Rachel Fisher (1)

**Originally posted at www.bunnycates.com/reading **

My Thoughts:

Man this book. This book makes me shake my fist angrily at it, while I say “Youuuu…” Why is it giving me drama? Well, because it’s fantastic. And it’s not. This story has so much going for it, and then the one thing that is probably not so good. I’m going to tell you ALL the goods first, because if I tell you the bads first – you’ll just stop reading the review. lol.

World building – Scary. Ass. REAL. There is no other way to explain it. The stuff that goes down in this book, feels REAL. It’s actually POSSIBLE. The world in this story goes to shit because we, people, tampered with food. We DO tamper with food. Hybrids, growth hormones, it’s not a “made up” thing. We do DO those things! Who knows what will happen 50 years from now, after all the changes are changed again and again? How these changes are affecting us? Holy CRAP – this book could be the start of the zombie apocalypse! The author should contact Robert Kirkman RIGHT NOW. excuse me a minute… I just blew my own mind! omgosh!

Plot wise – AMAZING! I am not a big dystopian post-apocalyptic fan. I should say that right up front. I keep trying to like them because that seemed to be all that was coming out for a while, but man. I don’t think I have liked one, to date. Until now! This story goes apocalyptic DURING the story. So, everything is fine. In the beginning. We get to meet Fi, her folks, her friends, and then her dad gets sick. Then, all hell breaks loose. Throughout the story, we follow Fi as the entire world goes in the crapper. She has to accept, adapt, overcome. A girl doing that. Kind of awesome. *Side note: I love strong female characters. No *batting doe eyelashes* begging for love here. Which leads me to…

Characters – These people are so well fleshed out. All of the important ones are, anyway. They just “feel” like real people. The littler ones act – as you would think a littler one would in that situation. Nothing feels off about them. The parents do parenty things, the kids do kid type things, and those in the middle have to “nut up” to protect and save everyone around them who can’t do it for themselves.

Everything in this story is perfect except… the bad thing I was going to tell you about. Remember that?

Listen, I have always been really polite, I thought, when it comes to reviewing. I really try not to mention the editing or typos in general. I always thought if I started talking about the actual “writing” in the book, it would cause this big drama. I’m no english major, so who am I to criticize, you know? The thing is, I’m just a blogger. No one is paying their hard earned cash to read this blog. Who cares if I make a typo? This is you and me chatting it up, you know? In a book, typos are something totally different. Last week, I had a friend actually kind of rip me a new one. She had bought a book because I said it was great. I said it was great, but I didn’t mention the typos. My friend was so put off by them she couldn’t finish the book. I understand, I usually don’t finish badly edited books either. She felt like she’d wasted her $12. She’d wasted it because I had misled her. *ouch* With that being said, and now that you know I am not trying to attack this author in any way – I am only trying to tell you about the story, I have to tell you this…

The bad – the only negative that I have to say about this book is it needs an editor. REALLY needs an editor. As in, the typos are so bad…I turned it into a game to see how many pages I could get before I saw the next typo. If I were a drinker – this book’s typo game would make an excellent drinking game. I’m not saying that to be mean, either. See. I started marking the pages with the typos. That’s a lot.



To be totally honest, I kind of knew there would be a few typos before I started reading it. The day I received it, I noticed a typo on the title page. So I knew. I just didn’t think there would be that many.



In Conclusion:

Even with all its faults, I LOVED this story. This is so good, I could see it as a long running tv series. It would be way better than 99% of the crap on network tv right now. They could make it last how ever long they wanted, and when they decided to end the series – just use the last 5 or 6 chapters of the book for the 2 night big finale. It’s almost PERFECT. Well, except for the afore mentioned issues. If those issues wouldn’t bother you, then I say READ THIS BOOK. It’s actually kind of awesome, typos and all.

Mom Notes:

Does contain: cussing, violence (even a rape – though it’s not graphic), and a lot of death.… (altro)

**Originally posted at www.bunnycates.com/reading **

My Thoughts:

Man this book. This book makes me shake my fist angrily at it, while I say “Youuuu…” Why is it giving me drama? Well, because it’s fantastic. And it’s not. This story has so much going for it, and then the one thing that is probably not so good. I’m going to tell you ALL the goods first, because if I tell you the bads first – you’ll just stop reading the review. lol.

World building – Scary. Ass. REAL. There is no other way to explain it. The stuff that goes down in this book, feels REAL. It’s actually POSSIBLE. The world in this story goes to shit because we, people, tampered with food. We DO tamper with food. Hybrids, growth hormones, it’s not a “made up” thing. We do DO those things! Who knows what will happen 50 years from now, after all the changes are changed again and again? How these changes are affecting us? Holy CRAP – this book could be the start of the zombie apocalypse! The author should contact Robert Kirkman RIGHT NOW. excuse me a minute… I just blew my own mind! omgosh!

Plot wise – AMAZING! I am not a big dystopian post-apocalyptic fan. I should say that right up front. I keep trying to like them because that seemed to be all that was coming out for a while, but man. I don’t think I have liked one, to date. Until now! This story goes apocalyptic DURING the story. So, everything is fine. In the beginning. We get to meet Fi, her folks, her friends, and then her dad gets sick. Then, all hell breaks loose. Throughout the story, we follow Fi as the entire world goes in the crapper. She has to accept, adapt, overcome. A girl doing that. Kind of awesome. *Side note: I love strong female characters. No *batting doe eyelashes* begging for love here. Which leads me to…

Characters – These people are so well fleshed out. All of the important ones are, anyway. They just “feel” like real people. The littler ones act – as you would think a littler one would in that situation. Nothing feels off about them. The parents do parenty things, the kids do kid type things, and those in the middle have to “nut up” to protect and save everyone around them who can’t do it for themselves.

Everything in this story is perfect except… the bad thing I was going to tell you about. Remember that?

Listen, I have always been really polite, I thought, when it comes to reviewing. I really try not to mention the editing or typos in general. I always thought if I started talking about the actual “writing” in the book, it would cause this big drama. I’m no english major, so who am I to criticize, you know? The thing is, I’m just a blogger. No one is paying their hard earned cash to read this blog. Who cares if I make a typo? This is you and me chatting it up, you know? In a book, typos are something totally different. Last week, I had a friend actually kind of rip me a new one. She had bought a book because I said it was great. I said it was great, but I didn’t mention the typos. My friend was so put off by them she couldn’t finish the book. I understand, I usually don’t finish badly edited books either. She felt like she’d wasted her $12. She’d wasted it because I had misled her. *ouch* With that being said, and now that you know I am not trying to attack this author in any way – I am only trying to tell you about the story, I have to tell you this…

The bad – the only negative that I have to say about this book is it needs an editor. REALLY needs an editor. As in, the typos are so bad…I turned it into a game to see how many pages I could get before I saw the next typo. If I were a drinker – this book’s typo game would make an excellent drinking game. I’m not saying that to be mean, either. See. I started marking the pages with the typos. That’s a lot.



To be totally honest, I kind of knew there would be a few typos before I started reading it. The day I received it, I noticed a typo on the title page. So I knew. I just didn’t think there would be that many.



In Conclusion:

Even with all its faults, I LOVED this story. This is so good, I could see it as a long running tv series. It would be way better than 99% of the crap on network tv right now. They could make it last how ever long they wanted, and when they decided to end the series – just use the last 5 or 6 chapters of the book for the 2 night big finale. It’s almost PERFECT. Well, except for the afore mentioned issues. If those issues wouldn’t bother you, then I say READ THIS BOOK. It’s actually kind of awesome, typos and all.

Mom Notes:

Does contain: cussing, violence (even a rape – though it’s not graphic), and a lot of death.… (altro)

I have read all but the last book in this series and am awed by the writing of Rachel E Fisher.

The Eden’s Root series reads as if it is history being written.

That brings us to, Asher Gray, the journalist/historian of this dsytopian series.

After The Blight (where famine wiped out the majority of the population), the survivors struggle to find food and safety.

Dragon Rising, a novella, is Asher Gray’s (the Dragon) life during the beginning days.

His struggles to merge his beliefs and his actions, trying not to become one of the monsters.

This is a horror story that has no supernatural monsters, just the humankind.

I am blown away by this series and find it hard to put into words how frightening it is.

Sneaking out during the night to avoid the gangs, hiding out in abandoned buildings, scavenging for edible food, just trying to survive day to day. Where the most simple decisions may have the most dire consequences.

What is the danger of genetically modifying our food supply?

Is any of your family left alive?

Do you stay where you are, in case they try and find you?

Do you move out of the city and see if there are any survivors that don’t want to kill you?

Decisions have to be made, right or wrong.

Rachel’s writing gave me a first hand experience into what could be our future.

The Eden’s Root Trilogy has stuck with me long after I finished reading.… (altro)

These books are so realistic that it reinforces my fear of what is going on today with our food supply.

Are you afraid? Maybe you should be. I have questioned scientists use of growth hormones in our meat and genetically modifing grains to make food resistant and grow quicker. It frightens me and pisses me off at the same time. What gives them the right to play God? Read on, but take a deep breath, let it out slow and buckle your seatbelt, because it’s going to be a very bumpy ride.

All the covers are beautiful and the titles hint at what is to come.

This review is very difficult for me to write. I do not want to spoil anything for you. I think these books, even though they are fiction, should be a warning.

”Not everybody associated with a bad thing is a bad person.”

But where do you draw the line? What if you knew what you were doing was dangerous, would you still continue to do the work? Would you blow the whistle?

Scientists mantra – discover, discuss, debate, but never conclude. Does that give them the right to play God and not accept blame for the result if it is bad? They sure want the praise when it is good. But, no, it’s not their fault. They only did the work, others made the decisions of what to do with it.

Only the Chosen would know the specifics. Only the Chosen would be protected. But the Chosen would need resources – people, information, supplies…. Resources would need to be saved and protected, hidden for safety. They would need this to rebuild a new world.

My heart bleeds for so many of the characters. The decisions they have to make are, not only soul sucking, but leave millions to die and the rest to fend for themselves.

Louis – outspoken. Felt they had already crossed the threshold of no return. He spoke the Truth and many did not want to hear it.

I loved when Rachel talked about Louis’s green children – he carried pictures of his houseplants, greenhouse and outdoor garden. I couldn’t help but laugh. I know people consider their pets their children, but plants? LOL

Fi – a redheaded Boticelli.

2030 Heirloom – scientific definition – strains of plants and animal that predate WWII, a hundred years or older, before genetic modification and hybrids.

Politicians – they undermine the good in the name of the powerful. I feel the government uses subterfuge to distract us from what is really going on.

Mike – Fi’s father. Mike knew that Fi, his daughter, would love learning about the project to plan for an outer space colony.

Stan is the money man behind Eden, seed capital.

Even when you know the right thing to do, sometimes it is not possible to do it.… (altro)