Review: Easy, cheap read.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2013
As this Kindle book only cost 99 cents and I am a fan of this genre, I thought that I would give it a try. It was easy to read...I read it in two days. It's a mixed bag, at most. The story starts out promising and adventuresome but, little by little, it seems to try to cram too much into too short of a time. There are several meaningless plots and way too many characters. At least two of them are completely unnecessary and have only one scene during the disaster. Why are they there? Who knows? The dual romance is also a bit annoying and there are too many chapters of what goes on in the heads of the lovers. A bit too Harlequin Romance but, that's just me. The bits about Australia are interesting. I liked them as I have never been to Australia. Hey, it's all about me, isn't it? Yikes. It was nice to see a disaster book like this not focus just on the USA.  Finally, someone destroys San Francisco in one of these books, even if there is no description of the cataclysm. It's about time. I can just imagine seeing thousands of people fleeing the tsunami and trying madly to get info on their iPads while the waves overtake them. LA always seems to get the worst of it and it does, once again, in this book. Does everyone hate LA so much? Does Botox help people float more easily? Another unanswered question. Not the author's fault, though. Just ruminating here. The books ends very abruptly and the ending is predictable. As others have commented, there are many spelling and grammatical errors. This is annoying but, not earth shattering. So, all in all, a rather disappointing read that is fine for mindless entertainment when riding the bus, sitting on the loo or just something to read before bed. The price is certainly right!