Frost--Marcus

 

This review will be about the book Frost by M. P. Kozlowsky published on October 11, 2016 and is set in a dystopian world where mankind has fallen due to the advancement of technology. The story itself follows the journey of a young girl named Frost and the challenges she faces in the ruined world. However she is not alone as she has a pet which is the only living companion Frost has and is a creature called a broot that she named Romes . Frost does have another by her side but it is a robot servant named Bunt that follows her in hopes of keeping her safe from the dangers of the city that they reside in. Frost´s father is mentioned as a character that participates in the story but not in the way one would expect as he has already died before the story started and transferred his consciousness into Bunt. Even though Frost´s father was able to do this it was imperfect which resulted in his conscious flickering in at random times and he could sometimes be gone for a long time so he could not always be there for his daughter. These are some of the major characters in Kozlowsky´s book and have the most prevalence in the story. The Journey is set when Frost´s pet falls ill and will perish if no treatment is administered knowing that Frost uses the information she learned from books before the fall of mankind, that if anything were to save her pet it would have to be the technology they previously had. So she sets off to find any remnants left of mankind to see if they can save the last living being important in her life despite Bunt´s warnings. Kozlowsky´s story takes a major shift from this point as it was once Frost living her life almost frozen in time as she was always trapped in the same space. But the moment she leaves that lifestyle it switches to a story filled with thriller, horror, and gore. As the world has collapsed due to too much advancement in technology there many of the conflicts derive from robots that have gone rogue but they are not the only dangerous beings in the story as there are humans as well who have had to live through all the chaos leading them to have cruel and cold personalities which leads to some of them going as far to throw away their humanity as it is the only way they can live. On the other spectrum we have Frost who when compared to the other humans is all but an anomaly because of the amount of humanity and compassion she has left in her as she was always stuck in her home so she did not face the full dangers of the world. Kozlowsky´s story is mainly focused on Frost and her character development as she continues to learn new things and meet new people. The other characters that are introduced along the way are not there just to develop Frost alone and instead are also developed as they meet and get to know Frost as to them she is something new and refreshing in their cold lives because of the new types of emotions she shows them that they never felt before. This can put a character's essence into question as it can be hard to believe that one young naive girl can change a person who has had to live while going as far as sacrificing others. However if one were to think about it in a way that from the character's perspective in a world where everyone is cold and selfish a person like Frost is an outlier and one that would gain attention from how she is able to show them a glimpse of their peaceful past. What it means to be human and identity are themes this book revolves around as Frost would represent true human nature that would affect those around her. Identity is also a theme that is very straight forward in this book as when Frost is on her journey she begins to learn more about herself and the new emotions that were not previously there arise. 

Kozlowsky´s book Frost may not be high level literature but it is still a great book in terms of literary value and reader interest as it has character development that made me want to keep reading as I would want to see what how certain people could change based on decisions they would have to make and so I was constantly imagining myself in that characters place and trying to predict their actions and comparing them with what I thought I would have done.