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A review by hickorynut
Radio Apocalypse by Kayleigh Gallagher
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
This was an intriguing premise about a radio broadcast bringing together two young survivors of the apocalypse together from across the planet. Rachel lives in the UK, finding Lota/Lauren's radio broadcast from across the ocean and finding a way to communicate back to her. They are the only members of the human race we come into contact with during this book, having survived an unspecified apocalypse that took most of the world and left behind terrifying humanoid creatures.
Unfortunately the pacing and elements felt unbalanced. The chapters were short and easy to get through. A great deal of the book was the two finding and making their way to each other, and then their relationship quickly develops into a romantic one. But then towards the end there is an added layer of mysterious and distressing visions and seeking answers to a very complex new world full of humanoid beings that are not accessible. It feels thrown in at the last minute to make the apocalypse somehow mystically tied to the remaining characters but then the book just ends without any real resolution or understanding of how the world was structured and their place in it. We get hints at their backstory but no answers on what truly happened and how they both managed to survive with no other contact with any other humans. We see them start to catalogue and interact with the humanoid beings, but in a very distant way where it doesn't seem like a conscious choice they made. Overall just disappointed with how many elements weren't fully finished and left so many unsatisfying plot holes unfinished.
Unfortunately the pacing and elements felt unbalanced. The chapters were short and easy to get through. A great deal of the book was the two finding and making their way to each other, and then their relationship quickly develops into a romantic one. But then towards the end there is an added layer of mysterious and distressing visions and seeking answers to a very complex new world full of humanoid beings that are not accessible. It feels thrown in at the last minute to make the apocalypse somehow mystically tied to the remaining characters but then the book just ends without any real resolution or understanding of how the world was structured and their place in it. We get hints at their backstory but no answers on what truly happened and how they both managed to survive with no other contact with any other humans. We see them start to catalogue and interact with the humanoid beings, but in a very distant way where it doesn't seem like a conscious choice they made. Overall just disappointed with how many elements weren't fully finished and left so many unsatisfying plot holes unfinished.