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5 Obras 1,039 Miembros 61 Reseñas 1 Preferidas

Obras de Paul Lynch

Prophet Song (2023) 594 copias
Red Sky in Morning (2013) 158 copias
Grace (2017) 152 copias
The Black Snow (2014) 94 copias
Beyond the Sea (2019) 41 copias

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Conocimiento común

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male
Nacionalidad
Ireland

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A very interesting commentary on modern life, Afghan or Syrian refugees might seem foreign and other worldly; what about if they were Irish?
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hhornblower | 29 reseñas más. | Mar 17, 2024 |
This was intense and harrowing and I kept yelling at Eilish over her inaction and unwillingness to see what was happening. The ending is a cliffhanger that resolves nothing, but that also makes it perfect.
 
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wellred2 | 29 reseñas más. | Mar 15, 2024 |
This book was pretty much the enactment of all my fears about what would happen if we lose our democracy. I don't usually read dystopian literature, and after this, it will be a long time before I read another. Don't get me wrong--I'm NOT bashing this book. It took me a while to get into it, but once things went from disturbing to downright harrowing, I couldn't put it down.

The novel is set in Ireland in a time the government has labelled "the crisis." In the opening chapter, two Garda (policemen) arrive at the home of Eilish and Larry, a couple with four children ranging in age from an infant to 16. Larry isn't home, but they ask Eilish to have him come down to the station the next day. Larry is a top officer in the Teacher's Union. He goes to the station but never returns.

The situation is bad for everyone, and it only gets worse. Employers are pressed to get rid of anyone the government has a beef with, people start disappearing off the street, lawyers are afraid to represent anyone with a complaint against the government, civil rights are suspended, food supplies are short, protesters are shot and beaten to death, strict curfews are enacted, boys as young as 16 are taken out of school and conscripted into the military. And Eilish is left to fend for herself and her children and the father across town who is falling into senility.

I won't say more as I don't want to spoil the book for anyone else, but the last few chapters are among the most heartbreaking and horrifying that I have ever read. Anyone who thinks that our country needs a strong man dictator and suspension of our Constitutional rights in order to "save" this country should read it (since obviously they never read their world history books in school). It's beautifully written, mainly from Eilish's point of view.
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Cariola | 29 reseñas más. | Feb 14, 2024 |
So upset my review failed to save. I came here to remember the quote I pulled from the end of the book. Luckily I think I remember: All end-of-the-world events are local. The prophet song is the song that reminds us that everywhere all the time someone's world is ending, some crisis is afoot, some Kafkaesque dystopian is being hatched.
The story of a family having to deal with a sudden authoritarian government, when those crucial questions of IF to leave turn into HOW to leave—and the terror of that change of question—is really well told in this book. Feels close and real, and as the prophet song reminds us, it would be good to remember how close and real it is.… (más)
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BookyMaven | 29 reseñas más. | Feb 14, 2024 |

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