The Final Day
Ratings26
Average rating3.2
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Ratings26
Average rating3.2
A major release in the New York Times bestselling One Second After series, set in an alternate America rebuilding after an electromagnetic pulse, this is William R. Forstchen's The Final Day. Since the detonation of nuclear weapons above the United States more than two years ago, the small town of Black Mountain, North Carolina has suffered famine, civil war, and countless deaths. Now, after defeating a new, tyrannical federal government, John Matherson and his community intend to restore their world to what it was before the EMP apocalypse. For the most part, they are succeeding. This period of relative stability doesn’t last long. A new, aggressive government announces that it’s taking over and ceding large portions of the country to China and Mexico. The Constitution is no longer in effect, and what’s left of the U.S. Army has been deployed to suppress rebellion in the remaining states. John fears he and his town will be targets. General Bob Scales, John’s old commanding officer and closest friend from prewar days, is sent to bring John into line. Will John and his people accept the new, autocratic regime? Or will revolution rip the fledgling nation apart at the seams? Months before publication, William R. Forstchen’s novel One Second After was cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read. This third book in the series immerses readers once more in the story of our nation’s struggle to rebuild itself after an electromagnetic pulse wipes out all electricity and plunges the country into darkness, starvation, and death. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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2 primary booksJohn Matherson is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by William R. Forstchen.
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ok, so, apart from my ocd issues that made me read the series, it is really not a good book. All the comments I made in the first volume remain, and this third adds insult to injury by being much ado about nothing, hope Shakespeare pardons me for the pun, first dragging things on for a million chapters and then turning things into a Mexican soap opera, paternity tests included. I almost see someone being pushed down the stairs, it was the only thing missing.
of course, this one I read on wattpad, so I'm not commenting on the absurd typos and editing missing, the author had enough on her plate coming up with new ways of paraphrasing “we are never going to work out, I can't live like this” every five pages.
and then, the ending. Jeez. should I comment? after the bet, you would think the guy would have learned a frigging lesson. Then it all goes weird because he tries to be poetic, and suddenly, next chapter... wtf happened???? they had no explanation whatsoever (for the first time btw) for not having gotten together years before, he published all the freaking books and she is fine with it, and cherry top, he is suddenly a normal, grown up human being!! I remember Phoebe, from Friends, defying Ross:” well, at least I respected you when you stood for your beliefs”
-I felt the same. Ridiculously childish tantrum thrower couple at least was consistent - how did they vanish from one chapter to the other?
I'm still giving two stars because, cringing with embarrassment for the bad writing and crazy plot and pathetic characters, I read it all, like candy that is bad but addictive on Halloween.
