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We Are Unprepared
We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly
Meg Little Reilly places a young couple in harms wayboth literally and emotionallyas they face a cataclysmic storm that threatens to decimate their Vermont town, and the Eastern Seaboard in her penetrating debut novel, WE ARE UNPREPARED. Ash and Pia move from hipster Brooklyn to rustic Vermont in search of a more authentic life. But just months after settling in, the forecast of a superstorm disrupts their dream. Fear of an impending disaster splits their tight-knit community and exposes the cracks in their marriage. Where Isole was once a place of old farm families, rednecks and transplants, it now divides into paranoid preppers, religious fanatics and government tools, each at odds about what course to take. WE ARE UNPREPARED is an emotional journey, a terrifying glimpse into the human costs of our changing earth and, ultimately, a cautionary tale of survival and the human
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I love when people leave books around and nobody claims them! Off to a good start!

luvlee68 ikr @KBlackScan , when books are donated at work and their in good condition i love to grab (1) or (2), he he 🤩 3y
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throwmeabook
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A young couple leaves the pressures of New York City to live a simpler life off the grid in small town Vermont. As Pia and Ash prepare for the coming storm, they must face not only their fears of impending doom but also the conflicts in their relationship. The environmental/global warming issues were addressed but felt like a mere backdrop to a couple‘s dysfunctional relationship. Barely finished this one. ⭐️ #Booked2019 #Booked2019Spring #cli-fi

BarbaraTheBibliophage Sigh. Dysfunctional relationships are hard to do in any kind of original way. 5y
Fridameetslucy Just passed it up on the Strands $5 review copy cart ... 5y
Cinfhen It seems this prompt produced a lot of uneven reads. Most either loved or hated their book choice. I fell into the pan group, too☹️ 5y
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BeckaroniAndCheese
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Yesterday's view. This book is about an epic storm and it got under my skin. It didn't help that I'm staying in the middle of a walnut orchard and it was raining cats and dogs last night. I needed a good freak out last night 😬⛈☔️

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Maddycht
We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly
Mehso-so

Meh. It was ok. The idea was there. I wish it was focused more on the storm and less on their relationship. The narrator sounded like a turd lol.

IamIamIam Love your review!!! 😂 5y
Maddycht @IamIamIam lol glad you liked that haha 5y
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Jessica_Jean
We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly
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Gonna read!

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Suet624
We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly
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A novel written by a deputy communications director for the White House Office of Management and Budget, producer for Vermont Public Radio, and communicator for the Environmental Defense Fund about survival and climate change. Sounds good, right? I brought it home several weeks ago from the library and would pick it up occasionally as my "next to read". Each time I put it back down. After the last few weeks, I am completely unprepared to read it.

Annl I will add it to my read in the future pile. 7y
Suet624 @Annl looking for a more uplifting book I chose On Living, written by a chaplain who works with the dying. You can see where my head and heart is at. 😂😂 7y
Zelma I read this one. Had no clue about the author's background but found the book very readable. I love that the book focused less on the storm and weather itself and more on how people in the town reacted to preparation. 7y
Suet624 @Zelma thanks for letting me know. I just returned it, but will try again later. Helps to hear what you thought. 7y
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booklover76
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If you believe climate change is a hoax DO NOT read this book.
For the rest of us, this is a scary real life scenario. A massive super storm strikes the eastern half of the U.S, testing the main characters marriage. Reilly has written realistic characters to drive her apocalyptic novel.
Only complaint is that I wanted more information on what the Storm did to the U.S and the aftermath that affected the globe. Morbid curiosity I suppose.

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booklover76
We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly

Fifty-three on the latter side of winter always feels so different from autumn's blustery fifty-three.

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readingallthetime
We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly
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A superstorm threatens to destroy a marriage , a town and The Entire Eastern Seaboard. The synopsis reminds me of Stephen King's Under The Dome and also Storm of The Century.

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BetweenTheCoversBlog
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For my thoughts on this and other titles, check out my blog at readallthethings.wordpress.com! Thanks for stopping by! 😀

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ConstantlyReadingMomma
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Read the full review at http://constantlyreadingmomma.com

Good read. a little bit of a political agenda, but it doesn't get in the way of the story. The ending was a little too perfect---I wish it would have ended with a little mystery.

But it was interesting and enjoyable. Well worth reading.

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Miznanner
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Is it really wise to start this book with a flash flood warning in effect for the area...during a torrential downpour....h'mmmm....

REVIEW: I wanted to like it, tried hard to like it, didn't like it. I know it was supposed to be a serious story and yet I found myself laughing at the utter pretentiousness of the narrator- he was so stereotypical NYC hipster it was difficult to find anything good. And the rest....as I said, I tried...

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Kleonard
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Would love to know who has read this one! It just came my way. 😀

Bette Waiting for a copy myself. 😊 8y
Theresa I've heard of it & am intrigued, but I haven't read it. It looks like @Novelgossip & @Zelma have read it, based on the book profile page. 8y
Novelgossip I finished this last night and was surprised by how much I liked it! 8y
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Novelgossip
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While not nearly as fast paced as I often like my books to be, We Are Unprepared was still rather gripping and I was just as anxiously awaiting The Storm as the characters in the book. Little Reilly is a gifted writer who managed to convey an important message and cautionary tale while weaving it together with compelling characters that I was invested in. Full review on www.novelgossip.com

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Zelma
We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly
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Liked it, didn't love it. I think many people will love it, but something didn't completely click with me. It was a great story and scarily realistic. I could feel the cold and damp from The Storm as I read it! Fascinating look at rural Vermont and a small town's division as weather disaster approaches. The tone just didn't work for me; the narrator tells this as a flashback and it felt slightly distant. Small quibble but it bugged me.

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Zelma
We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly
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Liked it, didn't love it. I think many people will love it, but something didn't completely click with me. It was a great story and scarily realistic. I could feel the cold and damp from The Storm as I read it! Fascinating look at rural Vermont and a small town's division as weather disaster approaches. The tone just didn't work for me; the narrator tells this as a flashback and it felt slightly distant. Small quibble but it bugged me.

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Zelma
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A little ice cream with my apocalyptic climate fiction. 🍦⛈🌬🌊🌪

ReadingOver50 Ice cream goes with everything 😄 8y
Bette I just got on to this one...so yay! 😀 8y
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Zelma
We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly

"I'm too selfish to do something truly good, but I think choosing to live a life that doesn't make the world worse is okay, too." This book has already caught and reeled me in.

Yournewfriendsams Wow, this quote is too real and too good🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 8y
[DELETED] 2232195534 I've been thinking about reading this one soon. Will be interested in your opinion of it. 8y
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Jenryland
We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly
Bailedbailed

Didn't love the writing or the main characters so taking a pass for now.