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Praise for Carbon Diaries 2015:
'Everyone who cares about the future of the planet should read this book!'
'An uproarious, scathing and pathos-filled romp - Adrian Mole does the apocalypse.'
'A perfect example of how to blend an important message into an entertaining novel.'
'A wonderfully mordant look at the coming environmental meltdown.'
Laura Brown's diaries lend edgy wit and engaging self-doubt to the most distressing circumstances.
(Bookseller )Edgy, witty, clever, heartfelt. *****
(Books For Keeps )A must for every secondary school library.
(School Librarian )Brilliant and original. Highly recommended.
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It's over a year since her last diary and Laura Brown is now in her first year of university in London, a city still struggling to pull itself together in the new rationing era. Laura's right in the heart of it; her band, the dirty angels, are gigging all over town until a police crackdown on rioting students forces them out of the city. After a brief exile on her parents' farm, the angels set off in a battered VW bus on a tour of Europe with the fabulous Tiny Chainsaws in the Distance.
The tour soon unravels, however, in an increasingly dramatic sequence of events that include drought in Europe and Africa, a tidal-wave of desperate immigrants, a water war in the Middle East and a city-wide face off with the army in London. Not to mention infidelity, betrayal, friendship, love and massive courage.
How long can Laura distance herself from the struggle? And more importantly, how can she keep her style and hope alive in a world on the edge of madness?
(20100701)
The tour soon unravels, however, in an increasingly dramatic sequence of events that include drought in Europe and Africa, a tidal-wave of desperate immigrants, a water war in the Middle East and a city-wide face off with the army in London. Not to mention infidelity, betrayal, friendship, love and massive courage.
How long can Laura distance herself from the struggle? And more importantly, how can she keep her style and hope alive in a world on the edge of madness?
(20100701)
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The Carbon Diaries are written in a rather simplistic manner, with Saci Lloyd using her almost-classroom familiarity with youth terminology and concerns to get the message across. Despite the obvious target market, the CDs are worryingly-realistic; it is not hard to imagine London without the Thames-barrier and what life might be like in the parts of London reclaimed by the Sea.
Saci Lloyd's writing style is vividly descripitive although limited by the use of the diary-style entries. As a result the account of the dystopian future is somewhat subjective, but this really isn't a drawback as it allows the reader to really get to know the inner-workings of our protagonist's - Laura Brown - mind and her take on the situation. It also gives a level of familiarity with her relationships; with her parents and her friends that definitely builds on the first CD book.
The Carbon Diaries 2017 is the second book in the series (The Carbon Diaries 2015) and we find Laura Brown a couple of years older and wiser, trying to get through University and keep her band - the Dirty Angels - together, all the while looking for love in this newly carbon-strangled world. Recommended!!
Saci Lloyd's writing style is vividly descripitive although limited by the use of the diary-style entries. As a result the account of the dystopian future is somewhat subjective, but this really isn't a drawback as it allows the reader to really get to know the inner-workings of our protagonist's - Laura Brown - mind and her take on the situation. It also gives a level of familiarity with her relationships; with her parents and her friends that definitely builds on the first CD book.
The Carbon Diaries 2017 is the second book in the series (The Carbon Diaries 2015) and we find Laura Brown a couple of years older and wiser, trying to get through University and keep her band - the Dirty Angels - together, all the while looking for love in this newly carbon-strangled world. Recommended!!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great sequel - it takes the ideas and setting of the original and expands them, exploring them more deeply. The world is fast descending into anarchy, but all Laura wants to do is keep her head down and get on with life. Is an education too much to ask? Can't she just see her mates and play in the band? When human rights begin to be ignored in favour of political expediency, Laura finds she's involved whether she likes it or not. A brilliant teen voice in the middle of climate chaos.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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My daughter finds the book a true sequel. A light hearted view of what government could do to continue wrecking the country.
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