Review: Very Interesting 4 1/2 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
I love apocalyptic books. This one kind of leaves me a little confused as to how I feel, though. In the beginning there were soooooo many complete, minute details concerning the actual destruction of specific parts of American cities. I think that would have been cool had I ever lived or even visited those areas. There WERE many colored pictures of those areas and they were well labelled. I liked that - I have never seen that done. When the character story threads started heating up, I got more in to the story. The characters were well drawn and I could relate to them. There were many different threads, yet even though they switched back and forth, I had no trouble keeping up. The book was a long one, so I felt it was worth buying. It also ended in such a way that I would be okay if I did not buy the next one, but I really think I will. I want to see how my people are doing in the face of this planet changing crisis and I want to see how the earth changes - in America and everywhere else. I want to see how foreign countries react to this crisis. I think the next book will be a scorcher, too. Maybe more earthquakes along more fault lines around the world, etc. Zombies? (nah. lol. That's just me.)I think this is a very cerebral read in the first third of the book, but then the characters help move the story along better. I think it's well worth reading.