Deadfall: The Fallen Forest
by T. Graham
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Rating (1-5) - 📘📘📘1/2
Genre - Dystopian, Science Fiction
Format - Paperback
Pages - 324
*Blurb*
Trees begin falling in the American Northeast, only a few at first, but a building storm promises a disaster of biblical proportions. The government is helpless to stop the carnage as the world watches the Northeast reduced to a tangle of tree limbs and branches.
Roads are impassable and thousands are trapped in damaged rural homes without electricity and communication with the outside world. Flooding from obstructed waterways threatens lives and property as water cuts off escape roads and food supplies are running out fast...
*Review*
When I was contact by the author to do a review, my interest was peaked when he told me that the parts of the story took place in the area I live in. I figured it was going to be the Adirondacks or some well known place like that. When the actual town was mentioned I was shocked and it made those parts of the books not only easy to picture, but it was almost like I could "see" what was going on.
Imagine waking up to trees being knocked over by the slightest breeze with no explanation. Would you make out ok or do you, like myself, live in an area that is mostly wooded? Imagine your home surrounded by trees, that once fallen, cause massive flooding from backed up streams and rivers. What would you do first? Would you try to ration the food you have and wait for help or would your try everything in your power to get out without knowing if there's any place to go?
The book jumps back and forth between characters each dealing with their own tree situation. Some trying to get out, some trying to get in to save their family or help others that may be trapped.
As much as I enjoyed the book, I feel liked it jumped from character to character too quickly. There wasn't enough time to form any kind of bond with them because you were only given a few pages at a time. And while I wasn't given time to form a bond, it seemed like the characters formed them too quickly. I know that people tend to get closer to each other when it seems things might be ending, but these characters got really close.
