I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
My best summary for this book is, walking dead without the zombies. There’s a major disaster and a family wants to go home.
This book can be divided into 3 distinct sections. They feel more like 3 separate books in a series rather than a cohesive story. The sections begin quite abruptly and almost never references previous sections. It was quite jarring. I actually had to check the chapter list once thinking the app skipped me ahead in error.
I enjoyed the family dynamic most. Not everyone is an instant survivor and just because the world might be ending, doesn’t mean we should lose our sense of right and wrong. The wife being scared and reserved makes more sense. The fact that the husband adapted so quickly unnerves me. The daughter is absolutely useless, even as a plot device. If the author wanted to showcase a child’s reaction to the apocalypse, the son is enough. Maybe because I don’t like kids, now I really don’t like kids.
The performance was good and consistent with the sample provided.