mediocre

I love prepper novels, but this one was lacking substance.

Also if I hear the narrator say “et” instead of “ate” one more time…..

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Amazing story

Most post- apocalyptic stories involve action heroes killing lots of people. This story is different. It features an ordinary person trying to hold onto civilized values in a world gone mad. Something in that for all of us.

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Enjoyable listen

Relevant dystopian story about a virus but without the graphic violence and primitive portrayal of society falling apart.
Has enough conflict and dilemmas to make you think, what would I have done?

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Lucky pepper

Very enjoyable narrative. Characters are very “real”
Eerily real with our recent global pandemic, it doesn’t feel too far fetched as some appoliptic narratives.
Narration was very good.
Worth a listen/read

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Better than I expected, but not perfect.

Firstly, the narrator does an amazing job. I didn't realise until toward the end of the book just how much I had enjoyed her work, likely because of how seamless and easy she had made it. Her range of voices were broad enough that characters didn't become confusing, but never sounded exaggerated or forced.

The story itself was quite enjoyable, but don't go into it expecting a wild post-apocalyptic action story. There's hardly any action and what action exists is somewhat brief and rushed. This, however, doesn't necessarily feel like a negative though. This story offers a much more realistic take on how a virus-based "post-apocalyptic" world would be structured and how real people would likely act, which I found quite refreshing. It could be a little slow at times, particularly in the first half, but never got boring for me.

A few qualms I had. The "fight" scenes felt lame, way too fast, and relied on luck more than anything else, which felt like a bit of a cop out, the final one in particular. And the main character used the term 'shattered' numerous times to describe being physically exhausted and tired, which must be a British term. To the rest of the English speaking world, that word means to be heartbroken or disenchanted. And the term was used repetitively throughout an hour block. It felt like a variety of other adjectives would have easily suffice.

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Being positive and prepared if only by luck

Motivational in an evolving world. I loved this book and have read it more than once. Easy listening and practical concepts

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Entranced and so glad I gave it a go.

This felt like a meetup with a long lost friend after a horrendous pandemic, both of us sitting in the back garden under dabbled sunlight, drinking some wine scavenged from the neighbour's house with me casually asking, "So, how have things been, how have you coped?.
I really felt that way!
Emma wrote how you talk to someone, leaving out the horribly awful bits, smoothing over pain/helplessness moving the story along, not dwelling on hard to explain anger and angst. And Esther's narration had the same feel, a relaxed casualness and quiet style that again felt like a real life experience was being told not a fictional novel.
As mentioned in other reviews this isn't a checklist of how to prep, I've learned some things about seeds and I highly recommend for a gentle "end of the world as we know it" listen.

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Fiction or prophecy? A timely read.

I absolutely loved this book.
Dystopian genre is one of my favourites but I never expected to be living in a time that seems to be heading in this direction!
Some timely warnings I believe.
Lovely heroine. Suspense. Villains and heroes. I didn’t want it to end.
I especially liked the narrator. She was perfect.

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Appealed as am a avid gardener

Loved have a more honest survivor and look forward to next book.
Won’t appeal to those that need kill or be killed.
But a wonderful change from those.

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What a drag

I mean it just wasn’t interesting. Slow as a wet afternoon without the tea. Seemed to indicate there might be a second helping …I hope not

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