Review: Good story with a couple of flaws
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2010
I bought this story because I enjoy apocalyptic stories and this one is really interesting in that regard. I was very engaged in the story throughout, and the main character and narrater of the story has a quippy sort of dialogue that keeps things moving along at a nice pace. However, I also really appreciate stories that have good character development, and I have to say this one didn't. The story is told from the perspective of Mia, and Mia doesn't seem to have deep insights into what other characters (or even her own character) is feeling or thinking as all of these disasters occur and their world crumbles around them. In fact, Mia's husband hardly has a line of dialogue in the entire story. We "get to know him" through Mia's descriptions of him, which are relatively shallow. Ditto for the other characters. The other flaw is poor editing, which I know is no doubt a result of an indie author offering a book at a great price (thanks, by the way, for that!). But if I had to read "were" when "we're" was required or vice versa one more time, I was ready to pull my hair out.Bottom line: Good, interesting story with mediocre character development and editing. Overall, I recommend it.