Review: Cracking read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2014
Homeless is a well written tale about a future in which monsters infest any building or even-semi permanent structure, and life has degenerated, almost overnight to tent living for the survivors. The speed of the disaster leads to building still full of useful products which people need. Hence the main characters expertise of being a demolition expert, highly sought after. He roams around, ‘cracking’ buildings to expose the monsters to light, which kills them, so people can get to the needed canned goods etc.As in any post-apocalyptic world, there are always baddies trying to steal from the ‘nice’ people. I didn’t have any trouble with the pacing of the book, in fact for me, I enjoyed the slightly slower pace at the beginning as you get to know the world and the characters. It was more than necessary to be able to fall face first into the fast paced action of the second part of the book.The only criticism I have is the first person narrative, I’d like to have known a little more about the emotions and perspectives of other characters, for example I didn’t realise ‘Mitch’ was an older man till later in the book.Apart from that, a thoroughly engrossing read, with scope for a sequel.