#Rocktober American War imagines America in 2075, where a second Civil War has occurred between North & South, and the unfortunate practices of suicide bombers is now a common day occurrence. The Chestnut family once led a quiet life in flood-ridden Louisiana, but when their father is killed the children and their mother, end up in Camp Patience — a “huge tent favela” for refugees #WhereTheStreetsHaveNoNames 😣This book should have worked but 👇🏼
Cinfhen It didn‘t for me. The author had a hard time organizing his thoughts ~ the book felt “preachy” it was more telling than showing. I‘m still interested to see what he writes next. 7y
TrishB Not felt drawn to this one. 7y
BarbaraBB I had this book stacked but when you say it is preachy... 7y
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Cinfhen I felt like the author had an underlying message, which just irked me...maybe "preachy" is the wrong word @BarbaraBB I say read it and decide how u feel, it's a rather short book 7y
Cathythoughts I haven‘t heard of this book. But I think your connection between the #streetshavenoname & refugee camps is particularly powerful 👍this is really good. Powerful images too (edited) 7y
Izai.Amorim I sometimes wonder (and worry) about this fixation with dystopian reality so widespread in US literature and movies. What‘s the underlying (unconscious) desire feeding this? I 7y
Cinfhen Thanks so much @Cathythoughts 🙏🏻I know seeing those endless rows of tents is so heartwrenching 7y
Cinfhen Excellent observation @Izai.Amorim I would like to know as well. The author is a journalist so he's seen terrible things and I understand this is probably meant to be a wake up call 7y
AmyG I find dystopian lit fascinating. But I don't read too often because they kind of scare me. Especially in these times. I have this on my TBR. 7y
Ms_T Great choice 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Reviewsbylola This may be the most disappointing book for me of 2017. 7y
emilyhaldi I've picked this up and put it down twice now after a couple of pages 😬 I definitely have some preconceived notions after seeing these reviews on litsy and I just need to move through them and give it a try!! Soon! @Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola 7y
Cinfhen I‘ll be curious to hear your thoughts @emilyhaldi @AmyG Did you read this one yet @Ms_T ? 7y
Ms_T @Cinfhen I haven‘t but it‘s been on my radar for ages 😃 7y
Reviewsbylola You may like it. It‘s hard to tell. I just felt like there was so much potential with the story and it felt like he did nothing with it. @emilyhaldi 7y
Cinfhen I agree @Reviewsbylola the story was really stuck in his head, it didn‘t seem to play out well on paper but the potential was there. Hope you get to it @Ms_T 7y
DebinHawaii I listened to the audiobook and found it interesting--hard to say enjoyable with the subject matter. I don't know if I would have felt differently if I had read the print copy. I think for me audiobooks skim the surface a bit more and I tend to analyze them less than when I read a book. 7y
Cinfhen That‘s a good point @DebinHawaii I can‘t really pay full attention to my audio books...my mind does wonder since I‘m usually doing something else 7y
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