Review: "You can't get through an apocalypse without duct tape."
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2013
Even though I have bought other books written by Nicholson, this is actually the first book of his that I've read. I tend to read a lot of post-apocalyptic, dystopian and zombie genre books so I thought "After:The Shock" would fit very well on my reading list.And there was a lot I liked about it. Crisp prose, characters that were fleshed out well but not bloated, an imaginative storyline - all of these I enjoyed.But I did feel like the book got draggy in the middle. I know this is book one of a proposed trilogy and I felt that Nicholson padded on some word count, trying to finish book one of the trilogy. Also, the ending was very abrupt. It felt like a chapter ending rather than easing into the end of this book. I definitely prefer stand-alone books over series or trilogies just for this reason.But the good points outweighed the negatives and I am looking forward to reading the last two books in the trilogy.