Review: Seriously, aliens invaded and made the world a better place
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 30, 2013
I have no idea if this was Mr. Hill's intention but "It's Better This Way" really makes me want to change humanity.What if you woke up tomorrow and you no longer had a phone, or internet, or a car? How would you survive? What if you had to overcome these obstacles in favor of a simplified life? What if you had to work together with people to survive?Could you do it?I enjoyed "It's Better This Way". It was thought provoking without being pushy. It was entertaining without being dull. It enveloped you into the story but didn't linger around the details.I will caution you on one thing. It ends. It ends abruptly leaving you wondering, in a small fit of rage, what happened? He just leaves. He leaves and we have no idea what happens. I need to know what happens Mr. Hill.One other thing I enjoyed about this book was the characters. Especially the LGBT characters. They were just there. They were featured in the story but the story did not revolve around them and their identities were not central to who they are. Much as we are in actuality.I recommend this book for an alternate post apocolytptic tale of survival, of teamwork, of learning to coexist.