Hanna Jameson
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This book has been on my shelf for a few years – it came out in 2019 and was set at the same time. It’s post apocalyptic/dystopian fiction, which used to be one of my favorite genres until Covid-19 happened, and suddenly it felt a lot less like fiction, and something I didn’t want to read about (hey, I’ve only just watched 28 Days Later, despite having more viewing time than I could ever have anticipated during furlough)!
Anyway, I recently bought Hanna Jameson’s novel, Are You Happy Now? which is a story about a pandemic – there is a theme here – and derive synopsis, it cided I should read this first. And actually it’s bloody brilliant!!
Despite the synopsis, the book is equally focussed on how the people living at the hotel try to forge a new life and to some extent make a new community, as it is on the. murder of the young girl. As a historian, Jon decides to chronicle the new life that they are all living. One of the first things that they lose is access to the internet and therefore any news reports or communications from other people. There is suspicion amongst different factions of the group – primarily it seems between the English speakers and the non-English speakers – and concerns about what they will do when food stores run low. Is it safe to go outside and look for more food? Are there other survivors? And how do they deal with transgressions by members of their group?
I found the book hard to put down and scarily believable. In such a situation, how would you know who to trust? Who if anyone should lead the group? Everyone is fighting their own battle; Jon is particularly upset about how he failed to respond to his wife’s last text message, sent after he had left for Switzerland when their marriage was in trouble.
I was riveted from beginning to end, and although I found the resolution about the death of the young girl somewhat surprising and probably the weakest aspect of the whole story, I eagerly anticipate reading Are You Happy Now? Not quite yet though; I need something a bit more upbeat first.… (meer)