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No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() Vorab: Ich habe nicht das Buch gelesen, sondern das komplett gelesene Hörbuch gehört. Zu Beginn war die Geschichte etwas verwirrend, da nicht immer sofort klar war, was "jetzt gerade" stattfindet und wann es sich um eine Rückblende handelte. Nach ein paar Kapiteln nahm das Geschehen ordentlich an Fahrt auf und wurde sehr spannend. Die einzelnen Charakteren waren vom Autor und vom Leser sehr gut umgesetzt und so konnte man sie einfach auseinanderhalten und sich mit ihnen vertraut machen. Einzelne Figuren waren ziemlich detailliert ausgearbeitet und man konnte auch die Veränderungen in ihnen und ihrem Charakter "live" miterleben. Nach einem ziemlich abwechslungsreichen und spannenden Bereich wurde das Buch im letzten Teil irgendwie verworren und speziell das Ende selbst hat mir weniger gut gefallen. ( Insgesamt war es aber interessant, zu sehen, wie sich die Menschheit nach der Meinung des Autors in (bz. nach) einem absoluten Katastrophenfall verhalten würde. Wer keine "Endzeit-geschichten" bzw. "Post-Apokalyptischen Abenteuer" im Stil von Mad Max etc. mag, dem würde ich von dem Buch aber eher abraten. Thank you to NetGalley for giving me this copy in return for an honest review. Actually 4.5 stars. I loved this book. I am not a runner and never will be, but this isn't a book about running so much as it is about the will to survive the end of the world. I really liked the main character Ed. He is not someone who is transformed into a hero by the end of the world, he still has all the same character flaws and it isn't until he loses his family that he finds the will to make changes. He actually reminds me of Ed, the sidekick from Shaun of the Dead - lovable, but a bit useless. There are some great passages in this book. One of my favourites is "the living would run through the dust of the dead, just as they always had done". It really sums up the feelings of hopelessness and hopefulness that pervade the whole novel. This will be one of those books whose characters are going to be with me for a while. Highly recommended. After the self publishing success of The Martian, there has been a search for what the next big self published hit would be. Enter The End of the World Running Club as the next big contender to The Martian throne! The book has been picked up by Del Rey and has been brought to the masses to enjoy. Looking at the reviews, it is definitely a hit. A giant meteor shower hits the UK and destroys most of it. There are a few survivors clustered together searching for others. Edgar is the father in one of those families. He had a shelter and his family survived the onslaught. It is months later and Ed finds himself with a small group of survivors who now must be trained as military to survive. While out on a scout mission, a rescue group comes and takes Ed's family and other survivors halfway across the country. With his small group, Ed must traverse the landscape to get back to his family. He will run into danger, people that help, and more danger. Will he make it back? To get there in time, he and his group must run 20 miles a day, hence the name- The End of the World Running Club. I am going to start off with my criticism to just get it out of the way. While I enjoyed the book, I felt this wasn't a huge addition to the apocalypse genre. There were characters that could have been in other books, i.e. the cooky guy who lost his mind a bit and still tries to maintain his home, the apocalypse journey was somewhat typical, and I wasn't a huge fan of the main character. With that stated, I still have to write that I did enjoy the book. While there were certainly some slower parts, all the other ones moved fairly quickly. Ed was going from one place to another at a good clip. The problem was the slower parts were really slow, which took away a bit from the pacing. The characters were well developed and the story was a good one. I can see why a lot of people enjoyed it. I thought it was a bit on the slower side. As stated, I did enjoy it, but would have a difficult time recommending it to others as the next great apocalypse book. I think it is a genre that is not only plentiful right now, but has some pretty tough books to best, such as The Road. It is too much of a popular genre right now that I wonder if this book might struggle a bit as it hits the main publishing house. It comes out in September, so we will see. I gave it 3.5 stars. *I want to thank NetGalley for the early release. I received it in exchange for an honest book review.* I did enjoy it. Three books in one really - post apocalypse, dad coming of age, long distance running - and while the first two did not quite ring true, the third did. Other reviewers have noted the classist and misogynist elements. Both the 'working class' and the women are rather patronised. But hey ho it still kept my attention. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: The #1 International Bestseller! A powerful post-apocalyptic thriller, perfect for fans of The Martian. When the sky begins to fall, one man finds himself separated from his family, his best hope is to runâ??or risk losing what he loves forever. When the world ends and you find yourself stranded on the wrong side of the country, every second counts. No one knows this more than Edgar Hill: over five hundred miles of devastated wasteland stretch between him and his family. To get back to them, he must push himself to the very limitâ??or risk losing them forever. His best option is to run. But what if his best isn't good enough? End of the World Running Club is an otherworldly yet extremely human story of hope, love, and the endurance of both body and spirit. Praise for The End of the World Running Club: "Walker's ability to imagine a post-apocalyptic world in crisp detail is on full display in the early pages of The End of World Running Club." â?? Maximum Shelf "...a beautifully written postapocalyptic tale of a flawed man's struggle for survival and redemption." â?? Booklist "A fresh and frighteningly real take on what "the end" might be...quite an exciting and nerve-wracking 'run', with No library descriptions found. |
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