Tag: Dystopia

Review: Some Fine Day by Kat Ross

Posted October 30, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Some Fine Day by Kat Ross

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Some Fine Day by Kat Ross Published by Strange Chemistry on July 1, 2014 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 384 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads A generation ago, continent-sized storms called hypercanes caused the Earth to flood. The survivors were forced to retreat deep underground and build a new society. This is the story that sixteen-year-old Jansin Nordqvist has heard all of her life. Jansin grew up in a civilization far below the Earth’s surface. She’s spent the last eight years in military intelligence training. So when her parents surprise her with a coveted yet treacherous trip above ground, she’s prepared for anything. She’s especially thrilled to feel the fresh air, see the sun, and view the wide-open skies and the ocean for herself. But when raiders attack Jansin’s camp and take her prisoner, she is forced to question everything she’s been taught. What […]

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Review: Station Eleven by Emily ST. John Mandel

Posted September 10, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Station Eleven by Emily ST. John Mandel

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Published by Picador on September 10, 2014 Genres: Contemporary, Dystopia, Fiction, Science Fiction Pages: 333 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads DAY ONE The Georgia Flu explodes over the surface of the earth like a neutron bomb. News reports put the mortality rate at over 99%. WEEK TWO Civilization has crumbled. YEAR TWENTY A band of actors and musicians called the Travelling Symphony move through their territories performing concerts and Shakespeare to the settlements that have grown up there. Twenty years after the pandemic, life feels relatively safe. But now a new danger looms, and he threatens the hopeful world every survivor has tried to rebuild. STATION ELEVEN Moving backwards and forwards in time, from the glittering years just before the collapse to the strange and altered world that exists twenty years after, Station Eleven charts the unexpected twists of fate that connect […]

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