The Flicker

De: H.E. Edgmon

Narrado por: Kyla García, Suzy Jackson

ONE YEAR AGO, A SOLAR FLARE SCORCHED THE EARTH AND DESTROYED LIFE AS WE KNOW IT.

With their parents gone and their supplies running low, grieving stepsiblings Millie and Rose leave home with their infant half-brother in search of Millie’s grandma, a Seminole elder—who Millie knows in her gut is still alive, even if Rose isn’t so sure. Along the way, they meet a group of other surviving kids calling themselves the Lost Boys and their lone adult leader, who reluctantly agree to help them brave the hostile wasteland to make it to Millie’s grandma safely. But the landscape isn’t the only threat—there’s also the Hive, a villainous group that has spent the last year hoarding supplies and living in luxury … and will do anything to keep it that way.

Expertly balancing heartbreak and hope, The Flicker is both a thrilling survival story and a tender exploration of Indigenous ideas of identity and found family.

“Bound up in a gripping page-turner, the soul of The Flicker is fierce, relentless love for chosen family, the natural world, and a humanity exploited almost to the point of extinction. With unblinking honesty, this story invites readers to hope, and hope tenaciously for a better way of living.”—ALDER VAN OTTERLOO, author of Cattywampus and The Beautiful Something Else

©2024 H.E. Edgmon (P)2024 Recorded Books

A Delightful Surprise

I purchased this audiobook based on my love for The Witch King Series by H.E. Edgmon and was not disappointed. I enjoyed The Flicker so much as it was a love letter to so many narratives, including queer communities, discovering self, chosen family, Appalachia, and Indigenous people. This post-apocalyptic thriller was a wonderful journey that included a four-legged companion... that's you, Corncob. The narrators, Kyla Garcia and Suzy Jackson were wonderful in guiding me on this journey, and I enjoyed the sass they added to the characters. This was a fantastic read, and I look forward to more works by H.E. Edgmon.

Truly a mediocre book

I can’t even comprehend how a book can be so bland and full of the author’s woke agenda while having a strong premise. The story was so basic. The world is in shambles so these people have to survive. The characters of the Lost Boys are so boring that the only thing you can remember are their races and gender identities that were so shoved down your throat. The two main characters were also super annoying. I will say that the story was decent. A solar flare having the impact of a nuke is interesting. It doesn’t explain much on the scientific level but apart from that it’s a good premise. I liked the plot of them trying to find their grandma while taking care of their brother, but they quickly met the lost boys and had all that set up for them with the only point of tension being “The Hive” which wasn’t really explained well. I hated how Rose considered being transgender because she met Oliver and decided that she could be trans like him too. She didn’t even like him as a person or connect with him. All she learned from him was that trans people existed. So overall, this book pretty much sucks despite having an intriguing premise.