Review: Disappointed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 19, 2012
Scott Nicholson is one of my favorite indie authors, however, I was very disappointed in this book.It is made clear in the beginning that this is a trilogy of 3 books. Trilogy's are composed of generally stand-alone novels. AFTER:THE SHOCK lacks a complete plot and seems to be depending on the following two books to support it. That is fine if the book is episodic where each book progresses the story along in episodes. This is kind of like chopping Stephen King's THE STAND up into 3 parts. It wouldn't work, at least not as well.There is no real climax as the suspense seems to drag a bit while filled in with periods of violence and confusion for the characters. This is expected as the power has gone out, electronics no longer work, and something has happened to most people's brains. What do you do? Who do you trust? Great idea and not badly done, it just lacks a proper ending. Rather blah.One of the characters considered killing a child. When I read that, I couldn't understand how the character had arrived at that point. Just didn't make sense to me.Overall, I DO want to read the next book because I still want to know what's going on, but for the first book in a "trilogy" I feel this book failed. No doubt I will get nasty responses from other readers about my opinion. Don't waste your time. I don't read them. So sorry, Scott. I tried not to be harsh.