![]() This is my first book by Geoffrey Beevers having met him for the first time at a convention in Swansea last year where he was selling his books and I have to say, I am quite intrigued by his writing style. It was also a wonderful post-apocalyptic tale unlike any I'd read before. How the individual is often what is forgotten from history. ![]() I loved how the emphasis was on how people are mostly the same whatever society they are living in. The 7th century depictions also felt very realistic. The swapping between the time periods was very effective. It's amazing how little things can be such powerful descriptions of how everything is falling apart. It was very character focused but also a beautiful depiction of a society on the brink. It really captured beautifully that feeling of 80s nuclear war fear. I wasn't sure what to expect reading this a novel by one of the Doctor Who actors but thought I'd try it. I really can't recommend this highly enough. With the political turmoil of this year it feels more relevant than ever. I'm very glad I went back and listened to this wonderful story again. That even in the worst of circumstances that fundamentally doesn't change. How people remain the same and will be equally stupid or wise. Tragedy and death had become so much a part of their society that it was no longer shocked, just accepting and sad.īut in a way the book was also about hope. It seemed to trouble them only a little and the idea was that life would carry on regardless. It was easy to picture the vaults, both when they lived there and afterwards.Īnother thing that struck me was how easily the Abbot seemed to accept the death of whole villages. Slowly loosing his mind and growing confused seemed much more personal when you actually heard him. George's diary on audio was also very compelling. Things that normally get completely forgotten about in apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic science fiction. And yet within all the tragedy of society falling apart she had her own very human life of marriage, birth and divorce. So much of what she was writing sounded so familiar. All her writing for posterity really struck a cord. The way she'd write about what was happening to her and to the world. The way things start to fall apart in very slow and subtle ways. The very human aspects of the end of the world. Listening to this again I was struck once more by the mystery of it. As such the story stretches out and mysteries become longer and character development slower. Hearing a book is much slower than reading one. The way things start to I bought a copy of this on audio as even though I've read the novel already Geoffrey Beevers has a wonderful speaking voice and I thought it would be nice to hear him read his own story. I bought a copy of this on audio as even though I've read the novel already Geoffrey Beevers has a wonderful speaking voice and I thought it would be nice to hear him read his own story.
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