Review: Pretty good read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
I'm writing this review fairly long after I read the books.I don't know why I didn't review them earlier.So I am having to rely on my semi-faulty memory.I remember liking the books.Enough so that I bought the next two. (and have read them and will review)Outcome (Breakers) {a novella-length story} and Reapers (Breakers, Book 4).The writing isn't the best I've read, but I tend to give books a lot of slack.Especially post-apocalyptic-like stories, which I particularly like.(and which tend to not be written by "great authors", with a few exceptions)And the $0.99 price tag was very attractive, and more than well-worth it.I think there were some editing issues, but not many, that I remember.Probably few enough that it didn't irritate me, too much, or not at all.I always read some of the reviews before I write mine, and I mostly disagreewith the 1 and 2 star reviews. I think too many people need or want a bookto do EVERYTHING for them, when really, ideally, and in fact truly, we, as readers,need to bring SOMETHING to the table ourselves. Some people have a problemwith that. I don't know if it's a lack of imagination, a lack of knowledge,a lack of reading experience, and/or a problem exercising suspension of disbelief.(or little nit-picky things that personally bother them -- I try to not let that affect me too much)For me, as long as there aren't too many egregious editing issues, and the storyis at least minimally well-written (i.e., not unduly or overly badly or poorly written),I can pretty much enjoy the read. I think any "good reader" can do that.Below MAY be spoilers.It's a pretty good end-of-the-world alien invasion attack with a plague virus story.So there is more than a little science fiction aspect to this story aboveand beyond a more "typical" post-apocalyptic-like story.As I remember, this is kind of a spoiler because you don't learn that untilsometime into the story, so it is a bit of a surprise. Not that it matters all that much.I don't think knowing that outright really spoils anything.