A review by maryrobinette
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
4.0
After the Fall, During the Fall, Before the Fall is the coming of age story for the human race. Nancy Kress has written a chillingly plausible tale of the end of the world.
I loved this book and at the same time wanted to hide from it. There are a lot of writers who tackle the end of the world, but no one makes it seem as real as Nancy Kress does. She makes no attempt to answer every question, because the few people left standing at the end just don't know. Neither do we. What After the Fall, During the Fall, Before the Fall reminds us is that the human race needs to come of age just as surely as Pete, one of the main characters. This fifteen-year old boy represents us; smart, angry, and lost.
I loved this book and at the same time wanted to hide from it. There are a lot of writers who tackle the end of the world, but no one makes it seem as real as Nancy Kress does. She makes no attempt to answer every question, because the few people left standing at the end just don't know. Neither do we. What After the Fall, During the Fall, Before the Fall reminds us is that the human race needs to come of age just as surely as Pete, one of the main characters. This fifteen-year old boy represents us; smart, angry, and lost.