Review: Mixed results
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2013
I have mixed thoughts about The Event. Among the positive ones are the extent of its course and the scope of the plots. They go way beyond the descriptions of basic post apocalyptic survival that are usually found in this genre. A large portion of the book deals with the minutia of every day life, i.e. finding a copy of Roberts rules of order. After a few dozen pages of details about steam punk clothing and Japanese style bath houses, the plots became lost and I became rather bored. The book has many characters and an organizational chart would have been helpful. Because of the sheer number of characters, the development of quite a few of them needs some more attention. I think that may be the reason that I didn't become more invested in what happened to them. The main character went from being a resourceful leader to a benevolent,self-indulgent dictator. I think that many of the book's negatives (IMHO) could be solved by focusing each book in the series on the experiences of one race and then have a final book or two devoted to the interaction between the races.