astonishingly bleak and soul-crushing, yet infused with the most beautiful and darkest of poetic imagery. The landscape of the western part of North America is rendered in a language that paints pictures of empty vistas of mountains, plains, and deserts with no animal life above that of a rat… but for those few surviving humans who are barely eking out an existence.
And across this empty world is the unnamed woman, who travels from outpost to (disappearing) outpost, delivering hand-written messages as she battles her own PTSD and stunning grief and loss by further isolating herself from human connection. All while quietly evading the invaders and the absolute horror of humanity and what they’ve become.
This story is gorgeously quiet and contemplative, luminous and unsettling, except for when those screeching invaders’ ships blocking out chunks of the sky start howling, or even worse, when the terrifying invaders themselves come churning and screeching across the landscape bent on the unequivocal destruction of any living creature.
A stunning novel of survival and hope. Highly recommended. But gird your heart. This one is merciless.
RIYL: The Road, The Postman, A Quiet Place, Bird Box
Originally posted at www.amazon.ca.
Wow. Just… wow …
This post-apocalyptic tale of the remnants of humanity barely clinging to life a decade after an alien invasion was astonishingly bleak and soul-crushing, yet infused with the most beautiful and darkest of poetic imagery. The landscape of the western part of North America is rendered in a language that paints pictures of empty vistas of mountains, plains, and deserts with no animal life above that of a rat… but for those few surviving humans who are barely eking out an existence.
And across this empty world is the unnamed woman, who travels from outpost to (disappearing) outpost, delivering hand-written messages as she battles her own PTSD and stunning grief and loss by further isolating herself from human connection. All while quietly evading the invaders and the absolute horror of humanity and what they’ve become.
This story is gorgeously quiet and contemplative, luminous and unsettling, except for when those screeching invaders’ ships blocking out chunks of the sky start howling, or even worse, when the terrifying invaders themselves come churning and screeching across the landscape bent on the unequivocal destruction of any living creature.
A stunning novel of survival and hope. Highly recommended. But gird your heart. This one is merciless.
RIYL: The Road, The Postman, A Quiet Place, Bird Box
Originally posted at www.amazon.ca.