Juice
A page-turning epic about survival and resilience from the twice Booker-shortlisted author
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3.6 • 12 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
One of The Guardian's best sci-fi books of the year.
An epic post-apocalyptic thriller, perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Road, from twice Booker-shortlisted author Tim Winton.
'A hold-your-breath adventure . . . Juice will stab your conscience and break your heart’ - Emma Donoghue, author of Room
Survival is only the beginning.
Two fugitives, a man and a child, drive across a stony desert. As dawn breaks, they roll into an abandoned mine site. They’re exhausted, traumatized, desperate now. This is a forsaken place, but as a refuge it’s the most promising they’ve seen. The child peers at the field of desolation. The man thinks to himself, this could work.
Problem is, they’re not alone . . .
So begins a searing journey through a life where the challenge is not only to survive; it’s keeping your humanity if you do.
'A blistering cli-fi epic' - The Guardian
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Strap in, because this is a worryingly conceivable climate change dystopia that will give you pause before celebrating any long, hot sunny days. Booker Prize-nominated Australian author Tim Winton presents an arid world where sunlight has become so intense that people have to live underground for a huge proportion of the year, only emerging at night. There are echoes of The Last of Us in the book’s key relationship between two fugitives—a man and a child with an unclear connection who seem to realise they are not alone out in the wilderness—and Juice shares the same ominous energy and can’t-turn-away drama.
Customer Reviews
What happens next?
On the plus side this is a well-paced book. However, it is probably 100 pages too long. Many of the segments are repetitive and could have been removed without any impact on the narrative.
Also, after 500 or so pages the words just stop, leaving the reader to make up their own mind as to what actually happens.