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I usually want to wait a day or two after reading something to meditate on it and let it settle. I was so at home in Bannerless, though, that this seems unnecessary.
Maybe the reason I love this book so much is that Vaughn manages to do what I’m trying to do in my own writing. This book is clearly genre-fiction, even if it lives in a newish genre (post-apocalyptic fic) and is a genre-bender (it definitively blends in murder mystery, edging up against cozy because there are no forensics and only the mildest of violence). While inhabiting these genres, though, the world is really a main character as much as the people in it; here is plot taking a backseat to story, and worldbuilding as much more than just setting.
And the novel rises above all of that into the sphere of literary writing. In some ways, it’s a coming-of-age story. The main struggles appear external – solve the mystery – but are really internal to the protagonist (a strong but relatably human woman).
All this is bound up together with a ribbon of wistfulness. A sadness over what has passed on, on the loss of an age. This wistful air is not present in all the zombie and cannibal movies set after the end of this age; those tales are rageful and cynical. This is something else, something past nostalgia, a yearning that people get over their selves to become good.
The story is nothing at all to do with Lord of the Rings. But how I feel reading it is how I feel reading about Arwyn electing to stay in the world as a mortal woman because love is worth it. It’s how I feel reading about the mirthful Tom Bombadil receding from the world because his age has ended. It’s a sadness contained in the prose so much more than in the events of the story; elegant writing that conveys a feeling without ever mentioning it. While the writing seems so clear and concise and unobtrusive, nevertheless this is poetry.
Of all the new books I’ve read this year, this one is my favorite, and likely to enter my annual reading rotation.


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Bannerless The Bannerless Saga Carrie Vaughn 9780544947306 Books Reviews

George Orwell's 1984, and Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tail both show the negative side of humanity following the collapse of life as we know it. Bannerless was a nice departure from that. This book showed some hope for humanity after "the Fall". While life is not without its problems in this narrative, survivors have managed to build communities, households, and ways to maintain peace, law and order - for the most part. The communal nature of society holds those communities or households responsible for the actions of their members, which makes them more likely to oversee them. The fall has taken people back to a much simpler time - more like Little House on the Prairie than the current day; and few modern conveniences and most modern day infrastructure no longer exists. Still, the simplicity of life after the fall is starting to sound tempting. I'm looking forward to the next volume!
My Thoughts

The dystopian theme is one of my absolute favorites. You simply mention it and you have my undivided attention. How it is that Bannerless escaped my clutches is beyond me. I only recently learned of this series when I received an advanced copy of the upcoming sequel. So while I was excited at the prospect of a new dystopian saga, I had little expectations as I jumped in nearly blind.

The skinny..

Due to epidemics and economic collapse, the United States is now an almost barren land with small surviving settlements that have regressed in many ways. However, the Coast Road offers hope to many in the forms of a possible future and rebuilt civilization. In efforts to thrive and avoid outgrowing the land, this remaining culture has implemented a regulated form of population control where each homestead must earn the right to expand their families and bear children. That right is signified with awarded banners. For everyone else, birth control is not optional. When Coast Road citizen, Enid, an investigator from Haven is summoned to another settlement in regards to a mysterious death, she uncovers a possible murder that just might not only upend the whole town but the world as she understands it.

“On the wall above the kitchen door hung a piece of woven cloth, a foot square on each side, a red-and-green-checked pattern for blood and life their banner, which the four of them had earned.”

What I appreciated..

Beautifully executed world construction that immerses the reader in life along the Coast Road.
A unique twist on a classic concept. This is a dystopian story enshrouding a murder mystery with a true element of whodunnit.
Enid is a patient and well-defined character who’s portrayal offers readers a rewarding glimpse into the beginning of a new civilization and era.
The author offers viable aspects to man’s approach to rebuild, reclaim and even preserve some of what was.
An alternating timeline of our protagonist’s childhood and the present adds a nice layer of depth to her character.

“The worst storms were the ones that changed you. The ones you remembered not for how bad they objectively were, but for how much damage they did to your own world. Banners, planted in memory.”

Challenges some may encounter..

At times, the slow and steady pacing can feel almost sobering or emotionless.
Secondary characters remain almost undemonstrative and disconnected in comparison to Edin.
This is not a complex story with high revelations.

What Bannerless lacks in complexity it easily makes up for in a well-executed story, solid writing and the promise of something grand to come. It offers a dose of optimism in the midst of a desperate time which is often rare in this genre. I appreciated Vaughn’s decision to introduce a civilization that was making honest attempt to regain a worthwhile and constructive life. I am excited to see what direction she will take with this series and look forward to The Wild Dead.
"There wasn’t an anniversary of the day when the Fall happened. The process lasted years."

The Fall happened gradually over many years, with weather disasters, economic depression, pandemics.

The society that formed after the Fall lives in small communities, divided into households. All pubescent girls and women receive birth control implants. Each community must be self sufficient, using a trade/barter system on market days for items they don't grow or produce themselves. If a community is self sufficient, then they might be awarded a banner, allowing them to have a child.

Enid and Tomas are investigators part of the time as they are needed. They are summoned to a prosperous community to look into a suspicious death and make a ruling on it.

I enjoyed this story - a lot. It's a post-apocalyptic tale with no zombies, no vampires, no raging horde but it tells a great story, just more laid back. I enjoyed the characters, the dialogue, the world building and I'm looking forward to the next book in the series - THE WILD DEAD.
I usually want to wait a day or two after reading something to meditate on it and let it settle. I was so at home in Bannerless, though, that this seems unnecessary.
Maybe the reason I love this book so much is that Vaughn manages to do what I’m trying to do in my own writing. This book is clearly genre-fiction, even if it lives in a newish genre (post-apocalyptic fic) and is a genre-bender (it definitively blends in murder mystery, edging up against cozy because there are no forensics and only the mildest of violence). While inhabiting these genres, though, the world is really a main character as much as the people in it; here is plot taking a backseat to story, and worldbuilding as much more than just setting.
And the novel rises above all of that into the sphere of literary writing. In some ways, it’s a coming-of-age story. The main struggles appear external – solve the mystery – but are really internal to the protagonist (a strong but relatably human woman).
All this is bound up together with a ribbon of wistfulness. A sadness over what has passed on, on the loss of an age. This wistful air is not present in all the zombie and cannibal movies set after the end of this age; those tales are rageful and cynical. This is something else, something past nostalgia, a yearning that people get over their selves to become good.
The story is nothing at all to do with Lord of the Rings. But how I feel reading it is how I feel reading about Arwyn electing to stay in the world as a mortal woman because love is worth it. It’s how I feel reading about the mirthful Tom Bombadil receding from the world because his age has ended. It’s a sadness contained in the prose so much more than in the events of the story; elegant writing that conveys a feeling without ever mentioning it. While the writing seems so clear and concise and unobtrusive, nevertheless this is poetry.
Of all the new books I’ve read this year, this one is my favorite, and likely to enter my annual reading rotation.