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A review by bookreadgirl21
The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray
1.0
I have been ripped off, is what I would have said if I had read this book on my own volition.
But since this book was part of my bookclub, the feeling of beeing ripped off was expected.
The book is basically:
The world has stopped rotating.
Okay now that you got that, you can forget it.
Basically the hole stationary earth premise is only backdrop for some conspiracy thriller.
Which is fine, usally the setting is either really thought out and presented in a compelling way or is populated by interesting characters.
Neither is the case in The Last Day.
The protagonist is a scientist working on an oil rig in a post 'earth has stopped turning' apocalypse world and doing important ocean science for authorian british government. Then she gets somehow wound up in a conspiracy during which she explores apocalyptic authorian britain, evades apocalyptic authorian british government agents (just imagine regular US police force without a funny accent), we get some insights into her past and the whole 'earth has stopped turning' history. And thats it. You ge told how the world works now, while Hopper runs from one clue to the next. You could switch 'earth has stopped turning' with any other apocalyptic event and still get the same story and anoter exposition. The story is weak and so is the exposition.
And then the book stops right when you think that the story starts to get interesting, just like this review!
But since this book was part of my bookclub, the feeling of beeing ripped off was expected.
The book is basically:
The world has stopped rotating.
Okay now that you got that, you can forget it.
Basically the hole stationary earth premise is only backdrop for some conspiracy thriller.
Which is fine, usally the setting is either really thought out and presented in a compelling way or is populated by interesting characters.
Neither is the case in The Last Day.
The protagonist is a scientist working on an oil rig in a post 'earth has stopped turning' apocalypse world and doing important ocean science for authorian british government. Then she gets somehow wound up in a conspiracy during which she explores apocalyptic authorian britain, evades apocalyptic authorian british government agents (just imagine regular US police force without a funny accent), we get some insights into her past and the whole 'earth has stopped turning' history. And thats it. You ge told how the world works now, while Hopper runs from one clue to the next. You could switch 'earth has stopped turning' with any other apocalyptic event and still get the same story and anoter exposition. The story is weak and so is the exposition.
And then the book stops right when you think that the story starts to get interesting, just like this review!