Review: Episodes 1-6 (horror/apocalypse)
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2014
Well, I did finish it. It started out well, I enjoyed episode one. If I had read the first one as a single I would have given it 4 stars. But after a few episodes it really started going  down hill fast. This felt like it was written on a whim with no outline whatsoever. The authors tout this as "LOST by way of The Stand". The "LOST" part is dead on. That show seemed like it was written on a whim also, with the writers having no idea where they were taking it. They would throw interesting things in, and then never go back to it at all. This book reminded me of the same thing. This  is only the first season, so maybe it comes together later.  Now, for the part of the "way of The Stand"... well, all I can say is, this is just an insult.Here you have a book where, with the exception of a few pockets of survivors, everyone  in the world just disappears. Then you come to this sentence in narration:"The conversation had moved from why the Mets sucked, to whether the Jets had a shot this year, to what kinds of dads they had growing up."Huh? Does anyone else see something wrong with that sentence? Personally, I wouldn't be placing any money on the Jets.I picked up both season 1 and 2 at the same time. I really need to stop doing that if I am not already a fan of a series (in this case, serial).  Maybe I'll try the next one someday.