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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Into The Forest (2016) in Movies
Sep 19, 2020
A light, pretty take on the bonds of family during hard times gets brutalized halfway through by one of the hardest to watch scenes of 2015 before becoming a powerfully emotional apocalypse tale about how much of your life is actually necessary. This has been criticized up and down for not using a 'harrowing' enough crisis to set the scene, and look I'm just going to tell you right now that I understand why you all think this is 'millennial' but this right here would be my living nightmare. I'm that character in every pre/post-apocalyptic movie who loses their shit after the power goes out in the first five minutes - I don't even go tent camping, like I *need* that shit. To quote Kumail Nanjiani from đđ©đŠ đđȘđš đđȘđ€đŹ: "I'm going to be the first guy to die. I die so the other characters get to find out something weird is going on". Also a big plus that this doesn't turn into some finger-shaking technophobic lecture as it no doubt would have under any other circumstances. No I don't take a ton of stock in this rather simple story on the surface but the real beauty of it is brought to life with these all-in performances, earthly visuals, together with the *deeply* rich and evocative score. It's such a bracingly haunting yet unforgettably sensual experience, and it has one of the more sound 'good thing, bad thing, good thing, bad thing...' structures for the genre. Very lovely.
Ali A (82 KP) rated The Electric Kingdom in Books
Jan 11, 2021
The Electric Kingdom is a novel that takes another look at the beauty of humans in a post apocalyptic world. Eighteen years after a deadly Fly Flu sweeps the globe, killing most of the population, Nico and her dog, Harry get sent on a voyage by Nicoâs father to find a mythical portal. Along the way, she meets other children, including a young artist named Kit. Thereâs also the Deliverer, who lives Life after Life in an attempt to put the world back together. This story is an exploration of art, love, life, and finding beauty.
Every character that David Arnold writes in this book is so full of love, warmth, and heartbreak. I fell in love with Kit and his outlook on live. It was beautiful. The relationship he had with his mother Dakota, and why he calls her âMy Dakotaâ made me tear up.
Iâm not sure I completely understand the whole dynamics of the world that is in this book, but I still very much enjoyed it! There are so many layers and plot twists and double backs, you donât realize how intense it is until youâre half way through it. By then, Arnold has you hooked and youâve got to find out what happens and how itâs all connected!
I havenât read anything from Arnold before but I enjoyed this one and will seeking out others from him.
*Thank you Bookish First and Penguin Teen/Viking Books for Young Readers for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
Every character that David Arnold writes in this book is so full of love, warmth, and heartbreak. I fell in love with Kit and his outlook on live. It was beautiful. The relationship he had with his mother Dakota, and why he calls her âMy Dakotaâ made me tear up.
Iâm not sure I completely understand the whole dynamics of the world that is in this book, but I still very much enjoyed it! There are so many layers and plot twists and double backs, you donât realize how intense it is until youâre half way through it. By then, Arnold has you hooked and youâve got to find out what happens and how itâs all connected!
I havenât read anything from Arnold before but I enjoyed this one and will seeking out others from him.
*Thank you Bookish First and Penguin Teen/Viking Books for Young Readers for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
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Lilyn G - Sci-Fi & Scary (91 KP) rated Earth Abides in Books
Jun 2, 2018
Truly a classic, and a must read.
Earth Abides is not an entertaining book. It is not perfect. It is a tad long-winded at some points, sometimes decidedly dated feeling, and has a serious lack of everything that generally entertains me. It is, at itâs base, a look at the post-apocalyptic world through one manâs eyes. It was first published in 1949, and according to Goodreads, currently has 55 editions. It is considered a sci-fi book, but thereâs nothing science fiction about the book. A disease hits, wipes out most of the worldâs population, and the few that survive are left to pick up the pieces. Thatâs it. But thatâs not all there is to it. A lot happens, but itâs over the life of one man. Thereâs no grand battles, no good versus evil in the ruins of the old world, just the quiet puttering of one of the last embers of humanity as it strives to not die out completely. And yet it wonât let you alone until you finish it.
I think this book had to have made some waves when people first started reading in. Published in 1949 and it features an interracial union and espouses a life better without God in it? Yowzers.
I frequently disliked the main character. Isherwood Williams is the type of man that â while I might admire his mind â I would frequently want to thump. Heâs full of himself. Heâs so cynical about the âsimplicityâ of the people around him. And, of course, heâs completely human, and thereâs the rub. We look for a âheroâ in these types of books. Ish is no hero. Heâs someone who had the âluckâ to survive the end of the world, and now heâs got to live in it. But the world changes â doesnât it always? And Ish isnât a King of old. Heâs just the head of his Tribe.
Earth Abides feels timeless. I have read many post-apocalyptic books, and theyâve grown tiresome. I approached this book with some caution, because I was afraid of more of the same drivel that is wonderful the first few times you read it, and then swiftly approaches âBeen there done thatâ with disturbing ease. I didnât want to dislike this book because I was bone-weary of the sub-genre. Thankfully, that wasnât the case. Because, for all the post-apocalyptic books Iâve read, I donât think that Iâve ever read a novel like Earth Abides. It also feels the most real. This is how the world goes on; earth abides while humanity fumbles along.
I wonât deny that the main reason Iâm making the connection between the two is because I just recently read it, but I could not help but think of McCammonâs Boyâs Life when I finished Earth Abides. I am not someone who self-describes as liking âliterary fictionâ. Iâm happy with my genre jollies, thankyouverymuch. Iâll admit to even wrinkling my nose at the idea of reading âliteratureâ. However, I think both Earth Abides and Boyâs Life are perfect examples of books that show the appeal of that type of book. Theyâre not 600 pages long and packed with five dollar words, yet they donât fit into any particular genre, and they make you think far more than they entertain you.
Here are a few of my favorite quotes:
âIf there is a God who made us and we did wrong before His eyesâas George saysâat least we did wrong only because we were as God made us, and I do not think that He should set traps. Oh, you should know better than George! Let us not bring all that back into the world againâthe angry God, the mean Godâthe one who does not tell us the rules of the game, and then strikes us when we break them. Let us not bring Him back.â
âMan has been growing more stupid for several thousand years; I myself shall waste no tears at his demise.â
âDuring ten thousand years his numbers have been on the upgrade in spite of wars, pestilences, and famines. This increase in population has become more and more rapid. Biologically, man has for too long a time been rolling an uninterrupted run of sevens.â
Earth Abides really does deserve itâs spot on the âMust Readâ list folks. Its hard to talk about but easy to read. Youâll need some quiet to be able to really appreciate it. Take as long as you need to take with it. I actually walked away from it for a week or so because I have an attention span the length of a gnat, but was drawn back to it, and able to pick up right where I left off.
I think this book had to have made some waves when people first started reading in. Published in 1949 and it features an interracial union and espouses a life better without God in it? Yowzers.
I frequently disliked the main character. Isherwood Williams is the type of man that â while I might admire his mind â I would frequently want to thump. Heâs full of himself. Heâs so cynical about the âsimplicityâ of the people around him. And, of course, heâs completely human, and thereâs the rub. We look for a âheroâ in these types of books. Ish is no hero. Heâs someone who had the âluckâ to survive the end of the world, and now heâs got to live in it. But the world changes â doesnât it always? And Ish isnât a King of old. Heâs just the head of his Tribe.
Earth Abides feels timeless. I have read many post-apocalyptic books, and theyâve grown tiresome. I approached this book with some caution, because I was afraid of more of the same drivel that is wonderful the first few times you read it, and then swiftly approaches âBeen there done thatâ with disturbing ease. I didnât want to dislike this book because I was bone-weary of the sub-genre. Thankfully, that wasnât the case. Because, for all the post-apocalyptic books Iâve read, I donât think that Iâve ever read a novel like Earth Abides. It also feels the most real. This is how the world goes on; earth abides while humanity fumbles along.
I wonât deny that the main reason Iâm making the connection between the two is because I just recently read it, but I could not help but think of McCammonâs Boyâs Life when I finished Earth Abides. I am not someone who self-describes as liking âliterary fictionâ. Iâm happy with my genre jollies, thankyouverymuch. Iâll admit to even wrinkling my nose at the idea of reading âliteratureâ. However, I think both Earth Abides and Boyâs Life are perfect examples of books that show the appeal of that type of book. Theyâre not 600 pages long and packed with five dollar words, yet they donât fit into any particular genre, and they make you think far more than they entertain you.
Here are a few of my favorite quotes:
âIf there is a God who made us and we did wrong before His eyesâas George saysâat least we did wrong only because we were as God made us, and I do not think that He should set traps. Oh, you should know better than George! Let us not bring all that back into the world againâthe angry God, the mean Godâthe one who does not tell us the rules of the game, and then strikes us when we break them. Let us not bring Him back.â
âMan has been growing more stupid for several thousand years; I myself shall waste no tears at his demise.â
âDuring ten thousand years his numbers have been on the upgrade in spite of wars, pestilences, and famines. This increase in population has become more and more rapid. Biologically, man has for too long a time been rolling an uninterrupted run of sevens.â
Earth Abides really does deserve itâs spot on the âMust Readâ list folks. Its hard to talk about but easy to read. Youâll need some quiet to be able to really appreciate it. Take as long as you need to take with it. I actually walked away from it for a week or so because I have an attention span the length of a gnat, but was drawn back to it, and able to pick up right where I left off.