New Coastal Times edition by Donna Callea Literature Fiction eBooks
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Everything you never knew you wanted in a post-apocalyptic novel
Wal-Mart residents enjoying a parking lot bonfire and sing-along.
Religious fanatics waiting for Jesus in Okeefenokee Swamp Park.
Sexed-up displaced youths enjoying each other in government-sponsored free-love communes.
References to an ungodly number of Broadway musicals.
And more. Much more. Except no ravenous zombies (sorry).
Still, it's no day at the beach when Hurricane Walter just about swallows Florida. And Walter is just the beginning, ushering in a world-wide disaster-filled era. But former reporter Mia Fine knows she doesn't have it so bad as she, her adorable doctor husband, and a quirky band of fellow travelers head for New York State. Because there's no place like home.
New Coastal Times edition by Donna Callea Literature Fiction eBooks
Apocalyptic fiction? New Coastal Times is classified by Amazon as "apocalyptic fiction." Okay, it's fiction. And it's set in a world after the apocalypse of massive hurricanes caused by global warming, with much of coastal Florida and California washed away. But when you're laughing out loud on almost every other page, it's hard to wring your hands at your and the planet's impending doom. This is a very well written book and a huge bargain at the price. Not error-free but with fewer than the amount of typos you'd expect from a budget book. I give it four stars for being a lot of fun and for being more than a step above a self-published work.However, where's the plot? New Coastal Times is simply a narrative of a trip from coastal Florida to upstate New York. Plenty of trenchant observations and wise-cracking about the human condition as the locales change. But there was never any plot development. I thought Donna Callea was going there with the events surrounding New Utopia 376, but that thread was just left there for the next leg of the journey. There was a possibility for something really sinister but the road trip had to continue. And there was no denouement at the end, let alone a climax.
So, what's the recommendation? This book is an excellent read at a very good price. Amazon estimates it at approximately 192 pages and at $2.99 that's great value for money for writing of this quality. I really hope Donna Callea keeps writing, with an eye to more plot development and ambiguity. Those of you who are looking for something dark will probably be disappointed. But if you are hoping your apocalypse comes with a healthy dose of humor -- we'll need the latter to survive the former, won't we -- New Coastal Times just might do it for you.
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New Coastal Times edition by Donna Callea Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This is a different approach to a semi-apocalyptic novel. The author is not interested in the details of the tragedy or even putting her characters in overwhelming jeopardy (I don't think anyone in the southern or eastern USA has a gun, for example). But she's very interested in how people cope with their lives being swept away. Sometimes the land is literally gone, as in south Florida, other places have no electricity and the main roads are unpassable. There is always a hint of danger to keep the pace lively, but the light-hearted narration and good-humor lets you know early on that this is not a blood and guts disaster novel.
I honestly didn't expect much from this self-published book, despite the reviews. I thought it might end up being corny or trite.
Not the case at all. I was thoroughly engrossed in the book from the very beginning. The premise, though fiction, is frighteningly plausible.
The book begins in the news room of a small newspaper located on the Atlantic Coast of Central Florida while the 'five+' hurrican Walter decimates the small town. Mia, the self-proclaimed 'bad environmentall reporter' has stayed behind with a small group of co-workers to wait out and purportedly report on the storm. Her husband, Aaron, also stayed behind to work at the local hospital. There is a fun cast of characters that appear during the book, some surprisingly related in the past. The character development is well-done. They're quirky, but still believeable.
The story is told in the first person by Mia and describes not only the aftermath of 'Walter', but the series of natural and terroristic disasters that befall the US and the rest of the world that could almost have been pulled from Revelations. We follow Mia, Aaron and company through their journey from Florida back to Upstate New York where their families still struggle to survive.
The author's take on what could happen after a cluster of disasters hit is at once scary and poignant. She gives us a peek at what could happen if the world economy and much of the US were to be destroyed and just what people would do to survive.
The novel could very well have taken the low road and shown only how greedy, violent and self-absorbed the world can be, but instead we see most of the character overcome their personal foibles and actually become better persons despite their hardships.
While there are a lot of sad (and funny) happenings in the novel, what it all boiled down to for me was that the author's message is that we don't need all our material posessions and modern comforts; essentially her theory is that love conquers all.
Considering the apocalyptic plot, the novel ends up being a funny, feel-good story and moral lesson that I highly recommend.
New Coastal Times is one of those books that I went into with a completely different expectation than was the reality. What I expected was a disaster story, with some fun but perhaps not completely real characters, and lots of death and destruction.
After Hurricane Walter destroys the small Floridian town in which Mia works as a reporter and her husband a doctor, she gathers up a small group of her colleagues, and they start on an epic road trip across a country that is increasingly ravaged by extreme weather, encountering religious crazies, a hippy commune that's been coupled together by a government trying to cope with over population and food shortages, and an organic apple farm.
However, New Coastal Times is far more than your typical disaster novel - the characters are incredibly realistic, and it's hard not to fall in love with them all - from the main character, Mia, who I found to be incredibly witty, to her dedicated husband and a cast of characters that they adopt along their journey to New York, all of them were distinguishable and unique. And although the situations they find themselves in could actually be incredibly dangerous, their outlook and friendships make it seem much more like a road trip.
Engaging, sarcastic and unique, I really enjoyed all of New Coastal Times, but most especially the characters. Ms. Callea did a wonderful job of writing a novel that sounds like it could have gone down the mediocre road, but instead comes out as a unique book in the post-apocalyptic genre.
Apocalyptic fiction? New Coastal Times is classified by as "apocalyptic fiction." Okay, it's fiction. And it's set in a world after the apocalypse of massive hurricanes caused by global warming, with much of coastal Florida and California washed away. But when you're laughing out loud on almost every other page, it's hard to wring your hands at your and the planet's impending doom. This is a very well written book and a huge bargain at the price. Not error-free but with fewer than the amount of typos you'd expect from a budget book. I give it four stars for being a lot of fun and for being more than a step above a self-published work.
However, where's the plot? New Coastal Times is simply a narrative of a trip from coastal Florida to upstate New York. Plenty of trenchant observations and wise-cracking about the human condition as the locales change. But there was never any plot development. I thought Donna Callea was going there with the events surrounding New Utopia 376, but that thread was just left there for the next leg of the journey. There was a possibility for something really sinister but the road trip had to continue. And there was no denouement at the end, let alone a climax.
So, what's the recommendation? This book is an excellent read at a very good price. estimates it at approximately 192 pages and at $2.99 that's great value for money for writing of this quality. I really hope Donna Callea keeps writing, with an eye to more plot development and ambiguity. Those of you who are looking for something dark will probably be disappointed. But if you are hoping your apocalypse comes with a healthy dose of humor -- we'll need the latter to survive the former, won't we -- New Coastal Times just might do it for you.
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