The City Where We Once Lived

The City Where We Once Lived: A Novel | Eric Barnes

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An unnamed protagonist introduces us to a small group of unnamed people living in an unnamed city devastated by climate change. The writing is vivid while the story is bleak and unnerving yet a little bit hopeful.
(Background: a yawning Bailey and a bunch of my grandbaby's Halloween decorations 😁)
This was my #DoubleSpin for October @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2y

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Mitch

The City Where We Once Lived: A Novel | Eric Barnes

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Climate disaster, industrial pollution, humanity exercising violence, whilst this near future novel is not brimming with positivity there‘s a sense of hope in community, a sense of future in working together. This unnamed city, with its unnamed cast of characters are universal representations of pockets of our world, multiplying as we speak. It's incredibly visual - & the voice of the narrator is deeply effecting. A bleak - but well crafted read!

Come-read-with-me Can hardly wait to start it! It‘s in my May pile! 3y

Mitch @Come-read-with-me It was really good - very broody! 3y

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Mitch

The City Where We Once Lived: A Novel | Eric Barnes

Just started this today - really enjoying the setting. It‘s very ‘Gilead-like‘ 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Come-read-with-me

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Mitch

The City Where We Once Lived: A Novel | Eric Barnes

🙌🏼🙌🏼Puppy is having an unexpected second sleep this morning so I‘m going with the flow and diving into a new book 🙌🏼🙌🏼. Can‘t wait to start @Come-read-with-me

wanderinglynn Sounds like an interesting book. 3y

Come-read-with-me Thanks to you it‘s now on my TBR! 3y

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IamIamIam

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A city lies in ruins after decades of neglect, yet people flock there for solitude in a dying world. Rain and flooding due to severe climate change have left the North End disconnected from the remaining South End. As much a story about human nature as climate change, I was taken aback by this haunting slow paced book with anonymous characters that could be anyone we know. Beautifully written!

Reggie This sounds good. Stacked! 3y

IamIamIam @Reggie I can't wait to see what you think!!! 😁 3y

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Twocougs

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Why had I not heard about this book before? Wow, beautifully written, so human, so thought provoking. Wonderfully creative.

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IamIamIam

The City Where We Once Lived: A Novel | Eric Barnes

Drum lessons with this hard hitting, quietly powerful paragraph. It seems that money is scarce so rather than build up areas of the city in need, people are encouraged to simply move on. I like a postapocalyptic story without zombies. Scary, though... real scary... ☠

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