Review: Unsatisfying
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 7, 2011
I'll admit, I got this e-book because it was free, and because I'm on a bit of a post-apocalyptic bender.  That said, I won't be getting the sequels to this title.The scenario the author comes up with to kick things off is as plausible as anything else in this type of fiction.  No, the biggest problem I had with this story was the way people talked.  Everyone sounded incredibly stilted and formal.  People use contractions in every day language, but that isn't very evident in this story.  Perhaps linguistic conventions have changed by 2068?Even if that was so, there's no way to justify the overuse of italics in the text. Italics is fine for displaying character thoughts, the names of vessels, movies, books and songs.  A writer can even use it to denote particular emphasis in the spoken dialogue.  But why on earth would you italicize landmarks? The names of buildings and bridges?  I'm not a Grammar Nazi, but I found it irritating and distracting.Overall, I think this wasn't a bad effort, but I personally feel that the author could have benefited from the participation of an editor or an impartial beta-reader.