Wickermum the boy never went to school as far as I am aware.

I just finished the book and feel rather like I've sufferd post traumatic stress.

new thread with spoiler warning here

Maybe start a thread with a 'spoiler' warning to talk about the end.

Wickerman, I read Oryx and Crake about 6 years ago, so can't remember it so well.But yes it was good - i really enjoyed it and recommended it to several people.
I think Thats what the MN book club voted on this month
I also love post apocalyptic stories and have a stack of books.

Oooh, yes, have just read this at our Book Club and have a lot to say about the ending! [Arti holds self back..]

when everybody on here has read it, can we have a chat about the ending? obviously not yet though!

Read it in one go as I couldn't put it down without knowing how it ended. Think it would take a long time before I could read it again though - is v harrowing.

Robert Swindell's Brother in the Land is another good book, but slightly dated and aimed at teens, if you want something in a similar genre.

I got bored.
not harrowed
just bored
but then I am very neurotic and always imagining post apocalyptic scenarios and how I would cope

so i didn't finish it

I think oryx and crake is better
less poetic, more annoyingly smartarse, but more thought through

but I like this line from the kid

"What are our short to mid term goals?"

Or is it mid to long

It's very cute, obviously something he has learnt at school and very poignant under the circumstances

ragged robin,.. i did the same as you but in three sittings so had double the number of cuddles with my son

gripping, sad, awful, dark book but oh my, i didn't/couldn't stop reading it

i read it in a book club too and it had votes from 0.5/10 to 9.5/10

it quickly became one of my favourite novels. the relationship between the father and son is so poignant. i read it in two sittings and in between i had to go and hold my sleeping son.