Unnatural Disasters

Will the Class of 2038 be the last class ever Lucy and her boyfriend have been planning an epic post graduation trip for months, despite the unstable world they live in But when everyone s phones start to ring during prom, Lucy knows something terrible has happened something new Decades of climate change have taken their toll, religious extremism is spreading, refugees have nowhere left to turn, and terrorism is common But this is worse Far worse. Best Read [ Unnatural Disasters ] by [ Jeff Hirsch ] – kino-fada.fr All I can say about this book is WOW It smacks a little of the TV show Designated Survivor but the author s imagination of the world falling apart is something to rival any supernatural horror Stephen King can come up with.This is a story of Lucy Weaver, who is part of the senior class of the year 2049 The world is in shambles with fascism, re emergence of Nazism and terrorists abound The threat of nuclear war hovers over the world People are killing each other over drinking water Lucy All I can say about this book is WOW It smacks a little of the TV show Designated Survivor but the author s imagination of the world falling apart is something to rival any supernatural horror Stephen King can come up with.This is a story of Lucy Weaver, who is part of the senior class of the year 2049 The world is in shambles with fascism, re emergence of Nazism and terrorists abound The threat of nuclear war hovers over the world People are killing each other over drinking water Lucy watches all this on the news from her home in Bethany, New York, which seems cocooned from all this nonsense at the time However, as the bo...3.5 5, but a compelling read bumps it up to 4 stars here instead of rounding down.In a world that is falling apart because of climate change and terrorism, an act changes the world that Lucy knows evenIt triggers a domino effect and plunges Lucy and everyone around into a post apocalyptic world.The story is a slice of life We follow Lucy as she attempts to deal with everything, but mostly how she doesn t She s a super angsty teenager and mostly we get her floating along, not doing much 3.5 5, but a compelling read bumps it up to 4 stars here instead of rounding down.In a world that is falling apart because of climate change and terrorism, an act changes the world that Lucy knows evenIt triggers a domino effect and plunges Lucy and everyone around into a post apocalyptic world.The story is a slice of life We follow Lucy as she attempts to deal with everything, but mostly how she doesn t She s a super angsty teenager and mostly we get her floating along, not doing much of anything to help herself or even others around her view spoiler Even at the end when they are in a new community, Lucy herself says she doesn t much help hide spoiler The adults in Lucy s life aren t around much At the beginning, they seem like very caring people, but quickly drop off.Lucy is a pretty annoying perspective to read from, and she doesn t have much character growth.I did really enjoy the side characters, especially Jay I m also a big fan of dystopian post apocalyptic stories so that helped my en...This book had one of the best set ups I ever read I was so excited to get to the climax, but unfortunately, the excitement never happened In the future, the world is experiencing changes in climate and war in aextreme scenario from our current state Refugees are seeking shelter all over Lucy and her boyfriend are doing the mandatory prom thing when a bomb drops on DC Life changes all around Lucy, but she continues going to parties and hanging out trying to act as if the changes will This book had one of the best set ups I ever read I was so excited to get to the climax, but unfortunately, the excitement never happened In the future, the world is experiencing changes in climate and war in aextreme scenario from our current state Refugees are seeking shelter all over Lucy and her boyfriend are doing the mandatory prom thing when a bomb drops on DC Life changes all around Lucy, but she continues going to parties and hanging out trying to act as if the changes will not affect her There are characters following religious zealots and wanting to make a difference but not this book s main character Which has me wondering why the heck the author followed this character s story instead of someone else In the real world...The blurb on the back cover hinted at some catastrophe but didn t say what it was, and that s what intrigued me enough to pick it up and read past the first chapter or two even though I really didn t want to, and that was a bad decision My main issue is that I thought this would be either a post apocalyptic survival story or an examination of current world issues, but it turned out to be a trivial teen drama that just happened to be set in the future It only occasionally mentioned the terrible The blurb on the back cover hinted at some catastrophe but didn t say what it was, and that s what intrigued me enough to pick it up and read past the first chapter or two even though I really didn t want to, and that was a bad decision My main issue is that I thought this would be either a post apocalyptic survival story or an examination of current world issues, but it turned out to be a trivial teen drama that just happened to be set ...This is the scariest book I ve ever read in my whole life.Lucy Weaver is just your normal teenage girl except she loves horror movies and she is not going to college after graduation Lucy Weaver is going to explore the world with her boyfriend Luke until someone bombs Washington, D.C Then the everyday world implodes With strange weather phenomena and stranger international politics, Lucy has to navigate her life after the sixteenth.UNNATURAL DISASTERS is a book about everyday life It is about everyday life after the unthinkable happens, but it Lucy Weaver is just your normal teenage girl except she loves horror movies and she is not going to college after graduation Lucy Weaver is going to explore the world with her boyfriend Luke until someone bombs Washington, D.C Then the everyday world implodes With strange weather phenomena and stranger international politics, Lucy has to navigate her life after the sixteenth.UNNATURAL DISASTERS is a book about everyday life It is about everyday life after the unthinkable happens, but it is a book about Lucy going about her life She still goes to school, even though she does not do much at school Her classmates hold a Halloween party Lucy is not your usual dystopian heroine who slashes her way across the continent She barely leaves Bethany, New York until she is forced out, even then she does not want to leave The fact that this book is about the mundane makes itimpactful.Lucy s life is upended, but it is not upended to the point of no return No, Lucy has ...2.5 starsIn Unnatural Disasters, Jeff Hirsch attempts to look at what our world may be like in the year 2049, through the perspective of a teenager, named Lucy Weaver, graduating high school in that same year Although Hirsch provides reasonable entertainment, he fails at giving a deep, meaningful, look into the near dystopia of the world he s created, this is mainly the result of the perspective he chose to write with Instead of exploring the lives of characters who suffered first hand from 2.5 starsIn Unnatural Disasters, Jeff Hirsch attempts to look at what our world may be like in the year 2049, through the perspective of a teenager, named Lucy Weaver, graduating high school in that same year Although Hirsch provides reasonable entertainment, he fails at giving a deep, meaningful, look into the near dystopia of the world he s created, this is mainly the result of the perspective he chose to write with Instead of exploring the lives of characters who suffered first hand from famine, terrorism instigated war, nuclear bombings, or religious extremism, we got to live through Lucy Weaver, your average quirky teenager, dealing wit...I m not sure what I was expecting when I got this book, but I was mistaken I did expect an apocalypse, and I got it, but it was a long, drawn out one focusing on the main character Lucy as she s heading toward Senior year graduation and the traveling she and her boyfriend Luke have planned for once graduation is over Instead, the world starts to end as we know it on May 16, 2049.Aspects of this were painful to read because so much of is simply the crap you go through as a teenager trying to I m not sure what I was expecting when I got this book, but I was mistaken I did expect an apocalypse, and I got it, but it was a long, drawn out one focusing on the main character Lucy as she s heading toward Senior year graduation and the traveling she and her boyfriend Luke have planned for once graduation is over Instead, the world starts to end as we know it on ...Personally, I feel I did not get the closure I wanted at the end of the book I also feel like there are some spaces in between the chapters which left me confused sometimes throughout the book I do recommend this book because it gives a glimpse to the future if climate change keeps increasing and nothing is done about it, which is important I also feel that there was a lot of filler characters with not much meaning to them With the characters that were talked about there, background and Personally, I feel I did not get the closure I wanted at the end of the book I also feel like there are some spaces in between the chapters which left me confused sometimes throughout the book I do recommend this book because it gives a glimpse to the future if climate change keeps increasing and nothing is done about it,...With the title, I expected a littledisaster, I suppose It s well written, but it wasa picture of how people change when diaster happens rather than about the diaster and adventure and action that comes along with it If my expectations had been different, I may have enjoyed itIf you like the relationship and people side of post apocalyptic stories, you ll enjoy this one It shows how people all handle a disaster in different ways If you are looking for the action and chaos With the title, I expected a littledisaster, I suppose It s well written, but it wasa picture of how people change when diaster happens rather than about the diaster and adventure and action that comes along with it If my expectations had been different, I may have enjoyed itIf you like the relationship and people side of post ...

• English
• 10 September 2018
Jeff Hirsch
• Hardcover
• 336 pages
• 0544999169
• Jeff Hirsch
• Unnatural Disasters