G Michael Hopf
Autor de The End: A Post Apocalyptic Novel
Sobre El Autor
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Obras de G Michael Hopf
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Conocimiento común
Miembros
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 30
- Miembros
- 320
- Popularidad
- #73,923
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 16
- ISBNs
- 46
- Idiomas
- 1
WARNING OF GIVING THE STORY AWAY:
Most of the story follows Gordon, ex-military lifer, who recognizes an EMP event having taken place and quickly rallies to garner supplies for his family; alienating his neighbors and best friends. Clashes evolve between him and the head of the homeowners association who wants to discredit Gordon and goes out of her way to turn the neighbors against him. She is easy to hate.
The new President of the United States, the first available and living person in the line of political succession is hell-bent on retaliating against all on the list of US enemies as their countries were not affected by an EMP - whether they had anything to do with it or not. However, after a second strike against the US 3 weeks later, he launches against everyone on the list, but there is nothing said about the attack or follow-up of it afterward. After his road trip disaster to Oregon, his storyline ceases with about 25% left in the narrative.
Gordon's brother Sebastian wants to be reunited as a family and tries to get back to CA from Afghanistan and help protect them. The Marine Commander hijacks the fleet and disobeys orders, taking the fleet to the west coast vs. the east coast as directed. There is a mutiny at sea and US assets are dispatched from Hawaii to sink them. They are anchored near shore but this storyline also ends.
All three protagonists are portrayed as stone cold killers who don't hesitate to kill innocents...all do so in the storyline. Many of the characters within the narrative are killed...some leaving readers with mouths agape.
The story is an easy read but I felt it had too much explanation and redundancy which created "dead spots" for me in the story - spots where I either paged through or fell asleep. Mr. Hopf also built-up the Mexican cartel, who were growing and branching out near Gordon's gated community. I was expecting a showdown between the two groups - something similar to the Alamo - which never took place.
The book had multiple grammar and spelling errors throughout which I feel could have been found/corrected by an editor, and "showing more" of the story instead of "telling" it would have cut out a quarter of the narrative. This is the first of a four-book series and I'm undecided if I want to continue or not.… (más)