Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang

Ah, I am so glad I finally read this book. Wilhelm wrote a book called The Good Children that I read years ago and LOVED. Then last year, one of my challenges was to read an author with the same initials as me and I took this title home....and never got to it.

This time I forced myself to start. I wasn't crazy about David's story. It moved too damn fast for me and this is ironic considering how the story progresses but I found everyone was so damned emotionless because of the clip of the story. Everyone was so busy preparing they forgot to grieve the end of the world? Whatever, it's a blip in the ginormous scope of this story.

The big picture with this book, for me, is what defines humanity? Is it the DNA or the personality? The difference between the clones and the originals (“elders”) and then later the new strains of clones v the older strains of clones. It was fascinating to watch really.

This is a worthwhile read. Several times I wanted to put it down and talk to someone about it. Luckily one of my book clubs is reading it, so maybe I'll jump in over there.