Review: Interesting, easy read, that is not a traditional disaster story.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2013
If you are looking for a classic disaster story, this isn't it. It is more of a scientific, political and economical story of the results of a huge natural disaster. Plus, the ever present love story, which seems to be obligatory to these type of stories. The author is English and there are several instances of "Americans" using English words and phrases. I am half-English, so I understood them and it took me a minute to realize the words were coming from an American. The same goes for the phonetic spelling of regional American accents. It's really quite funny. In any case, this is a good read for those of you who enjoy science and politics. There are a LOT of meetings and a lot of talking and explaining of situations. Often, too much so. The destruction of New York, sorry to give this bit away, is only a few pages long and even then, it focuses on engineering. The ending is very abrupt, it leaves you hanging and it is unbelievable. Feminists will not like it. However, I have read better books of this type and worse ones, as well.