Review: Action-packed and intense
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
`The Pulse' by Shoshanna Evers is a thought-provoking take on a post-apocalyptic scenario of a large group of people trying to survive after the downfall of their society. Although it was not an easy story to read with some of the described conditions and situations the main characters faced, it made me think of the potential for those same (and possibly even worse) things to occur should our society face the events that led to the downfall in the book. The characters, from the desperate heroine and the solitary hero to the power-hungry leader, had a genuine feel to them for the most part. I'll admit that I got irritated with the heroine several times for her naivete and moral superiority, and I definitely wanted to put the `leader' out of everyone's misery, but then, what fun is reading a book if you can't feel anything for the characters or the overall story?I was gifted a copy of `The Pulse' by the publisher in exchange for an honest review, and I have to say I truly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading the next installment of this trilogy, `The Escape'.