I really enjoyed this book. Loosely reminded me of The Walking Dead without zombies; survivalist meets a plausible real-world scenario. While I felt the speculative pace at which things fell apart and people turned on one another happened a bit too quickly, it made sense for the sake of story progression. Brings up some good ethical questions of doing what it takes to stay alive in a dystopian setting. Interesting and practical things to consider of preparedness, and the gray line between it and paranoia—something the protagonist was accused of frequently. That is, until his paranoia became a form of physical salvation. I liked how the story followed two happenings; the protagonist trying to make his way home, and his family keeping it together until he could get there. I ended up enjoying this more than I had anticipated; so much so that it was easy to overlook the occasional repetitive word choices in a single sentence. I am looking forward to checking out the second book in this series.