| A thriller set in a dystopian future where the earth has stopped turning and one side of the word exists in permanent darkness and the other is perpetually light. Honestly, this was a disappointing read. I loved the premise but, for me, the book just didn’t deliver. I had to force myself to read until the end. I liked: The idea. The beginning – lots of intriguing questions and an introduction to the “big mystery” that was the central theme of the book. I quite liked Hopper and her ex-husband David, although I never really got under his skin. Glimpses of a potentially interesting dystopian future. Some nice writing. I didn’t like: The fact that what I thought was going to be a thoughtful and interesting post-apocalyptic story, turned out to be a superficial, formulaic, spy thriller. The predictability of the plot. The big surprise reveals were not very big or surprising. It was confusing that in this post-apocalyptic world, most of the main characters and their friends and families were living fairly normal lives in what looked and felt quite like our lives today, apart from a few exotic plants and animals thrown in for good measure, and some very effective blackout blinds. I found myself forgetting that we were in a world of perpetual light and sometimes it felt like the author did too. Clunky writing was a distraction at times. Very unbelievable and convenient plot developments. A bit of a scatter gun approach was used to pepper the setting with post-apocalyptic window dressing. Overall, it was dull and I “sped-read” to get it over with. I kept thinking about what I wanted to read next, and that was was what drove me to finish. An unexciting spy thriller dropped into an unconvincing post-apocalyptic world. Sorry. I had such high hopes for this but I just didn’t enjoy it or believe it! |
Book Review – The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray.
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