Genre: dystopia. \u2b50\ufe0fStars from Goodreads: 3.77. \u2b50\ufe0fStars from me: 4.<\/p>\n
I fell in love\u00a0The Last<\/em> as soon as I read the excerpt. I love good writing. As long as the story flows naturally, I want it, regardless of the genre or description. That was exactly what happened with The Last<\/em>. More than that, I found the description very intriguing. Who wouldn\u2019t?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n BREAKING: Nuclear weapon detonates over Washington<\/span><\/p>\n BREAKING: London hit, thousands feared dead.<\/span><\/p>\n BREAKING: Munich and Scotland hit. World leaders call for calm.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This is a story about a group of\u00a0<\/span>people left stranded in a Swiss hotel after nuclear bombs demolish major cities and wipe out most of the planet\u2019s population. People are left with no connection to the outside world, no ways to learn about their families, no news. There\u2019s also not enough food and it\u2019s getting very cold as the nuclear winter begins. It\u2019s a whole new life now for those who survived. There are new rules, and the values get adapted to the new reality.<\/p>\n I loved the protagonist\u2019s voice. I could hear him and I believed him. He felt absolutely real.<\/span><\/p>\n Whenever I closed the book, the atmosphere stayed with me. It was so consuming that for a few nights I was having apocalyptic dreams. <\/span><\/p>\n I loved how the plot branched out to so many different storylines. I really couldn\u2019t let go of the book, I had to know what happened next.<\/span><\/p>\n The book is very thought-provoking. It makes you debate and argue. The topics will not leave you indifferent, and I am especially thankful for that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I think the book progresses rather slowly in the parts where the background stories are introduced. I really wanted more action in those places and felt a bit bored. <\/span><\/p>\n I would love to see more examples of how the community changes. The book merely states that people did change, but because there are no actual actions to demonstrate it, the statement alone feels forced.<\/span><\/p>\n Imagine you live in a diminishing community and suddenly discover a dangerous member amongst you. It\u2019s not clear if he\u2019s really guilty but the presumption of innocence doesn\u2019t exist anymore so he\u2019s presumed dangerous. What do we do with him? Just for the record, we constantly need people to search for food, someone to dig graves, someone to clean, to watch over water supplies. There’s lots of other work that\u2019s needed for the survival of our small community. What would we do with such a member then? Would we try to make him somehow useful? Maybe, we\u2019d lock him in the basement with a task to attempt growing mushrooms for the community (or any other useful task)? Well, the people in The Last<\/em> make a very different choice.<\/span><\/p>\n I feel like the book is trying to make a statement that if people choose wrong leaders, or don’t speak up against wrong leaders, we will have a nuclear war. I would have loved it if The Last<\/em> had gone even deeper than that. No lunatics in power is a good idea. No power would have been an even better one. <\/span><\/p>\n The Last<\/em> is interesting, fast-paced and easy to read. It\u2019s also multilayered and thought-provoking. I\u2019m giving it 4 stars and I will gladly recommend it to anybody who\u2019s interested in this genre. The digital version of the book is already out. The paperback will be available from 31st January.<\/span><\/p>\n Thanks a lot to the publishers for my copy in exchange for my honest review.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “BREAKING: Nuclear weapon detonates over Washington<\/p>\n BREAKING: London hit, thousands feared dead.<\/p>\n\n
General information<\/span><\/h2>\n
What I loved about the book<\/span><\/h2>\n
The protagonist<\/span><\/h3>\n
The atmosphere<\/span><\/h3>\n
The plot<\/span><\/h3>\n
The higher purpose<\/span><\/h3>\n
What I liked less\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
The background stories of characters<\/span><\/h3>\n
The description of how the community changed<\/span><\/h3>\n
What I disliked a lot<\/span><\/h2>\n
One of the choices the characters made<\/span><\/h3>\n
Politics<\/span><\/h3>\n
Final thoughts <\/span><\/h2>\n