If the White male author had not been so concerned about not being a racist, it could have been much better. For instance (Spoiler) there’s a scene in which Bill’s wife (who is Black) has to save them so she says she’s a representative from (forget the name) a Black nation in Southern California there to make an alliance, and she presents her husband Bill as her slave. That was much more interesting than all his (and other people’s) musings about race.
Also, did the daughter have to be such an idiot? Unreal. It’s the end of the world and she joins a cult because her parents give her no agency? Like a cult does? The conversation she had with Bill (her dad) was stupid beyond belief considering the circumstances.