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An interesting novella
Read for a reading challenge
3.75/5
pickI read this as a result of my trip to Nola. This book breaks down everything that went down at Memorial Hospital during Katrina and the flooding afterwards. This book covers what occurred but also many different points of view as the patients, staff, and families are left stranded with things growing more desperate by the hour. The book‘s second half follows the investigation into what occurred there and the resulting legal ramifications.
pickYou can see Richard Lasher‘s car & the dirt bike he was able to flee the approaching ash cloud on.
I was alive when St Helen‘s happened but was too young & too far away from WA to remember. I wish the book would have gone right to covering the event & not the years before background & its players.
I do remember the elderly man that refused to heed warnings & condemned 16 cats to eruption death. You also get perished dogs & horses. Humans too. 💧
pickThis book looked at the preparation (or lack thereof) and response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the gulf states. The focus is placed on New Orleans where things went completely off the rails. With the storm having been nearly twenty years ago, I had forgotten a number of the details or never knew them as an outsider. The poor decision-making, lack of planning, and inadequate response made for a maddening listen.
pick4✨ Following a pregnant woman to a store to get the crib she should have got a long time ago it seems like any other day. However, a massive earthquake causes disaster to strike her town. The only thought on her mind is to survive and find her loved one‘s. I enjoyed this book and the consistent flow it had. While the ending was good I would have liked an epilogue of what happened after that last moment.
bailedI bought Clockers on a whim when I was 15, not long after it was published, and fell in love with it immediately - the sprawling cast of characters, the street-level view of NY/NJ, the realistic dialogue - all of it was great. When I saw that Richard Price had a new book out, I was excited to dive back into that world. Why then did this one not hold my interest? All the ingredients are there, yet it sounds to me almost like self-parody at times.
pickI really enjoyed this! I am unsure if the story would have had the same impact on me if I did not live in our MCs neighborhood. I feel like Pattee really made the city come alive. I could have used a bit more description of the aftermath, but I thought the characters were drawn well and the storytelling was great.
4.25/5
