lady_smith 's review for:

Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole

2.0

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was so excited to read this immensely popular and much raved about post-apocalypse romance, but I really cannot understand what it is people love about it.

The characters were not likeable, their decisions were terrible, and there were SO MANY plot holes that just didn’t make any sense. Part of the problem is that I live in a house in the country, so I know things like how quickly a generator burns through fuel, and how much wood it takes to heat a house by fireplace in the winter. The author apparently does not.

An average person who reads this primarily for the romance can probably find more to enjoy. But I spent the entire book looking for walls to bang my head against despairingly and then hoping that zombies would spontaneously appear to eat the characters’ vapid brains.

They don’t.

I’ve added a whole star for representation because it’s a wonderfully diverse cast. I just wish they had any hope at all of surviving.

They don’t.  Ok, they do – for now. Or so the author claims. But no matter how this series ends, I refuse to believe these characters actually survived.