Review: Overall a good read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2013
Robertson has written a pretty good story here. I'm not a big fan of book series like this. With some, it feels like you are trapped into buying more books in order to see what happens. Here, while each book does extend the overall story and starts to tie together  (kind of like one of those ensemble stories that all tie in at the end), each book could be read as a separate novel and not demand you read more to find out what happens.I was set back when I started the second book since it seemed to ignore the first and re-tell the story of the epidemic/invasion. It wasn't until later that it was clear it was a parallel story. I kind of liked how he started to tie them together. I continued to be surprised at how the 3rd book tied together one and two.My problems with the stories are two-fold. First, not everyone answers every question with a sarcastic answer. There was way too much of it. You are facing someone who wants to kill you and you use sarcasm? The other issue (and it may get resolved later) is the reasons for the epidemic/invasion haven't been adequately answered. Vague environmentalist reasons really didn't make a lot of sense to me. Also, what their purpose is afterwords is really vague. Walt's situation at the end of volume 3 and the resolution just didn't make sense to me.Overall, though, the writing is excellent and the character development is way better than most similar works. I liked the fact that even in the 3rd novel, he was able to surprise me. A very good read.