Scan barcode
100pagesaday's review against another edition
4.0
Marshall lives in a world where there is a new apocalyptic event every week or so, a zombie apocalypse, a flood apocalypse, a giant lizard apocalypse, the red plague, the blue plague and so on and so on. Marshall is fed up with the ridiculousness of it all, sure the world changes, but never ends and not many people die since the Apocalypse Amelioration Agency takes care of everything so quickly. Marshall is especially fed up with how the rest of humanity seems to act when each new apocalypse is announced- fornicating in the streets, looting, running around like the world will actually end. Marshall just wants a normal day, go to work, grocery shop, take a drive. He finally finds some sense of normalcy when he meets Bonnie. Bonnie is as fed up as Marshall and has plans on just what to do about all these apocalypses.
This was a very surprising book that I ended up loving. It is written quite matter-of-factly and sarcastically at points from Marshall's point of view after everything has happened. The absurdity of everything is what really got me, even though Marshall's world is filled with horrific events on a weekly basis, there is a higher power- literally a figure in the sky- telling everyone that everything will be all right and fixing things. This reminded me of the world we live in today, horrific events might not be happening to the same group of people, but every day we hear of something new and terrible happening somewhere. I loved the way in which Marshall and Bonnie finally come to grips with the world they must live in with humor and ingenuity. I did wonder how exactly the world got the way it was, but that wasn't really the point. The ending was a surprise and definitely makes a point about the human condition in today's world.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
This was a very surprising book that I ended up loving. It is written quite matter-of-factly and sarcastically at points from Marshall's point of view after everything has happened. The absurdity of everything is what really got me, even though Marshall's world is filled with horrific events on a weekly basis, there is a higher power- literally a figure in the sky- telling everyone that everything will be all right and fixing things. This reminded me of the world we live in today, horrific events might not be happening to the same group of people, but every day we hear of something new and terrible happening somewhere. I loved the way in which Marshall and Bonnie finally come to grips with the world they must live in with humor and ingenuity. I did wonder how exactly the world got the way it was, but that wasn't really the point. The ending was a surprise and definitely makes a point about the human condition in today's world.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
egumeny's review against another edition
4.0
APOCALYPSE ALL THE TIME is a wandering journey to armageddon, again and again and again. There's a decidely Kafkaesque bent to the story, and Marshall at times feels like a post-apocalyptic Hamlet. To be, or not to be - that IS the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the floods and fires of a daily doomsday or to take arms against the Apocalypse Amelioration Agency and end them. Ay, there's the rub. And one heck of a book.
ahnmur's review
3.0
A humorous reminder that context is key. A kind of thought experiment rolled out into an entire novel.
More...