And although it's long on descriptive passages regarding the nuts and bolts of existing in this nightmarish world, and short on resolution, this thriller reads like a love letter to wilderness survival guides and disaster movies. Sure, Treggiari commendably distances herself from the anti-vaxxers, at least, making the point clear that among the unvaccinated, the plague claimed a 100 mortality rate. The tense plot, cinematic moments, and highly capable protagonists make this a fast, gripping read. Ashes, Ashes, whether Treggiari means it to or not, lets itself become part of the problem.
No sooner has Lucy started to settle in with her new friends then the Sweepers strike again. After a tsunami wipes out her camp, she seeks refuge with the handsome Aidan and his ragtag group of scavengers, who are routinely plagued by ruthless Sweepers, who kidnap the healthy for experimentation. With everyone she knew dead, 16-year-old Lucy has been living in what's left of New York City's Central Park, foraging off the land. Everybody who likes reading is most likely into certain themes, but some people try new things and change it up a little, and sometimes even find a new theme, or even book. After five years of floods, weather gone mad, and a mutated smallpox epidemic, the vast majority of humanity has been wiped out, leaving tiny bands of survivors to roam the devastated remnants of civilization. If so, Jo Treggiari’s White Pine award winner, published in 2011, Ashes, Ashes, is a book which many people really enjoy. In this lovingly detailed adventure, Treggiari (The Curious Misadventures of Feltus Ovalton) hits a postapocalyptic trifecta: environmental disasters, plague, and amoral scientists.
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