the_grimm_reader 's review for:

The Apocalypse Seven by Gene Doucette

5.0

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Apocalypse fiction is one of my favorite genres, but it’s often difficult to find something with a new take on it while still hitting the common tropes that make end-of-the-world adventures so easy to step into. The cast of characters and setting are unique, and far enough outside the norms that I was left wondering what exactly each person would do—I was meeting people that felt very real, and I wanted to know more about each. The mystery and circumstances of the “whateverpocalypse” kept me guessing, and without spoiling I’d say the fully exposed answer was a satisfying amalgam of many other genres—it covered all the greats and blended them into an entertaining, comic, sad, and sometimes frightening story of surviving, and maybe thriving, with people untrained and unprepared for the state of the world they must now navigate together.