The Last by Hanna Jameson
So…nuclear war. Been in the news a lot these days. How about that, eh? I never knew how good I had it as a kid in the (mostly) harmonious 90s. The Iron Curtain fell, the Cold War was over, 9/11 had not yet happened and the only existential threat to America was our collectively stupid reaction to the President’s affair with an intern. Wish somebody told me those would be the good ol days for the States. Anyway, I came upon this book because I […]
The Last by Hanna Jameson
An American history professor is in a hotel in Switzerland for a conference, along with his colleagues and a melting pot of holidaying families, travellers, and staff, when the bombs begin to fall. As the hotel patrons and staff begin to panic, many flee but a handful remain. These lost souls attempt to band together as the clouds in the sky turn orange and the rain turns radioactive. Cut off from the world as the internet fails and power supply is cut, they begin to […]
The Last by Hanna Jameson
Best for: Anyone who enjoyed Station Eleven, or who likes the post-apocalypse genre and is looking for one aimed at adults. In a nutshell: Nuclear War has started. Two months later, 20 people remain at a hotel deep into a Swiss forest. A child is discovered dead. History professor Jon decides to document what has happened, and what happens next. Worth quoting: “A lot of people confuse movement with progress.” Why I chose it: Buy one get one half off sale. I’d chosen American Marriage, […]
