writing, interesting format, sadly lacking in reality of any kind, Really! Your London flat is flooded by a Climate Crisis yet you still have a car that has enough fuel to get you to Scotland via your in laws rural house And whilst in a rural house you go to a super market to find food.
obviously the countryside must be full of Stuff you can't eat, surely there are trees that produce tinsI'm not sure what planet the writer or the publishers live on but the events following the great flood are truly bizarre, not least the husband redecorating the flatmonths after the flood!!! Who knows where the water went Or how he got the flat dryThis book makes the story of Noah and his Ark so much believable.
Yes it is a very silly story!,StarsI sadly don't see the point in this book, The only good aspects for me was the writing which was decent and a little poetic, Also a few of the lines were well written and quote worthy, Howeverthis is where the good ends, The story is basically non existent, calling characters by their first letter of their name was annoying and confusing, I thought the story was meant to be about surviving severe sea level rise flooding from climate change, Instead it was a woman looking after her baby and she happens to move about a bit, and there is zero urgency or worrying.
It is a massive shame as there is potential for a great book but instead I left thinking I had wasted money for a book to tell me the stages a baby goes through from newborn to toddler in fancy, simple writing.
I don't recommend this one at all, One of the most unusual books I have read recently, A woman gives birth whilst London is in the middle of a terrible flood, She flees with her partner and they eventually become separated, She meets other refugees. Thats about all I got from this book, The language was what you would expect to see in a poem not a story, I am not a big lover of poetry so it kind of lost me there, I like to know whats going on rather than flowery language, I found the use of initials rather than names annoying, as I kept losing track of everyone, Also the language was very vague, This book was lost on me, It certainly is a unique book but odd as well, I liked that there was hope in the end, but thats about all I liked, Reading this reminded me why I don't bother with most modern fiction any all the hype is just that, This tries to be poetical, but it's really just pretentious drivel, A lot of ambiguous writing, meant to make you think that this is on some higher plane it's not, A very dull story to boot, Sorry, but the overblown pseudo intellectualism really got to me about/'s of the way through and I couldn't help laughing at the pseudo poetic pretentiousness, which only gets worse as it moves nearer to the dull ending.
Yesterday I ignored all the things I should be doing t directly witness them adds to the dreamlike quality the book has.
It may be a nightmare scenario, but it's suffused with the love and tenderness this mother feels for her child as well as her fierce desire to protect her baby at all costs.
A beautiful book. Film rights sold to Benedict Cumberbatch's production company SunnyMarchThe End We Start From is a powerful vision of the future that is utterly unforgettable 'Utterly brilliant' Nathan Filer 'Engrossing compelling' Naomi AldermanIn the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis as London is submerged below flood waters a woman gives birth to her first child Z Days later the family are forced to leave their home in search of safety As they move from place to place shelter to shelter their journey traces both fear and wonder as Z's small fists grasp at the things he sees as he grows and stretches thriving and content against all the odds This is a story of new motherhood in a terrifying setting a familiar world made dangerous and unstable its people forced to become refugees Startlingly beautiful Megan Hunter's The End We Start From is a gripping novel that paints an imagined future as realistic as it is frightening And yet though the country is falling apart around them this family's world of new life and new hope sings with love
'Utterly brilliant' Nathan Filer 'Engrossing, compelling' Naomi AldermanIn the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis, as London is submerged below flood waters, a woman gives birth to her first child, Z.
Days later, the family are forced to leave their home in search of safety, As they move from place to place, shelter to shelter, their journey traces both fear and wonder as Z's small fists grasp at the things he sees, as he grows and stretches, thriving and content against all the odds.
This is a story of new motherhood in a terrifying setting: a familiar world made dangerous and unstable, its people forced to become refugees.
Startlingly beautiful, Megan Hunter's The End We Start From is a gripping novel that paints an imagined future as realistic as it is frightening.
And yet, though the country is falling apart around them, this family's world of new life and new hope sings with love.
'Utterly brilliant' Nathan Filer 'Engrossing, compelling' Naomi AldermanIn the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis, as London is submerged below flood waters, a woman gives birth to her first child, Z.
Days later, the family are forced to leave their home in search of safety, As they move from place to place, shelter to shelter, their journey traces both fear and wonder as Z's small fists grasp at the things he sees, as he grows and stretches, thriving and content against all the odds.
This is a story of new motherhood in a terrifying setting: a familiar world made dangerous and unstable, its people forced to become refugees.
Startlingly beautiful, Megan
Hunter's The End We Start From is a gripping novel that paints an imagined future as realistic as it is frightening.
And yet, though the country is falling apart around them, this family's world of new life and new hope sings with love.
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