Review: A Tad Disappointed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2012
"The Rally Point: Bugging Home" by Susan Gregersen was written as a sequel to "The Long Ride Home." And to be honest it was a tad disappointing. While "Long Ride" is a first-person account that draws the reader into the story, "Rally Point" is a multi-character report of who did what when that it leaves the reader asking "why should I care?"That is not to say there aren't some engaging and entertaining moments, like Charlie and Aiko's bike trek and Micah and Elizabeth's firefight. Its just the characters were so much alike and ready for the "end of the world as we know it" that it was difficult to follow and care about them. For example, Walter is the family patriarch and chief-prepper but he does little to take charge of the family camp except to cook stew and chop firewood. We never see him in soul-rendering worry about his wife or children who haven't made it home as the world continues to slide into anarchy.In the end, "Rally Point" falls short of the story telling expectations created by "Long Ride."