How I Live Now

by Meg Rosoff

English language

ISBN:: 978-0-14-138075-9

(14 reviews)

"Every war has turning points and every person too."Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it's a kind of Eden, with no adults in charge and no rules, a place where Daisy's uncanny bond with her cousins grows into something rare and extraordinary. But the war is everywhere, and Daisy and her cousins must lead each other into a world that is unknown in the scariest, most elemental way.A riveting and astonishing story.From the Hardcover edition.

4 editions

anka.trini reviewed How I live now by Meg Rosoff

3.5 Sterne

3 stars

Das Buch hat einige außergewöhnliche Momente und vor allem Teil 2 (eine Art Epilog) ist so eindrücklich, dass ich die ganze Zeit beim Lesen eine Gänsehaut hatte.

Auch die Atmosphäre wird immer gut rüber gebracht. Man kann sich wirklich alles bildlich vorstellen, als ob man einen Film sehen würde.

Allerdings fand ich die Erzählweise und Teenagergedanken von Daisy stellenweise so nervig, dass ich das Buch dann irgendwie doch eher ungern gelesen habe. Außerdem fand ich es nicht ideal, dass sich die Liebesgeschichte zwischen Cousins abspielt. Und auch wie die neunjährige Piper in Bezug zu jungen Soldaten gesetzt wurde... Es hat sich sehr falsch angefühlt.

Alles in allem würde ich eher die Verfilmung empfehlen. Dort ist Edmond zwar ziemlich anders als im Buch, aber allgemein hat mir der Film dann trotzdem besser gefallen.

Delia reviewed How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

The scene with the foxes was pretty awful.

3 stars

“Tomorrow, when the war began” is a better series on a similar theme, but this still packs a mighty punch. I found it interesting how similar early scenes of the war was to covid lockdown times, and it makes me consider how much (even though we were safe) kids may have been traumatised by the last few years. A very “early 2000s” voice, and captures teenage hood fairly well. Not sure about the chain smoking cousin-love though.

samanthaleigh15 reviewed How I live now by Meg Rosoff

Review of 'How I live now' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I don't really know how to describe this book, but I really liked it. It has a magical feel to it, but is firmly grounded in a very harsh reality. Even some of the more unconventional elements of this story are completely believable and almost poetic.