America Pacifica
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Hundreds of miles off the frozen coast of what was once California is America Pacifica, where those who fled the dawn of the new ice age have tried to recreate their former home . . . America Pacifica is an island hundreds of miles off the coast of California - the only warm place left in a world in the grip of a new ice age. Darcy Pern is seventeen; her mother has gone missing, and the novel details her quest to find out the truth about her disappearance - a quest which soon becomes an investigation of the disturbing origins of America Pacifica itself, and its sinister and reclusive leader, a man known only as Tyson. America Pacifica invites comparison with the work of Margaret Atwood and China Mieville, but also with Cormac McCarthy's The Road, for its post-apocalyptic scenario and the touching relationship between Darcy and her mother, and the Stieg Larsson trilogy for its implacable central character who is determined to uncover the truth. Review: Dystopian and overly graphic. - I don't agree with the reviewer who mentions the teenage market as the target, although it's about an 18-yr old. The book's vision is one of a dark, occasionally disturbing and curiously drawn world. It utilises a post-apocalyptic dystopian scenario (an ice age), but that is background only to the story of a girl's (Darcy) search for her missing mother on an island, where day-to-day life is riddled with uncertainty and inconsistencies. There is a lot of graphic detail included in the descriptions of Darcy's relationships; too much of it not really relevant to the plot. At times, that explicitness adds an almost deliberately gratuitous undertone to the book. The ending leaves the door ajar for a sequel. I'm not sure that I care enough about the fate of Darcy and her world to read it. Review: Bit shallow - This book was disappointing - but I suspect it is aimed at the teenage market, so that would explain the shallowness of the writing in that I really didn't care about any of the characters in the book.
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| Customer Reviews | 3.2 out of 5 stars 21 Reviews |
W**N
Dystopian and overly graphic.
I don't agree with the reviewer who mentions the teenage market as the target, although it's about an 18-yr old. The book's vision is one of a dark, occasionally disturbing and curiously drawn world. It utilises a post-apocalyptic dystopian scenario (an ice age), but that is background only to the story of a girl's (Darcy) search for her missing mother on an island, where day-to-day life is riddled with uncertainty and inconsistencies. There is a lot of graphic detail included in the descriptions of Darcy's relationships; too much of it not really relevant to the plot. At times, that explicitness adds an almost deliberately gratuitous undertone to the book. The ending leaves the door ajar for a sequel. I'm not sure that I care enough about the fate of Darcy and her world to read it.
M**J
Bit shallow
This book was disappointing - but I suspect it is aimed at the teenage market, so that would explain the shallowness of the writing in that I really didn't care about any of the characters in the book.
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