Review: When the apocalypse is better than these peoples lives . . . Funny, worth it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2014
There was a couple of times I just laughed out loud, there was some lines in there that were just gold.ex-marine looking at the ocean: my wifeWalt: you're married to the sea huhLorna: You're alive, what did you kill all the aliens and take their subWalt: I'm not going to tell you, doesn't that drive you nuts?Reasons for not giving it a 5: In the first 2 books every character had the same (albeit enjoyable) sense of sarcastic wit. It became noticeably odd at a certain point.The first few chapters in the first books were a little too long and depressing. The author did a great job of building up the protagonists as pretty much the kind of people who could really use a good apocalypse in their lives. Unemployed druggie, young adult MMORPG loser, unemployed girl who wasted her college on useless degrees.Once we got past the prologue of these peoples depressing lives the book really went somewhere. Walt is one of the best hero characters I've read in a long time. I absolutely love his attitude, his wit, his seeming invincibility and brilliance. It's almost like either a higher power is guiding him or he is the forrest gump of this world.Very satisfying resolutions - I will be continuing this series