How Green this Land, How Blue this Sea by Mira Grant
Upon finishing, the first thing that sticks out to me about this Newsflesh novella is how well Mira Grant writes through Mahir. He is a great narrating character. Travelling throughout zombie-infested Australia in his head was a fun experience that reiterated how much I hated reading from Shaun’s point of view in Deadline and Blackout.
The best thing about How Green this Land, How Blue this Sea is Grant’s portrayal of Australia. It was a different type of environment than any of the other settings for the Newsflesh series. Post-zombie apocalypse Australia is a place where people refuse to trade in their freedoms for protections. The people there don’t live with the same fear and isolation that is experienced in the North America and Europe of Grant’s world. It was a different atmosphere with a different feel. It helped to show how the world she created is an actual diaspora, not a monolith of fear and undead.
Although this was a rather short piece, Grant managed to include a few interesting ideas. The most significant is what her Australians have done with the rabbit-proof fence. All in all, I’d say this was a very thoughtful story. Great companion to the series.
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