I just finished The Deluge by Stephen Markley (all 900pp!)
It’s basically a US-centric “narrative” of the 2030’s, told from the PoV of about a dozen different characters, with the thread of climate change prominent throughout.
Really it’s hard to describe it as good or bad, an enjoyable read etc. It is certainly well written, and characterisation is exceptionally good and detailed, but for me it was by turns scary, amusing, depressing, profoundly sad and wrenching in its humanity. I have no reason to doubt its accuracy based on the science.
It took me almost a month to read because I had to take breaks to get my “cognitive dissonance” recharged.
I would definitely recommend it.
It would make a good streaming series on Amazon Prime or Apple TV.
Reading The Stranger by Camus, listening to Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
After a decade of literary fiction I’m going back to check on some more mainstream stuff. I’m reading The Dark Tower saga by Stephen King. Just starting the first book.
Currently knee deep in The Way of Kings, I took a massive break from it when I originally started as I was a little overwhelmed but I’m flying through the pages now, just started part 3 ^^
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence. Such a cool fantasy concept, I’m about 1/4th of the way in.
I also finished Forth Wing this week. It was okay for what it was.
I’ve been reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Love it so far!
I’m reading it too at this moment. In Dutch, by the way, which is funny as there are so many references to the Netherlands. Indeed a book to dive into and forget about the here and now, though it’s not particularly a walk in the park there and then. At times it feels a tiny bit slow, but I’m enjoying it so far.
I’m finally reading Declare by Tim Powers. All I can say is holy shit I never knew how much I needed this book in my life.
Just looked up the description and this book sounds fun, I’ll add it to the queue. What about it made you feel this way?
The level of research is evident—Tim Powers doesn’t skimp on the details at all. I normally don’t like espionage thrillers but he makes the Great Game come alive. And that’s before the weirder elements come in.
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