Short review, it wasn't the worst book I have ever read. It wasn't far from that though. Well, I tried to read the whole thing. I stopped at about page 122 I think it was. I finally realized it wasn't going to get better.
Longer review...
Character development was at best choppy and slow. Not much you can do with one main character that is such a little softy (nicest way I could describe him). Another character was a cheating wife. You get the idea. Out of the initial characters there were only three that I had any interest in, and of them only one seriously. The other two seemed to be written in as filler to get the page count up.
Overall it was a promising story line that was believable, just wasn't executed well. About the only thing I could say that was good about it was how it presented New Yorkers when things suddenly go wrong. Most have a total lack of planning for when the lights go out and just cry to the government to take care of them. He got that right from what I have seen living in the city. Overall, just leave it on the shelf. Might make good kindling when the lights do go out.
Longer review...
Character development was at best choppy and slow. Not much you can do with one main character that is such a little softy (nicest way I could describe him). Another character was a cheating wife. You get the idea. Out of the initial characters there were only three that I had any interest in, and of them only one seriously. The other two seemed to be written in as filler to get the page count up.
Overall it was a promising story line that was believable, just wasn't executed well. About the only thing I could say that was good about it was how it presented New Yorkers when things suddenly go wrong. Most have a total lack of planning for when the lights go out and just cry to the government to take care of them. He got that right from what I have seen living in the city. Overall, just leave it on the shelf. Might make good kindling when the lights do go out.
