Mitch

Ugh... such ponderous dialogue

Save yourself a lot of time and skip this book. There is no logic to the plot for the characters action

I'd like to say right off the bat that the book is very well written, the characters develop quite nicely, and I'm sure many people will enjoy the story... My problem is with the storyline itself, it just doesn't feel like a post-apocalyptic story... it spends half the time in the time prior to the apocalypse and spent very little time developing the transitional period which I believe is the most interesting part of post apocalyptic stories. And the actual post apocalyptic portion is very simple, more of a expanded short story then the novel.

It is neither dark not particularly glittery, but rather a fairly simple story set between the collapse of all civilization and 20 years later.

The killer flu is unbelievable... A simple two day enforced quarantine would have soled the problem without a collapse of civilization and could have been implemented at any point.

Simple but enjoyable

Great little story. Short and very direct with characters who, at best, could be called one dimensional, but despite that it was engaging and satisfying. I'll pick up book two.

False advertising

If you, like me, were taken in by the alleged claim that lovers of Robert Jordan will enjoy this book... run. It lacks the complexity and logical background... the understandable reasoning for actions taken by individuals or groups. Avoid it.

Light read in the manor of Pratchett. Old children should enjoy it.

I found the book just engaging enough to finish. It's a straight forward book which requires a heavy amount of suspension of disbelief. I believe that young readers will enjoy it and it might speak to them in a more meaningful way than to a young adult or more mature reader.