Ashfall takes place in the small town of Cedar Falls, Iowa from where I'm at during the reading. It starts with the day that ruins the main characters, Alex, life by the eruption of the super volcano Yellow Stone. The town is compared to be like New York City in the reading when it is compared to Warren, another town a good distance away from the main characters home where his family heads off to for this unsettling weekend. "Cedar Falls, Iowa, wasn't much, but it might as well have been New York City compared to Warren." ( Pg 2 ) This setting is important to the novel because it brings up the main part in the story, which is traveling to Warren, where his family is, in order to try and ride out the apocalypse with his them and live. And so far the only main characters I've run into are Alex, which he is described very little directly, mainly just as kinda average growth and a little nerdy looking. His more described indirectly due to his mother not warning him about partying, showing he has a small social life, his taekwondo belts showing that he has a decent fighter since he has gotten to black. So far this book is pretty good, can't wait to read more.
I like the interesting combination of the fact that he is nerdy but can also open up a can of whoopass on people if need be. I don't know how far you've gotten now but later on it becomes very apparent that he is in fact really good at taekwondo.
I think i actually kinda like the idea of a wandering setting. It bring about a sense of uncertainty for the character and the way the author writes (for me at least) I'm able to get a good sense of what Alex feels. Seeing as how he is just the average teen (plus some extra ninja moves) it's makes the sorry on edge almost constantly.
The setting of Ashfall takes place in Alex's house in Cedar Falls approximately 1000 miles away from Yellowstone park where the volcano erupted. Alex is home alone when the volcano erupts and debris from the volcano hit his house and caught it on fire. The Story is told in 1st person from Alex's point of view and starts off with him explaining how his parents had left and how he escaped his burning house. The setting is very important in Ashfall because it sets up the rest of the story by telling the event that would lead him to go out searching for his family. The main character is Alex and he is described indirectly by his actions. On the night of the volcano eruption he is at home playing world of Warcraft. Alex also talks about how he was disappointed with the lack of warning his parents gave him when they went out of town. . "My mom knew my social life too well a couple of geeks and a board game I might manage, but a great party with hot girls and beer would have been beyond me. " Page #3. Based on this we know Alex might be a little geeky and would enjoy sitting at home playing video games on a Friday night. -Dalton S
I'd probably be in the same setting as Alex if some apocalypse happened, except not on WoW. Though I would've stayed with his neighbors rather than running off, and I would've probably of had at least one person over.
The setting of Ashfall starts off in just a normal town in the state of Iowa. That is until the super volcano all the way in Yellowstone national park erupts. At first the main character Alex says with his neighbors Darren and Joe. Up until Darren goes insane and kills three looters. Now Alex is trekking across the Mid-west to get to Warren Illinois and the setting changes by the page but in short the setting is the ash covered country-side of Iowa. This setting is important because where Alex lives is just close enough to experience the after effects of the super volcano without being so close that it just destroys everything with almost zero chance of survival (California, Oregon, Washington). So far the only Main Character is Alex but two other interesting characters have appeared in the work and I believe may show up again. The first is a man named Target, he is part of an old prison gang and has an target tattooed on the back of his head. He is shown as a very threatening character when on page 121 he says "Anyone coming for me better right there. 'Cause if I can see 'em coming, there's no way they're taking me down." through this indirect characterization we know that Target is arrogant, dangerous, and someone may or may not be after him. Alex ends up pushing him into a fire when Target tries to kill Alex right then and there. Target yells as Alex is running away that he will track him down. The other character I think is going to stay is Darla. She, with her mother, nurse Alex back to health after he gets hit in the ribs with an ax by Target. She is a girl with a very abrasive personality and at one point her mother even says on page 144 " Don't mind Darla. I know she has a tongue so rough it could strip rust off a harrow disk at twenty yards."
I gotta agree with this, Target would make a very interesting enemy for Alex later in the book, but this time with a crew like he wanted to make. Can't wait to see how Darla turns out either with Alex.
The setting in Ashfall by Mike Mullin is a post apocalyptic world in which the super volcano under yellow stone has erupted. It starts out in cedar falls Iowa then evolves into cedar falls Iowa, but covered in 2ft. of ash. This setting will surely be important to the novel because it creates almost every but of conflict in the whole story, if not directly then indirectly. Alex Halprin, the main character, is setting out to find his family who may or may not be alive, "Would i see them again? Yes, I decided. If they were alive, I would find my family." (56) Thus journey should be interesting because he seems of average intelligence, and physicality due to his taekwondo, but he is also a computer geek according to him and his mother so I'm not sure he had the sharpest street smarts.
The fact that you pointed out that Alex is just far enough away from the volcano that he can experience the volcano but isn't destroyed by it is a good point. I wonder if places like California, Oregon, or Washington will be talked about at all in the book. On page 47 it talks about how in some spots there were " a foot and a half of ash." Based on that I'm wondering what's left of states near the volcano. -Dalton S
I think this setting was an interesting choice because it gives the book such an interesting feel since everything around Alex is just fields of ash which physically is a very bland setting. However with so many interesting characters and conflicts along the way it makes up for the nothing-ness around Alex. -Brock B
I defiantly agree with how the setting will create conflict in the whole story because it is what the story is based on. I also think that Alex will end up being okay on the streets on his own because of his taekwondo and rep he had with his previous classmates. On page 5 Alex says "I'm not sure if it was my growth spurt, or finally getting serious about martial arts, but nobody ever hassles me anymore. -Dalton S
I think the most obvious conflict is the novel is the external conflict against Alex is him getting to his family in Warren. Cedar Falls and Warren are not that far apart, however with Alex forced to ski the whole way through the thickening ash it has become a much longer, much more perilous journey. This is illustrated on page 109 when Alex finds a gas station he recognizes by the highway. He says "When my sister and I were little we used to stop here every time we went to Warren...That thought was depressing: it had taken me six days to travel only about a quarter of the distance to get to Warren" I predict the ending to this conflict will be either with Alex finding his family, however I see this as very unlikely. Or Alex gets all the way to Warren only to discover that his family is either dead or gone. Considering the fact that this book has two sequels I doubt this will be resolved so quickly. There is also the chance Alex doesn't even make it to Warren. Throughout the entire book however the author's tone creates this sense of security of "well of course Alex makes it to Warren" and "His family is probably safe". I think this is actually a good indicator that his family is NOT going to be okay because if they were, then this book would appear very easily predictable.
I definitely agree with the main conflict of the story and how the author demonstrates that cedar hills and Warren are not that far apart yet its the huge conflict of the whole story. Although you make a good point that if Alex's family were okay the story would be too predictable, I still think that he will find his family because it would be a devastating ending to the book if he didn't find his family. I feel like Alex has gone threw to much to not find his family like nearly dying when he approaches the Edmunds farm "My head thumped against the dirt. And everything went black". Page 127 Dalton S
I gotta agree that the main conflict of the story is for Alex to get to his family, through any means possible. Its true that both towns aren't that far away from one another meaning that his travels could actually be quite short, though from the size of the book I doubt that. What gonna happen is for anyone to say, but its gonna be interesting finding out.
The biggest external conflict so far throughout the book is Alex trying to reach his family in Warren. Because of the ash created by the volcano it makes it very difficult to travel and for Alex to reach his family. Cars, bikes, and anything in that nature that makes traveling faster wont go threw the ash. "The back wheel of the bike just spun and carved through, it was hopeless I could make better time hiking." Page 61. I think through Alex's determination he will eventually be able to reach Warren and I think he will find his family. The tone the author has created reflects Alex's determination in that Alex is Enthusiastic about finding his family. The authors tone comes threw when Alex says "I mounted my feet to the pedals -I was on my way to Warren!"
I agree with what you say about the conflict and the tone however I pessimistically think Alex will not find his family. I think that because the author's tone is so gun-ho on Alex finding his family that I think at this point Alex finding his family and everything going just how Alex wanted to would make this book far too predictable.
I agree that the main external conflict is of course Alex finding his family, but it shouldn't take him to long to find his way to Warren, and his determination does bring to the surface that he won't stop at anything to get to his family. Whats going to happen, I have no idea, but I'm leaning towards that he might find them, but not how he wants to find them.
This book was fairly impressive in terms of it being a book written for young adults. Normally I do not read a lot of young adult writing, I don't really enjoy the idea of a grown man or woman trying to relate to me on a high school level by trying to be one. For the most part I read more adult literature. Pessimism out of the way this book was by no means bad. Sure a lot of the times it seemed like events transpired so fast that sometimes it felt like Mullin was just trying to fill the pages, but a lot of it was also very good. It invoked emotion in me as the reader and that's what I enjoy most about a book specifically when FEMA kept all those people in the camp and wouldn't let them leave. I was immensely angry at everyone involved with FEMA and was continuously hoping that they would just all die collectively. The ending I thought was a good place to leave off when there is the inevitability of a sequel. It tied up all the problems the book started with (aside from the super volcano problem) and planted the seeds of new problems right at the end. Not enough to anger the reader but just enough to keep him interested. I think this book was chosen for the Gateway Book Award because it goes out of the ordinary (well that and its another apocalypse book). In all seriousness however, it touches subjects that a lot of writers trying to appeal to young adults are afraid to touch on such as premarital sex, rape, prostitution, and having a protagonist that kills people to protect who he loves. My favorite quote from the book was after Alex and Darla are emitted into the refugee camp and Alex thinks “For the first time ever, I felt ashamed of my species. The volcano had taken our homes, our food, our automobiles, and our airplanes, but it hadn't taken our humanity. No, we'd given that up on our own.”. I really liked this quote because I think this is a very true thing in any apocalypse story you ever read or watch on TV because I believe it is a very bitter truth. -Brock B
I have to say that the book Ashfall, by Mike Mullin was an excellent piece of modern literature. The characters were played down to be more life like and human than many books tend to do, making the characters easier to attach oneself to. This, I believe, is one of the major reasons it was chosen to be a Gateway Book Award winner, since one gets so engrossed and attached to the characters and the plot that they continue to read till the end. The ending though left a little annoyance since most of the things that happened seem almost pointless because of the end, but then again its the first in a series so it could be just a hanger for the next in the series, if so then its perfect. I have to say my favorite quote is one at the beginning of the book, heck its on the first page itself, “Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. -Will Durant.” Which for some reason easily represents this novel well, seeing as much of civilization is damaged or in disrepair due to the change in the geological background of America. Overall the book is a great piece, one that I would recommend to anyone with a love for reading and apocalypse themed dreams of the future.
Ashfall is a post apocalypse book written from the first person point of view from Alex the main character after the volcano in Yellowstone erupts. The novel describes Alex's journey from Cedar Falls his home town, to Warren where his parents are located. Throughout Alex's journey he faces many hardships. At some points throughout the book Alex struggles to find food and water and a safe place to sleep at night. Alex encounters many dangerous people throughout his journey as well and is even nearly killed by a man but is saved by a girl named Darla when he arrives at her farm after nearly bleeding out. After they leave the farm Darla travels with Alex to Warren to find his family and plays a huge key in helping Alex survive and being his companion throughout the rest of his journey. On the rode come across a FEMA camp and experience what an apocalypse era can do to the human race. One quote that really represents Ashfall was when Alex says "For the first time ever, I felt ashamed of my species. The volcano had taken our homes, our food, our automobiles, and our airplanes, but it hadn't taken our humanity. No, we'd given that up on our own.” page 365. I think that Ashfall was chosen as a recipient of the gateway book award because its a very good book that's hard to put down and is a book that appeals to many people. Ashfall has both the apocalypse survival experience and a bit of a love story to go along with it. After reading Ashfall, I can definitely say I'm a fan of the book even though the ending was a little disappointing and wasn't what I expected from the beginning of the book. -Dalton S
this seems like an interesting book. volcanos are dangerous and I don't blame Alex to go back to his family that's where he needs to be. I might have to look into this book later after Im done with Anna dressed in blood. Kaylee c
One of the best books I have read in a while. The plot can be read above, so I won't spend too much time on that. Ashfall is a post apocalyptic novel that focuses not just on survival, but on morals, and how much of ourselves we're willing to loose in order to survive. Even in the depths of tragedy, Alex helps others, though it could very well cost him his life. There's even a love story, though it doesn't detract from the plot, but rather adds to it, it's a nice balance. There are so many wonderful things about this book I don't even know where to start. On top of all it's literary merit, it's just plain well written. It's a book that can stand alone, but still leaves room for the development of sequels. I would definitely recommend putting this at the top of your list.
Internal conflict....this is a test.
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Ashfall takes place in the small town of Cedar Falls, Iowa from where I'm at during the reading. It starts with the day that ruins the main characters, Alex, life by the eruption of the super volcano Yellow Stone. The town is compared to be like New York City in the reading when it is compared to Warren, another town a good distance away from the main characters home where his family heads off to for this unsettling weekend. "Cedar Falls, Iowa, wasn't much, but it might as well have been New York City compared to Warren." ( Pg 2 ) This setting is important to the novel because it brings up the main part in the story, which is traveling to Warren, where his family is, in order to try and ride out the apocalypse with his them and live. And so far the only main characters I've run into are Alex, which he is described very little directly, mainly just as kinda average growth and a little nerdy looking. His more described indirectly due to his mother not warning him about partying, showing he has a small social life, his taekwondo belts showing that he has a decent fighter since he has gotten to black. So far this book is pretty good, can't wait to read more.
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I like the interesting combination of the fact that he is nerdy but can also open up a can of whoopass on people if need be. I don't know how far you've gotten now but later on it becomes very apparent that he is in fact really good at taekwondo.
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I think i actually kinda like the idea of a wandering setting. It bring about a sense of uncertainty for the character and the way the author writes (for me at least) I'm able to get a good sense of what Alex feels. Seeing as how he is just the average teen (plus some extra ninja moves) it's makes the sorry on edge almost constantly.
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The setting of Ashfall takes place in Alex's house in Cedar Falls approximately 1000 miles away from Yellowstone park where the volcano erupted. Alex is home alone when the volcano erupts and debris from the volcano hit his house and caught it on fire. The Story is told in 1st person from Alex's point of view and starts off with him explaining how his parents had left and how he escaped his burning house. The setting is very important in Ashfall because it sets up the rest of the story by telling the event that would lead him to go out searching for his family. The main character is Alex and he is described indirectly by his actions. On the night of the volcano eruption he is at home playing world of Warcraft. Alex also talks about how he was disappointed with the lack of warning his parents gave him when they went out of town. . "My mom knew my social life too well a couple of geeks and a board game I might manage, but a great party with hot girls and beer would have been beyond me. " Page #3. Based on this we know Alex might be a little geeky and would enjoy sitting at home playing video games on a Friday night.
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I feel like that's exactly where I would be if volcanic disaster suddenly struck...*cries softly to self*
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I'd probably be in the same setting as Alex if some apocalypse happened, except not on WoW. Though I would've stayed with his neighbors rather than running off, and I would've probably of had at least one person over.
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The setting of Ashfall starts off in just a normal town in the state of Iowa. That is until the super volcano all the way in Yellowstone national park erupts. At first the main character Alex says with his neighbors Darren and Joe. Up until Darren goes insane and kills three looters. Now Alex is trekking across the Mid-west to get to Warren Illinois and the setting changes by the page but in short the setting is the ash covered country-side of Iowa. This setting is important because where Alex lives is just close enough to experience the after effects of the super volcano without being so close that it just destroys everything with almost zero chance of survival (California, Oregon, Washington). So far the only Main Character is Alex but two other interesting characters have appeared in the work and I believe may show up again. The first is a man named Target, he is part of an old prison gang and has an target tattooed on the back of his head. He is shown as a very threatening character when on page 121 he says "Anyone coming for me better right there. 'Cause if I can see 'em coming, there's no way they're taking me down."
ReplyDeletethrough this indirect characterization we know that Target is arrogant, dangerous, and someone may or may not be after him. Alex ends up pushing him into a fire when Target tries to kill Alex right then and there. Target yells as Alex is running away that he will track him down. The other character I think is going to stay is Darla. She, with her mother, nurse Alex back to health after he gets hit in the ribs with an ax by Target. She is a girl with a very abrasive personality and at one point her mother even says on page 144 " Don't mind Darla. I know she has a tongue so rough it could strip rust off a harrow disk at twenty yards."
-Brock B
I had those exact thoughts when i read about target. I hope he is a repeat antagonist. It would ad Assn interesting element to the book.
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I gotta agree with this, Target would make a very interesting enemy for Alex later in the book, but this time with a crew like he wanted to make. Can't wait to see how Darla turns out either with Alex.
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The setting in Ashfall by Mike Mullin is a post apocalyptic world in which the super volcano under yellow stone has erupted. It starts out in cedar falls Iowa then evolves into cedar falls Iowa, but covered in 2ft. of ash. This setting will surely be important to the novel because it creates almost every but of conflict in the whole story, if not directly then indirectly. Alex Halprin, the main character, is setting out to find his family who may or may not be alive, "Would i see them again? Yes, I decided. If they were alive, I would find my family." (56) Thus journey should be interesting because he seems of average intelligence, and physicality due to his taekwondo, but he is also a computer geek according to him and his mother so I'm not sure he had the sharpest street smarts.
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DeleteThe fact that you pointed out that Alex is just far enough away from the volcano that he can experience the volcano but isn't destroyed by it is a good point. I wonder if places like California, Oregon, or Washington will be talked about at all in the book. On page 47 it talks about how in some spots there were " a foot and a half of ash." Based on that I'm wondering what's left of states near the volcano. -Dalton S
DeleteI think this setting was an interesting choice because it gives the book such an interesting feel since everything around Alex is just fields of ash which physically is a very bland setting. However with so many interesting characters and conflicts along the way it makes up for the nothing-ness around Alex.
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I defiantly agree with how the setting will create conflict in the whole story because it is what the story is based on. I also think that Alex will end up being okay on the streets on his own because of his taekwondo and rep he had with his previous classmates. On page 5 Alex says "I'm not sure if it was my growth spurt, or finally getting serious about martial arts, but nobody ever hassles me anymore.
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I think the most obvious conflict is the novel is the external conflict against Alex is him getting to his family in Warren. Cedar Falls and Warren are not that far apart, however with Alex forced to ski the whole way through the thickening ash it has become a much longer, much more perilous journey. This is illustrated on page 109 when Alex finds a gas station he recognizes by the highway. He says "When my sister and I were little we used to stop here every time we went to Warren...That thought was depressing: it had taken me six days to travel only about a quarter of the distance to get to Warren" I predict the ending to this conflict will be either with Alex finding his family, however I see this as very unlikely. Or Alex gets all the way to Warren only to discover that his family is either dead or gone. Considering the fact that this book has two sequels I doubt this will be resolved so quickly. There is also the chance Alex doesn't even make it to Warren. Throughout the entire book however the author's tone creates this sense of security of "well of course Alex makes it to Warren" and "His family is probably safe". I think this is actually a good indicator that his family is NOT going to be okay because if they were, then this book would appear very easily predictable.
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I definitely agree with the main conflict of the story and how the author demonstrates that cedar hills and Warren are not that far apart yet its the huge conflict of the whole story. Although you make a good point that if Alex's family were okay the story would be too predictable, I still think that he will find his family because it would be a devastating ending to the book if he didn't find his family. I feel like Alex has gone threw to much to not find his family like nearly dying when he approaches the Edmunds farm "My head thumped against the dirt. And everything went black". Page 127
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I gotta agree that the main conflict of the story is for Alex to get to his family, through any means possible. Its true that both towns aren't that far away from one another meaning that his travels could actually be quite short, though from the size of the book I doubt that. What gonna happen is for anyone to say, but its gonna be interesting finding out.
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The biggest external conflict so far throughout the book is Alex trying to reach his family in Warren. Because of the ash created by the volcano it makes it very difficult to travel and for Alex to reach his family. Cars, bikes, and anything in that nature that makes traveling faster wont go threw the ash. "The back wheel of the bike just spun and carved through, it was hopeless I could make better time hiking." Page 61. I think through Alex's determination he will eventually be able to reach Warren and I think he will find his family. The tone the author has created reflects Alex's determination in that Alex is Enthusiastic about finding his family. The authors tone comes threw when Alex says "I mounted my feet to the pedals -I was on my way to Warren!"
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I agree with what you say about the conflict and the tone however I pessimistically think Alex will not find his family. I think that because the author's tone is so gun-ho on Alex finding his family that I think at this point Alex finding his family and everything going just how Alex wanted to would make this book far too predictable.
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I agree that the main external conflict is of course Alex finding his family, but it shouldn't take him to long to find his way to Warren, and his determination does bring to the surface that he won't stop at anything to get to his family. Whats going to happen, I have no idea, but I'm leaning towards that he might find them, but not how he wants to find them.
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This book was fairly impressive in terms of it being a book written for young adults. Normally I do not read a lot of young adult writing, I don't really enjoy the idea of a grown man or woman trying to relate to me on a high school level by trying to be one. For the most part I read more adult literature. Pessimism out of the way this book was by no means bad. Sure a lot of the times it seemed like events transpired so fast that sometimes it felt like Mullin was just trying to fill the pages, but a lot of it was also very good. It invoked emotion in me as the reader and that's what I enjoy most about a book specifically when FEMA kept all those people in the camp and wouldn't let them leave. I was immensely angry at everyone involved with FEMA and was continuously hoping that they would just all die collectively. The ending I thought was a good place to leave off when there is the inevitability of a sequel. It tied up all the problems the book started with (aside from the super volcano problem) and planted the seeds of new problems right at the end. Not enough to anger the reader but just enough to keep him interested. I think this book was chosen for the Gateway Book Award because it goes out of the ordinary (well that and its another apocalypse book). In all seriousness however, it touches subjects that a lot of writers trying to appeal to young adults are afraid to touch on such as premarital sex, rape, prostitution, and having a protagonist that kills people to protect who he loves. My favorite quote from the book was after Alex and Darla are emitted into the refugee camp and Alex thinks “For the first time ever, I felt ashamed of my species. The volcano had taken our homes, our food, our automobiles, and our airplanes, but it hadn't taken our humanity. No, we'd given that up on our own.”. I really liked this quote because I think this is a very true thing in any apocalypse story you ever read or watch on TV because I believe it is a very bitter truth.
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I have to say that the book Ashfall, by Mike Mullin was an excellent piece of modern literature. The characters were played down to be more life like and human than many books tend to do, making the characters easier to attach oneself to. This, I believe, is one of the major reasons it was chosen to be a Gateway Book Award winner, since one gets so engrossed and attached to the characters and the plot that they continue to read till the end. The ending though left a little annoyance since most of the things that happened seem almost pointless because of the end, but then again its the first in a series so it could be just a hanger for the next in the series, if so then its perfect. I have to say my favorite quote is one at the beginning of the book, heck its on the first page itself, “Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. -Will Durant.” Which for some reason easily represents this novel well, seeing as much of civilization is damaged or in disrepair due to the change in the geological background of America. Overall the book is a great piece, one that I would recommend to anyone with a love for reading and apocalypse themed dreams of the future.
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Ashfall is a post apocalypse book written from the first person point of view from Alex the main character after the volcano in Yellowstone erupts. The novel describes Alex's journey from Cedar Falls his home town, to Warren where his parents are located. Throughout Alex's journey he faces many hardships. At some points throughout the book Alex struggles to find food and water and a safe place to sleep at night. Alex encounters many dangerous people throughout his journey as well and is even nearly killed by a man but is saved by a girl named Darla when he arrives at her farm after nearly bleeding out. After they leave the farm Darla travels with Alex to Warren to find his family and plays a huge key in helping Alex survive and being his companion throughout the rest of his journey. On the rode come across a FEMA camp and experience what an apocalypse era can do to the human race. One quote that really represents Ashfall was when Alex says "For the first time ever, I felt ashamed of my species. The volcano had taken our homes, our food, our automobiles, and our airplanes, but it hadn't taken our humanity. No, we'd given that up on our own.” page 365. I think that Ashfall was chosen as a recipient of the gateway book award because its a very good book that's hard to put down and is a book that appeals to many people. Ashfall has both the apocalypse survival experience and a bit of a love story to go along with it. After reading Ashfall, I can definitely say I'm a fan of the book even though the ending was a little disappointing and wasn't what I expected from the beginning of the book.
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this seems like an interesting book. volcanos are dangerous and I don't blame Alex to go back to his family that's where he needs to be. I might have to look into this book later after Im done with Anna dressed in blood.
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One of the best books I have read in a while. The plot can be read above, so I won't spend too much time on that. Ashfall is a post apocalyptic novel that focuses not just on survival, but on morals, and how much of ourselves we're willing to loose in order to survive. Even in the depths of tragedy, Alex helps others, though it could very well cost him his life. There's even a love story, though it doesn't detract from the plot, but rather adds to it, it's a nice balance. There are so many wonderful things about this book I don't even know where to start. On top of all it's literary merit, it's just plain well written. It's a book that can stand alone, but still leaves room for the development of sequels. I would definitely recommend putting this at the top of your list.
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