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Road Out of Winter by Alison Stine

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thereadingteapot's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This is a climate change dystopian future. Wil is on her own. Her mom and drug dealer boyfriend left her in charge of the grow farm so they could find a better future in California. Spring hasn’t come in the last couple years and it’s become harder and harder to eke out a living. 

This mix between The Road and Station Eleven explores the different ways humans might react to the societal impact of extreme climate change.
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dark reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Last year had been a late spring, the slightest thaw, and the coldest summer, It had snowed in September. And kept on snowing. This year, more For Sale signs had appeared in the windows of shops in town. More of the windows of houses were dark or broken: dingy, one-or-two-roomed shacks. Plastic sheeting ballooned out of doorways, porches sagged into rot. Every house still occupied had a fire going, smoke chugging from the chimney. There were no children playing in the yards.

>Endless winter post-apocalyptic roadtrip 
>Hopelessness of small-town Appalachia
>Fundamentalist cults & predatory men
>Weed growing & seed cultivation
>Temporary allies of outcasts
>Thought-provoking. Icy. Relentless determination.
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