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A review by booksdogsandjess
The Dead of Night by John Marsden
4.0
Interesting note, apparently New Zealand has been very helpful in this war. Coming immediately to the aid of Australia and fighting for her. Really?
All I know about New Zealand/Australia relations comes from Flight of the Conchords and they gave the impression they were not fond of Australia and thought they were “subtlety mocking their accents” whenever speaking with an Australian.
I really enjoyed the first book in the Tomorrow series but you know how 2nd books can be a bit lame? Dead of Night is in the same shit kicking league as [b:Tomorrow, When the War Began|71865|Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)|John Marsden|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328867372s/71865.jpg|1253352]
It is much more intense and the light moments are few and far between, but still so exciting and emotional.
I do not know what I would do if Canada ever was invaded, I feel like we have this security of being right next to the USA and USA would be all “Hell No” to our invaders. Unless the US is gonna invade …but you guys would tell me if that was the plan right?
This book basically is saying “what you would do? You would have no say in what would happen, obviously you would be caught and be taken prisoner” and then it shakes its head and laughs at how naïve I am. Shut up book! Yes I would be caught I am very loud and hide and seek was never my game, plus I would have my kid (also loud) and St.Bernard (gigantic) the odds are against me.
But the book is right I cannot tell you how upset I was with the injustice of it all, people being taken off their property, being held prisoner. Oh! and then they are bringing colonists to start living on farms (their farms!) and I was also “HELL NO!” Unfair!! I feel ridiculous when I say these things, war is not a tea party I know this. I read war stories all the time but from this perspective of someone observing the invasion is so different from an actual prisoner and or soldier. This perspective is what these books have going for it, it takes the depressing aspect away a bit and leaves you more indignant then defeated.
All I know about New Zealand/Australia relations comes from Flight of the Conchords and they gave the impression they were not fond of Australia and thought they were “subtlety mocking their accents” whenever speaking with an Australian.
I really enjoyed the first book in the Tomorrow series but you know how 2nd books can be a bit lame? Dead of Night is in the same shit kicking league as [b:Tomorrow, When the War Began|71865|Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)|John Marsden|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328867372s/71865.jpg|1253352]
It is much more intense and the light moments are few and far between, but still so exciting and emotional.
I do not know what I would do if Canada ever was invaded, I feel like we have this security of being right next to the USA and USA would be all “Hell No” to our invaders. Unless the US is gonna invade …but you guys would tell me if that was the plan right?
This book basically is saying “what you would do? You would have no say in what would happen, obviously you would be caught and be taken prisoner” and then it shakes its head and laughs at how naïve I am. Shut up book! Yes I would be caught I am very loud and hide and seek was never my game, plus I would have my kid (also loud) and St.Bernard (gigantic) the odds are against me.
But the book is right I cannot tell you how upset I was with the injustice of it all, people being taken off their property, being held prisoner. Oh! and then they are bringing colonists to start living on farms (their farms!) and I was also “HELL NO!” Unfair!! I feel ridiculous when I say these things, war is not a tea party I know this. I read war stories all the time but from this perspective of someone observing the invasion is so different from an actual prisoner and or soldier. This perspective is what these books have going for it, it takes the depressing aspect away a bit and leaves you more indignant then defeated.