Blind_Mapmaker reviewed Supervolcano by Harry Turtledove
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3 stars
3.25 By no means a bad book, but still the weakest part of the series. A couple of new characters are interesting, but mainly things are winding down to making the US a third-world country. There area a couple of decent developments, but I would have liked more in the way of twists - way more. What the book does manage is evoke a sense of realism. People hang on any which way they can, though the rugged frontiersmen in Maine are a bit annoying at the end. Thankfully there is not a lot of regenration through violence going on - quite the opposite actually. But then Turtledove is not the typical American writer either. What does get old are his trademark repetitions that are even more pronounced than in the earlier volumes. Yes, we know beef and lamb are really expensive now. If it was the one Jewish POV …
3.25 By no means a bad book, but still the weakest part of the series. A couple of new characters are interesting, but mainly things are winding down to making the US a third-world country. There area a couple of decent developments, but I would have liked more in the way of twists - way more. What the book does manage is evoke a sense of realism. People hang on any which way they can, though the rugged frontiersmen in Maine are a bit annoying at the end. Thankfully there is not a lot of regenration through violence going on - quite the opposite actually. But then Turtledove is not the typical American writer either. What does get old are his trademark repetitions that are even more pronounced than in the earlier volumes. Yes, we know beef and lamb are really expensive now. If it was the one Jewish POV character that made more of that I would get it, but it's mostly the goyim. All in all a decent end to the trilogy and a welcome change from Turtledove's usual war-based drama.