This Fragile Earth

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My first novel in the apocalyptic genre, and whilst interesting enough to keep me reading, it was definitely too long and a little boring.

I didn‘t care for the characters, and Jed‘s portrayal as a 6 year old was so inaccurate it was funny.

Good premise, it just lost its way somewhere along the road and dragged on slowly.

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This Fragile Earth | Susannah Wise

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Maybe it's me. Maybe I'm too rooted in reality to believe in something as magical as food spoiling in an extremely fast defrosting freezer (within 4 hours of being out of the house), or the internet and mobile phone reception still working while the whole city/country is without power, or...

Let's just say, the idea behind this dystopian debut novel is good, the execution is not.

#20in4 #readathon @Andrew65

Laughterhp Hmm the cell towers could have generators and giving off power, but I think everyone would be in a mass panic which would overload the system and their phones wouldn‘t work. I think this book would annoy me too. If you have the power go out, make everything out, don‘t pick and choose. 3y

readingjedi Details like that make me irrationally furious 😠 3y

julesG @Laughterhp See. That's what I thought too. @readingjedi Yepp. The devil's in the details. It annoyed me to no end. 3y

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Andrew65 Oh dear! 3y

Hooked_on_books Yeah, that would drive me crazy, too, and take me right out of the story. 3y

CarolynM I wouldn't be able to get past those things either. 3y

TrishB This is a 99p offer today, I‘m no longer tempted because that would drive me mad too. 2y

julesG @TrishB Yes, better spend those 99p on a different book. 2y

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