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| ISBN: | 0544340116 (ISBN13: 9780544340114) |
| Series: | Vivian Apple #1 |
| Characters: | Vivian Apple, Peter Ivey, Harpreet Janda, Beaton Frick |
| Setting: | United States of America |
Katie Coyle
Hardcover | Pages: 262 pages Rating: 3.74 | 5069 Users | 958 Reviews
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Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple never believed in the evangelical Church of America, unlike her recently devout parents. But when Vivian returns home the night after the supposed "Rapture," all that’s left of her parents are two holes in the roof. Suddenly, she doesn't know who or what to believe. With her best friend Harp and a mysterious ally, Peter, Vivian embarks on a desperate cross-country roadtrip through a paranoid and panic-stricken America to find answers. Because at the end of the world, Vivan Apple isn't looking for a savior. She's looking for the truth.
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| Title | : | Vivian Apple at the End of the World (Vivian Apple #1) |
| Author | : | Katie Coyle |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 262 pages |
| Published | : | January 6th 2015 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published August 5th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.74 From 5069 Users | 958 ReviewsCriticism Containing Books Vivian Apple at the End of the World (Vivian Apple #1)
Huh. It's hard to know what to say about this book, and I'm still sorting thoughts out in my mind. It was definitely original, yet strangely disconcerting.Vivian Apple at the End of the World a post-apocalyptic cult story with a road trip. Just saying that illustrates a strange thing about the book: its tone was hard to interpret. Serious or satire? Humorous parody or biting social commentary? To me, it sort of veered back and forth between both.The book's premise is that, after a series ofIt's so strange but so enjoyable. I immediately bought the second book after finishing this one.
Thanks to Audiobook SYNC, you can grab the audio version of this title thru Wednesday (5/11) for FREE! Details here.This was one strange, strange little book. Observations on religious extremism and atheism aside, I'm still not really sure what this book was about. Was it supposed to be Vivian discovering what her own beliefs were in the midst of the Rapture? Because I feel like she forestalled ever figuring out her own thoughts on the matter by calling everyone else's beliefs into question,
Good stuff.
This book is fantastic. Somehow, from the book description, I didn't quite get how complex the issues dealt with in the book actually are--Vivian's parents disappear in the Rapture, as the description says, but it's after converting to a huge new religion, one that takes over much of America. The religion is all the more horrible from how familiar it sounds: it encourages the rich to get richer ("God loves capitalism"), traditional gender roles (women are even expected to walk BEHIND their
As soon as I saw the cover and title of this book, I had to know what it was about - it looked contemporary but the title sounded a bit dystopian - with those being my favourite genres, I had to investigate! I read the description and it did sound fantastic. I was curious to see how the author would put this together and I hoped that it would work out well - thankfully it did!This isn't really like any other book that I've read and that is a fantastic thing. This is a contemporary, realistic
I don't know if I can express how much I disliked this book. Maybe it's disappointment coupled with wanting to pull my hair out after reading this painful excuse for a YA dystopian... but if I ever hear about the titular heroine, Vivian Apple, again, it'll be too soon.Dystopian novels have a lot of promise. When the horrible events that happen in the real world don't make a lot of sense, sometimes it's helpful to be able to read one of these books and remind ourselves that things could be a
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