The End: A Postapocalyptic Novel Author: G. Michael Hopf | Language: English | ISBN:
B00GAH3SW4 | Format: PDF
The End: A Postapocalyptic Novel Description
What would you do to survive? Young Gordon Van Zandt valued duty and loyalty to country above all, so after 9/11, he dropped out of college and joined the Marine Corps. This idealism vanished one fateful day in a war-torn city in Iraq. Ten years later, he is still struggling with the ghosts of his past when a new reality is thrust upon him and his family: North America, Europe and the Far East have all suffered a devastating Super-EMP attack, which causes catastrophic damage to the nation’s power grid and essential infrastructures. Everything from cell phones to cars to computers cease to function, putting society at a standstill.
With civilization in chaos, Gordon must fight for the limited and fast dwindling resources. He knows survival requires action and cooperation with his neighbors, but as the days wear on, so does all sense of civility within his community—and so he must make some of the most difficult decisions of his life in order to ensure his family’s safety.
- File Size: 1901 KB
- Print Length: 408 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1478195487
- Publisher: Plume (October 30, 2013)
- Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00GAH3SW4
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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I am a big fan of the post-Apocalyptic genre, and had high hopes for this book based on all the positive reviews. However, I was incredibly disappointed for the below reasons:
1. The was a complete and utter lack of character development. Characters just did things, and there was no explanation as to why or what motivated them to act in the way they were. It was very evident that the author was more concerned with the events in the storyline rather than character development. I have no idea why the main character's wife and kids were just so happy all the time, or why the president was a complete psychopath. There were no emotions expressed other than anger. If the author had spent any time developing the characters, they would not have seemed so black-and-white. There truly were no gray areas with the characters; they were either all good or all bad. It also lead to totally, completely unbelievable characters, such as the main character's family. Just not realistic.
2. For a PA novel, there was almost NO explanation of how the characters adapted to the changes brought on by the EMP. I enjoy seeing how the characters react to changes post-Apocalypse, but there was no discussion of this in the novel, other than the fact that people were hungry. If you told me this novel was simply about a food shortage, I would totally believe that, because there was no discussion of the new way of life, how characters adjusted, or how it changed their lives, other than people getting hungry.
3. The author really must hate the Marines. They were portrayed as treasonous thugs who only cared about creating a country in which "the warrior is king." I was astonished by this depiction.
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