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kirstendumo's review against another edition
4.0
I was surprised how much I liked this one. I was sucked in by the cover (because it's awesome) and for super-weenie me it was a times a bit too scary/gross but never passed over into being too much. What great characters and what a tense and fun ride.
dingadine's review against another edition
1.0
Definitely not my favorite book. I thought the concept was really interesting and had potential, but the author’s repetitive to the point of uninteresting/skippable descriptions of the blackened, charcoaled, grotesque world around them, his need to mention farts more than once, and (for me) a gratuitous use of the f-word ruined it. Maybe that was the point, to feel like I’m in the mind of this fatalist man in his thirties, but it felt graceless and cemented that I would like to never return to the mind of a man in his thirties ever again. One star because despite all that, I was interested and somewhat invested in what happened to Ed and I felt like he did have character development. I also enjoyed Rupert’s character a lot, even though his appearance was short.
georgilvsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this book. I love apocalyptic genres.
The title is a bit horrendous! Haha, doesn't sound very catching but what a great story.
Great characters.
Reminded me of The Walking Dead.
5*****
The title is a bit horrendous! Haha, doesn't sound very catching but what a great story.
Great characters.
Reminded me of The Walking Dead.
5*****
luanndie's review against another edition
2.0
“The past is a foreign country, someone once said. They do things differently there.”
Leí este libro por dos motivos: me encantan las novelas distópicas y alguien me lo recomendó encarecidamente. Sin embargo, ha sido un poco decepcionante. Mi principal problema con la novela era su personaje principal Ed. Ed no es una buena persona, no es ni siquiera una persona especialmente simpática: es un borracho, egoísta y poco inútil. Me costaba asimilar que una persona de estas características decidiera recorrerse medio país a pie para reunirse con una familia con la que incluso después del final del mundo estaba deseando perder de vista. Más allá de sus verdaderos deseos, también me costaba creer que un hombre con bastante sobrepeso que no se había ejercitado en años pudiera soportar un esfuerzo físico de ese calibre con una ingesta de comida reducida y en situaciones totalmente adversas. Pero incluso, si cerramos nuestros ojos y obviamos estos dos elementos, ¿cómo es que un alcohólico es capaz de dejar de beber de la noche a la mañana sin sufrir ningún efecto del síndrome de abstinencia?
El desarrollo del resto de personajes también es bastante limitado. Salvo por un estereotipo o dos que los identifican (el viejo sabio, el barriobajero con corazón, el profesional racional y la teniente o´neill), no llegamos a conocer mucho de ellos ni de sus motivaciones, historias o desarrollo individual. A ese respecto, se puede decir que la historia es de Ed y los demás son sólo decorado necesario.
“I know now that it´s certainty itself I have a problem with. Certainty doesn´t feel like something we´re supposed to have”
Por lo demás, la historia en sí está bien. Nunca hay ninguna duda de que van a llegar al puerto pero la novela ofrece giros interesantes que te hace querer seguir leyendo. Como siempre en estos casos, lo más interesante suele ser, no lo que hacen los protagonistas, sino la fauna de personajes que se van encontrando por el camino. Al final la historia queda abierta para una posible continuación, que si existe, no tengo pensado leer. El libro es tolerable pero no merece la pena invertir más tiempo en la historia de Ed y su familia. Eso sí, puntos extra, porque esta novela me ha hecho pensar seriamente en empezar a correr e iniciar algún tipo de entrenamiento que me ponga en forma para el final del mundo.
Leí este libro por dos motivos: me encantan las novelas distópicas y alguien me lo recomendó encarecidamente. Sin embargo, ha sido un poco decepcionante. Mi principal problema con la novela era su personaje principal Ed. Ed no es una buena persona, no es ni siquiera una persona especialmente simpática: es un borracho, egoísta y poco inútil. Me costaba asimilar que una persona de estas características decidiera recorrerse medio país a pie para reunirse con una familia con la que incluso después del final del mundo estaba deseando perder de vista. Más allá de sus verdaderos deseos, también me costaba creer que un hombre con bastante sobrepeso que no se había ejercitado en años pudiera soportar un esfuerzo físico de ese calibre con una ingesta de comida reducida y en situaciones totalmente adversas. Pero incluso, si cerramos nuestros ojos y obviamos estos dos elementos, ¿cómo es que un alcohólico es capaz de dejar de beber de la noche a la mañana sin sufrir ningún efecto del síndrome de abstinencia?
El desarrollo del resto de personajes también es bastante limitado. Salvo por un estereotipo o dos que los identifican (el viejo sabio, el barriobajero con corazón, el profesional racional y la teniente o´neill), no llegamos a conocer mucho de ellos ni de sus motivaciones, historias o desarrollo individual. A ese respecto, se puede decir que la historia es de Ed y los demás son sólo decorado necesario.
“I know now that it´s certainty itself I have a problem with. Certainty doesn´t feel like something we´re supposed to have”
Por lo demás, la historia en sí está bien. Nunca hay ninguna duda de que van a llegar al puerto pero la novela ofrece giros interesantes que te hace querer seguir leyendo. Como siempre en estos casos, lo más interesante suele ser, no lo que hacen los protagonistas, sino la fauna de personajes que se van encontrando por el camino. Al final la historia queda abierta para una posible continuación, que si existe, no tengo pensado leer. El libro es tolerable pero no merece la pena invertir más tiempo en la historia de Ed y su familia. Eso sí, puntos extra, porque esta novela me ha hecho pensar seriamente en empezar a correr e iniciar algún tipo de entrenamiento que me ponga en forma para el final del mundo.
saragan83's review against another edition
5.0
Loved the book. Theme of the human spirit triumphing over adversity, what happens when you lose everything, what really matters. Read well and couldn't put it down.
bookladykd's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this one. A bit predictable at times, and a bit preachy (disguised as character speeches, but still). Overall though, I liked the story, the personalities and interactions between characters, the psychology and sociology of those left behind, and the description. The audiobook reader did amazing job of voices and accents. Mild spoiler: The ending
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was just the right mix of realism and optimism.mdreaderlady's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book right after “A Boy and His Dog At the End of the World” and that turned out to be unfair to this book…the writing isn’t nearly as beautiful, and the main character is an extremely annoying mansplaining whiner. But I’m glad I stuck with it, because the plot and characterization picks up. Some of the minor characters are the best. Enjoyed it overall!
allimae's review against another edition
3.0
Edgar joins some fellow apocalypse survivors to run across an asteroid-torn country to reach his wife and children before they depart by ship for safety.
There were several parts of this book that I didn't like, and there was a lot more telling than showing, which I didn't prefer. But the ending was surprisingly hopeful and encouraging, so that garnered an extra star.
There were several parts of this book that I didn't like, and there was a lot more telling than showing, which I didn't prefer. But the ending was surprisingly hopeful and encouraging, so that garnered an extra star.
dogearedandfurry's review against another edition
2.0
Started liking it enough, but a few of the "detour" bit where they encounter other people just didn't work for me, and I didn't really take to any of the characters.
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
3.0
"Life screams, and we scream back at it. After a bit of time we learn to be quiet; we learn to muffle it.”
I bought this for the title - honestly, it's a great title. And I'm an "end of the world" story junky - kind of. I mean, I love me a good zombie book and I felt like this might be the story of Runner 5 or something a long those lines.
Instead, this was a wonderful booked wrapped in my own worst nightmare. It's a story of a dad of 2 - a newborn and a little girl around 2 - and his wife and they are in a emergency situation. With little warning and almost no prep time, the world is completely littered and destroyed by meteors flying out of the sky and literally setting the world on fire. Ed, one of the few lucky ones, manages to shove his family into a storm shelter under their house and survive. But the world isn't the same and Ed needs to figure out his new place in this one.
The story was slow moving at first. The horror of it all going down and then the aftermath took some time but the story really got moving once they got moving. I loved when he finally got to running. I liked the vague ending - leaving you needing to make some decisions on your own. I'd definitely read more from this author!
I bought this for the title - honestly, it's a great title. And I'm an "end of the world" story junky - kind of. I mean, I love me a good zombie book and I felt like this might be the story of Runner 5 or something a long those lines.
Instead, this was a wonderful booked wrapped in my own worst nightmare. It's a story of a dad of 2 - a newborn and a little girl around 2 - and his wife and they are in a emergency situation. With little warning and almost no prep time, the world is completely littered and destroyed by meteors flying out of the sky and literally setting the world on fire. Ed, one of the few lucky ones, manages to shove his family into a storm shelter under their house and survive. But the world isn't the same and Ed needs to figure out his new place in this one.
The story was slow moving at first. The horror of it all going down and then the aftermath took some time but the story really got moving once they got moving. I loved when he finally got to running. I liked the vague ending - leaving you needing to make some decisions on your own. I'd definitely read more from this author!