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The Gertrude Threshold: A Novella by Christopher Brooks

The end of the world is coming, it has been predicted that it will hit The Gertrude threshold. seventy year old Brandon is on his death bed, looking after his grandson Ky. Ky's parents along with a lot of other people head to the underground tunnels. Brandon and his Ky are left to deal with the the end of the world together.

A fast paced unique short story. Very original and unique writing style. The detail and descriptions pulls the show more reader into the story as if you were there. I fee that those who like sci-fi will enjoy The Gertrude Threshold: A Novella. show less

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(Spoilers within)

The Gertrude Threshold is about the life of one family at the end of the world and what they're doing at the end. Each chapter focuses on a character and the trial they're going through, what they're choosing to do and their thoughts on it.

Sometimes I got lost because it bounces back and forth between times and I would start reading a section not knowing if it was what was happening 'now' or if it happened show more ten years ago. It was also very verbose, which some may like but isn't my personal preference in writing styles. It could completely lose me at times.

There was also a time when a man hunted down Ellen and I was just wondering why and how. How did he know where to find her when she'd been somewhere completely unexpected for over an hour, and then was wandering around? How did this man who is starving to death have so much energy to even do this? This is a time when everyone could be dying in an hour or two, they've been starving for a long time and are weak and covered in burns and such. I just felt weird that he tracked her down in a place where so many got lost during this whole story, and he didn't know her or where she stayed exactly.

I'll also admit I was confused on the setup of their place. I get that they were underground, but I had a hard time picturing exactly where she stayed in comparison to people like the thug. It sounded like they were separated - and the enforcer yells at her asking why she's in the same area as him and such - but then it didn't feel like it with him going down the same path she did when she was on her way home.

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