We are used to reading post-apocalyptic books in which the few survivors have to cope with a lack of resources, as well as a devastated environment and the human tendency towards savagery. Things are a little different in this novel, in which the apocalypse is a virus that leaves roughly one in every 10,000 people alive, and this on the basis of a genetic immunity, and so fast in its mortality that it prevents virtually any devastation. What can go wrong for the survivors, who suddenly find themselves with available resources prepared for an immensely larger population and relatively little difficulty in using them? The expiry date, of course, especially when it comes to life-saving drugs such as insulin for Sugar, as the protagonist has dubbed herself. And in her battle to survive, linked to regaining the ability to produce insulin as it was done at the beginning of the last century, Sugar goes from being a complicated and somewhat misogynistic young woman to a driving force for the small community of survivors in which she lives.
Despite some naivety, and perhaps too much faith in the possibilities of goodness, the book offers a decidedly new and entirely unexplored point of view in the post-apocalyptic landscape, with some very interesting insights. In addition, the writing is fluent and the unfolding generally varied and free of monotony.

e-Book Review: Sugar Scars-Travis Norwood

Admission: This is a re-read, I have read this book a few years earlier, but it is so amazing that I had to re-read it!

Story: Sugar, the main character in the story has suffered a huge loss, or rather the whole world has, there has been an epidemic due to a virus, and yes it is ironic that we are going thru a global pandemic, but luckily we are having nowhere near the deaths due to Covid-19. We never find out what is Sugar’s real name, and I wish I had learned it, and as a child, I hated having such a common name that I wished that I could have changed it, but I am happy with it now. Sugar is a diabetic, type 1, and is dependent on insulin. At the first of the book, she thinks that she will have enough insulin to last her the rest of her life, not knowing that there is a shelf life on medicine. So she tries to find a way to make new medicine. On the way, she meets new people, good and bad. Within that, she becomes part of a community, which she did not feel a part of before the epidemic happened. Yet, will she make it in time? I will not spoil it for you, you will have to read the book for yourself to find out.

Final Notes: Sugar Scars 4.45/5

This book shows you that you never know what you will have to go thru in life, and sometimes we take a much different path than we thought we would in life. Sugar always thought she was a loner, but changed. There are also good and bad people in life, and sometimes we don’t always see who they really are until it is almost too late. This is a great dystopian book and I believe even if you are not into the genre, you will find it interesting as I did. Until the next time, A girl and Her Tablet are leaving to find her newest read or listen! Bye!

I enjoy this type of dystopian fiction and I made it through this book quickly. I can only give it 3 stars because I didn't like the main character. Having diabetes was suposed to make her sympathetic and was the main problem to overcome in her new reality but it didn't work for me. I did find the world building of Florida fascinating and the trip to Brasil was a weird tangent. Overall interesting concept but not great.

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