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journey_sloane's review against another edition
A product of it's time and not particularly well written
rovertoak's review against another edition
4.0
Cool hybrid apocalyptic/horror/sci fi read, evoking a couple images from [book: The Road] -- there's one scene that I recall where the group specifically mentions a grown man and a boy walking together in the wasteland. It has elements of apocalyptic reads and zombie books I like: last person on earth moments, marauding/roving gangs, interesting group dynamics, plenty of scares, gruesome discoveries, etc.
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severina2001's review against another edition
2.0
A mysterious flood destroys the world, killing anyone not at the very top of a highrise. The few survivors realize there is something stalking them in this new world once the waters recede.
This is two books: an apocalyptic story about a massive flood that destroys the world, and the survivors who must now forage for food, supplies, and shelter in a world that is suddenly bereft of most of those things. And then it is also a supernatural/horror story about the inexplicable creatures who arrive in the wake of the flood, able to mimic humans and definitely up to no good. Either of those stories would have been interesting on their own, but the combination did not work for me. I really wanted to read about how people survive in a flooded world, and the "alien" aspect just took me away from the story. I did feel that the author did a very good job of maintaining suspense, though.
This is two books: an apocalyptic story about a massive flood that destroys the world, and the survivors who must now forage for food, supplies, and shelter in a world that is suddenly bereft of most of those things. And then it is also a supernatural/horror story about the inexplicable creatures who arrive in the wake of the flood, able to mimic humans and definitely up to no good. Either of those stories would have been interesting on their own, but the combination did not work for me. I really wanted to read about how people survive in a flooded world, and the "alien" aspect just took me away from the story. I did feel that the author did a very good job of maintaining suspense, though.
rovertoak's review
4.0
Cool hybrid apocalyptic/horror/sci fi read, evoking a couple images from [book: The Road] -- there's one scene that I recall where the group specifically mentions a grown man and a boy walking together in the wasteland. It has elements of apocalyptic reads and zombie books I like: last person on earth moments, marauding/roving gangs, interesting group dynamics, plenty of scares, gruesome discoveries, etc.
Thanks be to Paperback Swap for this one!
Thanks be to Paperback Swap for this one!
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