On the Third Day Rhys Thomas 9780552774963 Books
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Society is on the brink of collapse. The Old World is vanishing, the New World is taking over. There are no rules. Not now that a deadly disease is spreading that causes its victims to turn violent. Previously loving people become murderous. No–one can tell who will turn and who will not.
On the Third Day Rhys Thomas 9780552774963 Books
Rhys Thomas' ON THE THIRD DAY is a philosophical meditation on death wrapped in a viral apocalypse in which the victims suffer from existential dementia and often become violent, attacking others. I really enjoyed this one; it goes way beyond the standard formula for an end of the world novel. The people inhabiting the book are interesting and real, the book has a lived-in feel, the ruminations on death are engaging (although kind of depressing), the action is interesting, and the apocalypse is realistically portrayed in stages, with most people trying to cooperate instead of instantly forming raging biker gangs. My only complaint was the narrative loses its way at the end--there is an intentional effort by the author here (to what I can't say to avoid a spoiler), but it didn't work for me. That is a small complaint over, however, that otherwise did not dampen my enjoyment of this rich, imaginative novel.Product details
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On the Third Day Rhys Thomas 9780552774963 Books Reviews
This book started out interestingly but about a third of the way through the book, it seemed to lose steam. Add to that, unsympathetic characters whose choices I just couldn't relate to, and I started finding myself having to force myself to keep reading. Then half way through the book, it swaps to following another set of characters all together! That's when I gave up the fight. I think that some readers will enjoy this book but it wasn't me unfortunately.
This is a well written post apocalypse thriller. It would make a superb holiday read. It does what a novel should do and transports the reader into a recognisable, but different world from our every day life. Like all scare stories it is close enough to reality to be credible, but far fetched enough that you remember it's a novel you are reading.
This book is on a classic end times theme. A new fatal illness has appeared from nowhere and spread quickly. In terms of infection it is very dangerous being both highly lethal, and it spreads quickly. Last year in the UK and the rest of the world we were lucky that swine flu was not too infectious (not that many people got it) and not very virulent (not many died from it). This book describes well the chaos that could emerge if a new rapidly spreading highly lethal infection got hold in our community. The illness described in the book clears whole areas and countries of their inhabitants.
The illness in this book is fortunately entirely imaginary and for literary purposes. It is not an illness of any sort ever known to medicine. It is called "the Sadness" and it kills people in 3 days, with some disinhibited behaviour patterns being released during the victim's decline. So some of the victims turn violent and nasty as they are dying. The illness is very consistent and its natural history, and everyone soon learns to recognise it. After all, there is a lot of it about, even if there are not many doctors or nurses left to pick up the pieces, and not much they can do for it anyway. Indeed in this book all the official agencies such as police, health service, health protection agency, army are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard in dealing with the disease.
The story focuses on how people behave in such an awful scenario with various responses shown from anarchy and violence to pockets of community cohesion and mutual help. The characters are recognisable and credible, and their concerns are all too human. In terms of Maslow's hierarchy of human needs this book is not about high order goals such as self actualisation, but about meeting basic needs such as food, warmth and shelter. In this book life does become as Hobbes described it "nasty, short, brutish," and "a battle of all against all"
This book is cracking good read, and a well told post-apocalyptic drama.
I have read all of the great post apocylyptic novels out there and this is now in the top ranks. It is very well written with amazing suspense and many thought provoking themes. Just download it, you won't be sorry.
Rhys Thomas' ON THE THIRD DAY is a philosophical meditation on death wrapped in a viral apocalypse in which the victims suffer from existential dementia and often become violent, attacking others. I really enjoyed this one; it goes way beyond the standard formula for an end of the world novel. The people inhabiting the book are interesting and real, the book has a lived-in feel, the ruminations on death are engaging (although kind of depressing), the action is interesting, and the apocalypse is realistically portrayed in stages, with most people trying to cooperate instead of instantly forming raging biker gangs. My only complaint was the narrative loses its way at the end--there is an intentional effort by the author here (to what I can't say to avoid a spoiler), but it didn't work for me. That is a small complaint over, however, that otherwise did not dampen my enjoyment of this rich, imaginative novel.
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