Review: Remnant: an involving post-apocalyptic novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2013
Remnant is the story of a woman who wakes up one day and everyone is gone.  This is a typical start of one genre of post-apocalyptic stories.  Ms. Hansen, however, builds from this start into quite a good story.  This is a first person narrative.  The reader is not told anything that Cass doesn't figure out for herself.  There is no narrator supplying background or supplemental information.The story itself is well crafted.  As the book went on, I got more and more involved in the story.  It reached the point where I was trying to make time so I could read it, which is always a good sign.I enjoyed reading this novel, and would read others by Ms. Hansen.The reason I only gave the novel 4 stars: I enjoy stories that "wrap up" nicely.  There are many things left unexplained at the end of this story.  This situation actually reflects the first-person narrative style of the story.  There are many things that Cass didn't know, hence the reader also doesn't know them at the end of the story.  The novel ending was consistent from this perspective, but I wanted to have more explanation of what really happened.  For several days after finishing the story, I kept wondering how different parts of the situation came about.  I can't really be specific without spoiling the story.All in all, though, I quite enjoyed this story and would recommend it to others.