Precious

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Children usually aren’t dumb moralists, they must be brainwashed first

Not at all. I loved ‘The Stand’ and other novels with a diverse and large cast. The difference between those stories and this one was - the story. Those had cohesive stories with a plot that built and arced. This book had zero story and no focus and no movement, just endless exposition.

I knew what I was getting into. I’m entitled to my opinion.

I don’t mind head hopping characters. Like the Walking Dead, the apocalyptic horror novel ‘The Stand’ does the same thing, hosting a large cast and making for a fat book. The difference between that and WWZ, is that The Stand has a story that progresses and, while it frequently changes POV, it will return to characters and show their journey progressing, and ultimately tying in with the other characters, and so there is movement, engagement, and suspense, where with WWZ it is just random snippet after random snippet, no movement, no urgency.

It was in the horror section of the bookstore. Also the cover (don’t judge a book by its cover, yeah we all do, and it’s meant to advertise the book). Also if you look up the book online, it is listed under the horror genre.

Agreed! Do you have any recommendations l?

That’s fair! But even without expecting to be scared, I think the story relies on the flawed narrators too much and lacks a plot and character development, which negatively impacts my engagement with reading, because essentially, I don’t care.

In my experience, there was zero suspense since I already knew everybody recounting their stories was safe and had survived.

Yes the kid climbing down the apartment building was perhaps the best part of the book.

You know it’s not real animals right

How was that?

Are his other books, like the one you’ve mentioned, faster paced?

Someone recommended me Hyperion, but I am hesitant - why would you say you’re struggling to get into it?

Yes, the monster was the least scary part of the book to me. Murder and starvation was much scarier!

It’s utter BS

I think you can be happy but you can’t be joyful. Not truly. Depends what you mean by happiness.

All part of the risk

Reenactment of asteroid wiping out dinosaurs, POV of the asteroid.

What kind of dog is this?

A wolf!