Started off promising... then pretty much died out
A star has died creating a supernova event that showers the earth with radiation. Within a year, everyone over the age of thirteen will die. Parents apprentice their children and try to pass on the knowledge they'll need to keep the world running.
Sounds interesting, right? Well, in the beginning I was enjoying the book very much. It was a promising story... until the adults died... then it just got a little ridiculous... a little too grand... and a lot unbelievable.
At first I thought: Ok, a Lord of the Flies scenario on a global scale... cool. But the children didn't act like children. And they definitely didn't talk like children. And there was no way they could have learned so much in such a short period of time.
The plot went off the rails. Then it crashed. Then it burned.
2.75 stars rounded up to 3 because some of it was good.
Sounds interesting, right? Well, in the beginning I was enjoying the book very much. It was a promising story... until the adults died... then it just got a little ridiculous... a little too grand... and a lot unbelievable.
At first I thought: Ok, a Lord of the Flies scenario on a global scale... cool. But the children didn't act like children. And they definitely didn't talk like children. And there was no way they could have learned so much in such a short period of time.
The plot went off the rails. Then it crashed. Then it burned.
2.75 stars rounded up to 3 because some of it was good.