I had mixed feelings on this book. On one part, I really liked it. It told a believable and scary apocalyptic story. I was reading this during the Covid-19 situation and even though it is not the same, it still was scary enough to make you do an about face. I also liked a lot of the information and tips the book gave you about being prepared. I feel those things can always come in handy. I felt the situation that the characters were in was also believable.
What I didn't care for was the main character, Jim. He was a jerk and even though he admitted to it, it doesn't make him any more readable. He might know a lot about survival but so did his buddy, Gary and yet Gary didn't act like a buffoon. I also didn't like how all the bad guys were so stereotypical. You had your gang mexicans and whites with their tattoos, or the trailer park people that looked like they didn't work a day in their life, or the rednecks with the wife-beater shirt and the sleeveless camo shirt. I mean... really?!? I had to laugh every time a new "bad guy" came into the picture. Sometimes the scariest people are the ones that don't look bad but are. Also, there was pages and pages describing guns, what each gun did, the ammo and how many of each and what each ammo did. That was just way too much info.
I'm not sure if I'll continue with the series. I might do one more book. If I find it still has all the parts that bother me, then there definitely won't be a book 3 for me.

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