Review: Wonderful
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 27, 2013
I readThe Fall of Society (The Fall of Society Series, Book 1)last year. I was pretty excited for the second book, hoping to have some questions answered and to see where some characters ended up. Thonas Rand gives a solid second book in the series.I was pleased to see that Thonas took to heart the constructive criticism offered in reviewed of The Fall of Society and gave us additional character development and changed something that really bugged me about the first book.I have nothing bad to say about the second. I absolutely loved it (read it in right around 20 hours). Thonas held my attention from start to finish and left me eagerly awaiting book 3. A book that grabs my attention early and holds it to the very last page is definitely worthy of a 5 star review.With all of that said, I'd simply caution readers not to try to read The Fight of Society prior to reading The Fall of Society. There are things that just won't make any sense if you haven't read the first book.Also, readers, be aware that this book "time jumps." You may be reading about things that happened on Day 200 of the outbreak and in the next chapter, you're reading about someone's life before the outbreak ever happened. I didn't have any trouble following it and thought it was a great way to develop the characters that were left largely undeveloped in the first book.I enjoyed the little nods to zombie movies. Whether intentional or not, I smiled when I read the name Ben Cozine. Thonas has clearly seen the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead (you'll understand if you read the quotes before the book started, when he quoted CJ), so whether he did it intentionally or not, he named a character in his book after a very minor character from Dawn of the Dead (Ben Cozine was the "twitcher" who ended up in the fountain). I also liked the referenced to the zombies as "stenches" (Land of the Dead?)I enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it.