What We're Reading - The Fire Sermon
麻豆影视
This book was read by Meredith Lewis, a Reference Librarian at (mostly) the Orange County Campus Library.
[caption id="attachment_2035" align="aligncenter" width="198"] The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig[/caption] Why did you choose to read this book?If we鈥檙e being honest, the cover was impressive鈥攁 picture of a burned out Omega symbol with no other text and artistically 鈥渂urned鈥 corners. I picked it up, realized it was dystopian lit without a zombie apocalypse (nuclear destruction, yes) and not focused solely on romance (those are not my favorites), so I picked it up鈥 and read it in two days. During the work week.What did you like about it?
I liked that, despite being yet another book in a pretty common genre nowadays, it had its own vibe, and I wasn鈥檛 constantly comparing it to the other books in its dystopian genre. The twin idea that this world is centered around is unique鈥攁fter a period of very few births post-nuclear blast, two twins are born in every birth. One is deformed in some way (missing leg, extra eye, etc.), the Omegas, and they are separated and subjugated in society run by the 鈥渘ormal鈥 twins, the Alphas. I also like that I鈥檓 pretty sure Cass鈥檚 twin Zach is just simply evil (I don't trust the guy), but I still, at the end of the first book, can鈥檛 quite tell. A little mystery is a good thing in the first book in a series.What feeling did the book leave you with?
Eager anticipation for the next one in the series, which luckily will be released on May 3, so I don鈥檛 have to wait around very long for the next in the series. I鈥檓 also curious to see how the trilogy progresses鈥攖here was only one real plot twist in the first book, and I expected it, but not until close to the reveal. I don鈥檛 know where Cass, Zach, Piper, and Zoe will end up and if/how they鈥檙e going to be able to save this society from itself. (They have to, though. Right?)Who would you recommend the book to?
Anyone who liked The Hunger Games or The Red Queen or The Queen of the Tearling other dystopian novels that deal with a broken societal structure becoming even more broken. Other reviews compare it to Cormac McCarthy鈥檚 The Road, too, but not nearly as bleak. It鈥檚 a pretty fast and engaging read, too, so I鈥檇 also recommend it to someone who didn鈥檛 want a tough read.What would you pair this book with?
Some fresh, clean water--this book did kind of make me thirsty. Maybe a good pair of walking shoes and fresh socks, too.Interested in reading The Fire Sermon for yourself? Want to read The Map of Bones, the second book in the series that will be coming out May 3? Use to ask the 麻豆影视 Library to buy it.
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