4.5 rounded up.
This book blew my mind! This post-apocalyptic story about a virus bit terrifying to read with COVID-19 still very much alive and thriving, but The Electric Kingdom is one of those books that is pure excitement. I found the plot to be quite similar to another book I read recently (hint: it starts with “Re” and ends with “cursion”) but I thought The Electric Kingdom to be easier to understand without all of the scientific terminologies. The story grabbed me from the very first page and I quickly finished it in just a couple of days. I highly recommend picking this one up when it’s released on February 9th.
The Electric Kingdom is about eighteen-year-old Nico who is one of the last survivors of the Fly Flu (think COVID-19 but somehow even more frightening). Set in the Northeast, Nico begins a trek mapped out by her father to a portal that Nico has only read about in fictional stories. Nico thinks her father might be crazy but she doesn’t have much of a choice at this point; much of the human population ceases to exist. Along the way, Nico meets other kids around her age that provide a sense of community that Nico has never experienced. This quick page-turner will make you think about the world and what the future holds for humankind.
Content warnings: gore, violence, death
This book blew my mind! This post-apocalyptic story about a virus bit terrifying to read with COVID-19 still very much alive and thriving, but The Electric Kingdom is one of those books that is pure excitement. I found the plot to be quite similar to another book I read recently (hint: it starts with “Re” and ends with “cursion”) but I thought The Electric Kingdom to be easier to understand without all of the scientific terminologies. The story grabbed me from the very first page and I quickly finished it in just a couple of days. I highly recommend picking this one up when it’s released on February 9th.
The Electric Kingdom is about eighteen-year-old Nico who is one of the last survivors of the Fly Flu (think COVID-19 but somehow even more frightening). Set in the Northeast, Nico begins a trek mapped out by her father to a portal that Nico has only read about in fictional stories. Nico thinks her father might be crazy but she doesn’t have much of a choice at this point; much of the human population ceases to exist. Along the way, Nico meets other kids around her age that provide a sense of community that Nico has never experienced. This quick page-turner will make you think about the world and what the future holds for humankind.
Content warnings: gore, violence, death