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a_reader_obsessed's review
4.0
4 Stars
What happens when the government is rendered impotent? What happens when there’s no electricity and food and gas run out? What happens when the military and law enforcement desert their posts to save themselves and their family?
As society devolves and reverts back over a 100 years into the past, the true mettle of man shows horrifically through, where desperation shapes actions.
Just as scary and sobering as the first, this continues to follow Jim and various other characters, as they struggle to survive by any means possible. You’ve got released prisoners, the mentally ill without their meds, people meting out their own brand of justice, all fighting to live another day. Again, this is definitely a conversation starter, if not to urge one to contemplate their own fragility in a world dominated by technology and the vulnerability wrought should it no longer be available.
What happens when the government is rendered impotent? What happens when there’s no electricity and food and gas run out? What happens when the military and law enforcement desert their posts to save themselves and their family?
As society devolves and reverts back over a 100 years into the past, the true mettle of man shows horrifically through, where desperation shapes actions.
Just as scary and sobering as the first, this continues to follow Jim and various other characters, as they struggle to survive by any means possible. You’ve got released prisoners, the mentally ill without their meds, people meting out their own brand of justice, all fighting to live another day. Again, this is definitely a conversation starter, if not to urge one to contemplate their own fragility in a world dominated by technology and the vulnerability wrought should it no longer be available.
amyl88's review
3.0
I actually really enjoy the story. I like seeing how people react in different situations and how they are able to survive.
For narrative purposes, I think that the author made the collapse so fast, it's not really realistic for me. I also feel like the author has a bit of an agenda. The main character, Jim, did some scapegoating poor people and stereotyping welfare recipients and people who live in trailers. Although one of the other characters defended that choice of housing, she did agree that welfare people were just lazy. I feel like the next book will have racial tension, based on the fact that one of the other characters has told them that he lives near a government housing project. This kind of talk was pretty rare in this story, but it irritated me every time and I think it detracted from the story but that's just my opinion.
There is some graphic violence, but if you've read the first one, you're ready for that.
I guess reading this series now, during the shitshow that 2020 has become, was maybe not such a great idea. If anything half as catastrophic as these events happens, we are NOT ready. Hell, if the entire electrical grid was targeted, maybe society would actually collapse in two weeks, who knows. I guess anything can happen.
For narrative purposes, I think that the author made the collapse so fast, it's not really realistic for me. I also feel like the author has a bit of an agenda. The main character, Jim, did some scapegoating poor people and stereotyping welfare recipients and people who live in trailers. Although one of the other characters defended that choice of housing, she did agree that welfare people were just lazy. I feel like the next book will have racial tension, based on the fact that one of the other characters has told them that he lives near a government housing project. This kind of talk was pretty rare in this story, but it irritated me every time and I think it detracted from the story but that's just my opinion.
There is some graphic violence, but if you've read the first one, you're ready for that.
I guess reading this series now, during the shitshow that 2020 has become, was maybe not such a great idea. If anything half as catastrophic as these events happens, we are NOT ready. Hell, if the entire electrical grid was targeted, maybe society would actually collapse in two weeks, who knows. I guess anything can happen.
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