Review: A surprising find!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2011
While cruising for free books by indie authors i stumbled upon this book. Initially, honestly, i passed over the title a few times. I couldn't imagine a book with a title like this one would be interesting, plus the generic stock photo book cover? i thought ok this is some horoscope type thing.you know what they say about judging a book by its cover? dont. and dont judge this one by that standard because..... you will miss out.I was in love quickly. I am so grateful that i went ahead and try it. I am so excited that by 10% i knew that i'd scarcely be able to put my kindle down.I saw other reviews that complained of slight typos, and i mean slight. i have a knack for finding the wrong word that was spell checked right (for instance instead of rain the typo read ran) but it was a weird random error. the complaint of inappropriate italics lead me to think that they were really bad. yup they are used a lot but it fit.indeed it is a novel divided into 3 bits. individual sections do not stand alone. I got lucky in getting book 2 free. i wouldnt have bought book 2 on just book one, but i have an exceedingly tight budget. i did buy book 3 since i was drawn to the story and i was 2/3 the way thru. this is the only reason it lost a star, $2.99 a section is steep.I was actually quite surprised with the level of detail in the new modern world. its a stretch to believe that in less than 60 years the world would make these sort of tech breakthrus but look at the 1950's and what we have now. that hurdle was passed. I find the dramatic restructuring of the US cool. its an odd coincidence that the US in the book was a post bankruptcy US given the latest dramatics in our government and its fiscal matters. I adore the making the main character a history teacher because it gave a plausible reason for explaining the restructuring that was done in the past.Most of all I love love love that this was just an epidemic story. viruses that kill people then turn them into mindless zombies are a dime a dozen. this story is fathomable and just enough reality to have fun with it. its not just common. i love the way they describe individuals and their personalities after the end of the world. the survivors are real. some are poaching jerks, some are trying to do the best they can to live right.so, ya, jump in