Apocalyptic mediocrity

Having my fingernails pulled out would probably have been less painful that listening to this novel.

Aside from the characters being superficial at best, the storyline was predictable and trite. Furthermore, while the author tries to be entertaining, you cannot escape the condensation that permeates every page.

To make matters worse, there are several obvious details that just don’t add up. For instance, when Ripley and company are raiding cars it’s mentioned that they cannot access trunks on cars with no keys even though they had access to the front cabin. Are these special cars with no interior trunk release? A big deal is made about Ripley being a prepper because of all the storms the east coast gets. When was the last time that a storm snuck up on the mid-east coast with no warning? Or decimated it to the point where there was no infrastructure? Last, what are the odds of being friends with someone who is a trained marksman, etc. And how is he believable as a college student? If he were say, 10, during the Serbian War, that would make him at least in his mid-20’s in this story. But no one one finds this odd?

Last, 2 things: this notion of having a prepper that can’t accept a worldwide disaster is just too ridiculous to accept. And secondly, the notion that Dottie is more concerned for her town and what Jesus would do makes a mockery of her character. The idea that a woman on her own cannot function without pausing to think about the moral implications of each of her actions is just plain stupid and so transparently preachy that it’s laughable.

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