Allison Rand

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[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@tessclark3 I was so disappointed by that movie that I almost demanded my money back. #WWZ #seriously

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

I can appreciate the themes it brings up but it's poorly paced and reads as self-indulgent #li423

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

More than halfway through The Book of Phoenix and I'm still not sure how I feel about it #li423

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@roykamada Not yet but it's on my to-read list! #li423

[Tess Clark @tessclark3]

#LI423 "Ignorance was the real enemy, and cold, hard facts were the weapon"(195) The importance of knowing what you're up against #WorldWarZ

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@tessclark3 @roykamada The past and the future are equally far off, and equally as difficult to obtain #li423 #TheRoad

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@roykamada @tessclark3 McCarthy focuses on realism and practicality more than dreaming or hoping. He's a doer. #li423 #TheRoad

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

#li423 Some food for thought http://t.co/8mhFX9hVjB

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

#li423 Also you could like, buy the audiobook. Pretty sure it's on Audible. #worldwarz

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

Hey #li423, as you're starting #WWZ, I highly recommend the audiobook version, found here or at your local library https://t.co/eEYqLJuom6

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@roykamada @DougCorriveau For sure, I think it invokes a lot of the same ideas #li423

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@roykamada #li423 of enslavement and the difficulties faced by the world itself continue beyond the scope of the book, I think

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@roykamada #li423 Each character is offered an element of hope, but the structure of the novel is an ouroboros so the elements (1/2)

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@roykamada #li423 Reminds me a whole lot of the racial divides we face today and the weight that race holds in our society

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@roykamada I think #cloudatlas has an element of false hope, considering it's all cyclical #li423

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@roykamada It's all in perspective, and it divides society along arbitrary lines #li423

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@roykamada Exactly, it's arbitrary to us but clearly holds a lot of meaning to the people of these worlds #li423

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@roykamada Still pondering it to be honest, I think I'm going to have to go back to that later tonight. #li423

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

@knolte55 Not to mention that they're both brainwashed to the point of ambivalence #NeverLetMeGo #CloudAtlas

[Allison Rand @allisonrand94]

#li423 The lack of names also lends itself to a cyclical structure #TheRoad