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Trashlands
Trashlands | Alison Stine
9 posts | 6 read | 8 to read
From the author of ROAD OUT OF WINTER, winner of The Philip K. Dick Award! A resonant, visionary novel about the power of art and the sacrifices we are willing to make for the ones we love A few generations from now, the coastlines of the continent have been redrawn by floods and tides. Global powers have agreed to not produce any new plastics, and what is left has become valuable: garbage is currency. In the region-wide junkyard that Appalachia has become, Coral is a plucker, pulling plastic from the rivers and woods. Shes stuck in Trashlands, a dump named for the strip club at its edge, where the local women dance for an endless loop of strangers and the club's violent owner rules as unofficial mayor. Amid the polluted landscape, Coral works desperately to save up enough to rescue her child from the recycling factories, where he is forced to work. In her stolen free hours, she does something that seems impossible in this place: Coral makes art. When a reporter from a struggling city on the coast arrives in Trashlands, Coral is presented with an opportunity to change her life. But is it possible to choose a future for herself? Told in shifting perspectives, Trashlands is a beautifully drawn and wildly imaginative tale of a parent's journey, a story of community and humanity in a changed world.
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Clare-Dragonfly
Trashlands | Alison Stine
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Mehso-so

The plausibility of the dystopia in this novel is depressing and terrifying. Floods and plastic in the soil have rendered land unusable; the people of this novel survive by plucking plastic out of the water and selling it to factories where it is melted down and shaped into bricks to be used as building materials in the cities, where people still seem to have money. The characters were sympathetic and I appreciated the drive they still had to…

Clare-Dragonfly …create art. Unfortunately, the plot didn‘t hold up its end of the bargain. I especially had trouble with the ending, which seemed composed of multiple jarring and inconclusive mini-endings. 1y
underground_bks For what sounds like a wildly different take on a similar subject, I loved the tagged novella! 1y
Clare-Dragonfly @underground_bks OMG WHY HAVEN‘T I READ THAT YET 1y
underground_bks @Clare-Dragonfly it‘s one of my favorite books! I‘m so excited for you to read it!! 1y
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Clare-Dragonfly
Trashlands | Alison Stine
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This book came out in October 2021, so I‘m guessing that the date of this “night to remember”—that the characters in the novel clearly do not remember—is a deliberate reference to the day everything shut down (at least in my area) for the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TheLibrarian
Trashlands | Alison Stine
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Mehso-so

This dystopian novel gives a glimpse into what humanity could really look like in the future (imo). The premise sounded great and I like the cover but it just was meh for me. Some parts felt slow while others felt rushed.
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

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mcctrish
Trashlands | Alison Stine
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Pickpick

This book is giving Margaret Atwood a run for her money. All the old white men need to read this book. And then sit down. Someone else needs to get a turn running things and maybe, just maybe we can turn things around

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mcctrish
Trashlands | Alison Stine
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There was a theme with my library haul ( junk and trash) this one is dystopian and with the perfect balance of reality so you just know this is our future 😢😢😢

Sparklemn What's the story behind your mug? I like it. 2y
mcctrish @Sparklemn Jen Gunter responded with this to a person on social media and an independent maker person in Wpg made up mugs and tees to surprise her and then held a presale of said mugs and tees to support a women‘s health clinic 2y
Sparklemn @mcctrish Great cause! I had to google Jen Gunter. She sounds fascinating! 2y
mcctrish @Sparklemn she‘s a gift to this world 2y
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TheLibrarian
Trashlands | Alison Stine
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One thing I‘m going to miss about living in my house (ex is keeping it), is enjoying some reading time on the back patio. Nothing beats good weather, a book, and a beer!

Bklover I hope you find a wonderful cozy reading spot in your new home! 2y
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Decalino
Trashlands | Alison Stine
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Mehso-so

I wanted to like this book, a near future dystopia set in Appalachia, but ultimately couldn't. Relentlessly grim, the story takes place in a junkyard empire where people either scavenge plastic from the river to survive or dance for a paying audience at a strip club. Still, the names bothered me the most: extinct plants and drowned cities; this felt forced and improbable. Also, too many coincidences involved in the ending. Not quite a pick for me.

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AudiobookingWithLeah
Trashlands | Alison Stine
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Mehso-so

➙ 3⭐
A Dystopian where ♻Plastic is king👑...and currency💲
This story had everything going for it, great writing, premise, characters, authenticity...it just needed to be finished. This is exactly what happened in her other book Road Out of Winter. I‘m not a “write your own ending” kind of person...I feel like someone stole my book so I couldn‘t finish it.

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rachelm
Trashlands | Alison Stine
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Pickpick

This new release had been on my radar since it was announced. Setting: a strip club in Ohio during the apocalypse. It‘s really lovely and harrowing. Alison Stine is an auto-read for me and found this on Hoopla!

FelinesAndFelonies I pre-ordered it. Can't wait!! 2y
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