Review: Starts promising, then takes a turn for the worst
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2013
This starts as a very promising story, but as you approach the halfway point things start to get crappy. I like the concept of a frozen world... sadly this novel does not live up to the premise.SPOILERAfter devoting some time to the practical side of the story (finding food, how to shower, leaving signs for any other "survivors") suddenly the main character goes in a house where he sees a woman crying on her bed. She has a piece of paper with a name and phone # clutched in her hand. The protagonist then decided to spend the remainder of the novel pursuing this "mystery." Sad to say, it gets really boring and tedious after this point. Page after page of him just going through peoples offices will really test a reader's patience.The main character does not ever seem worried or in any danger. He doesn't really question why the world stopped. He barely makes any effort to find out if any other people are unaffected. He also has boy scout ideals about frozen world conduct- must pay for everything you take, must not break anything, must not even TOUCH a woman in any way.Finally, at the end time just starts up again. And everything works out great. So basically no explanation as to what caused the event and the event resolves itself without any help from the main character.Skip this one, I found it dull and boring.