The Blackout eBook Stephanie Erickson
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This was an interesting concept that could have been a blockbuster book...but for the writing. The character development and story line went from good, to really terrible, to okay, and then back again. Examples (and beware of possible spoilers here) in no particular rant order:The plot time period was too short for the accomplishments of the group. We are to believe that without proper tools they harvested trees and cut them into fence boards, which were placed on a foundation of beach rocks with mortar, to build four miles of secure fencing in five weeks. Hmmm....and no word about why they didn't raid the local lumberyard instead. And no word about nails or gates or...you get it. In fact, I have no visual of the "wall" I heard so much about. I don't know how high it was, how many gates it had, how people moved freely in and out. I also don't know how large a group this new "town" was. Or how they managed to drill a fresh water well in seven days, again with no tools. There is mention of milk, but no mention of cows. There is mention of meat, but few hunting details. There is mention of agricultural efforts that were feeding the group, but the entire book covers only four months. Most of us gardeners are confused. The group is too polite and carrying on far too normally for desperate people in a desperate situation, and supplies are too abundant after several months. Jimmy hates Molly, and indeed the entire group--then loves them, without explanation of the source of the sudden change of heart. Jimmy has secret "things" in the protective box with his radio, but we never learn what they are. Gary miraculously has fishing equipment on the first day of his trek and fish are abundant so he's never hungry, but he fails to snag a bicycle in those early days before things get crazy. He doesn't even think about. His shoes are shot several hundred miles from home, but replacements are never acquired or even thought of but for a few cursory sentences. I could go on and on. Instead of the detail we needed, we got sappy chick fodder when young Seth (presumably tired and half starving) gets the hots for Molly and she reciprocates. Totally out of place in the story. Or we have a detailed recounting of a school lesson on Pride and Prejudice. Uh...I don't think so.
I'd love to see the author rewrite this one day--same premise but with realistic people and events. I knew the people in King's "The Stand"; I shared the misery and desperation of Steinbeck's characters in "The Grapes of Wrath", etc., etc. Great idea for a story. I was just disappointed with the B-rate execution. And...BTW...what happened to Thunder, a precious gift to Gary. Did they eat him?
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The Blackout eBook Stephanie Erickson Reviews
For an English teacher (not betting on it, btw...) this was one of worst stories in the apocalypse genre I've ever tried to read. Perhaps a bit of homework researching end of days scenarios may have been a bit of help. This was like some 12 year olds' idea of a power outage. Also, Ms. Erickson, read a few prepper blogs, pay attention to current events and pick up a few of some real authors' books on the subject. I couldn't even get past the first chapters, it was so awful.
This is so badly written, the author should be ashamed to state she is an English teacher. The writing is extremely childish, not focused, and not thought-through at all. Is Erickson writing a post-apocalyptic story or a childish fantasy of a marriage facing trials? I don't think she knows. The power is out for 2 months and the main character, Molly, is worried about not receiving Thanksgiving presents from her husband whom she hasn't heard from? Really? Someone breaks into her house, doesn't steal her food, but kills her cat, so she lets the dog in the house alone immediately after. Molly's husband, Gary, is a pilot who fishes his way from Philadelphia to Florida, talks to no one except one family who takes him in after being beaten by Wandering bands of criminals? He had somehow, by not meeting up with anyone, discovered that after 2 months of power outages across the country that Blacksmiths have cropped up. Really? Who told him this and why would blacksmiths appear out of nowhere and for what reason? By themselves, the small family who takes him in, mysteriously plants, farms, and harvests acres and acres of crops, with no water, and no electricity. Molly lives in a Florida community who has dug wells somehow successfully just anywhere they pleased, and took 5 weeks to build a fence around beach-front property. Her community still maintains stores, but how they are running without electricity is not explained. They immediately have food from the gardens they just planted. In fact, there are no real hardships faced by anyone---everyone has plenty of food and life goes on as before, except now they read by candlelight. Give me a break. How anyone could give this slop more than one star is a testament to the poor literacy skills of our populace.
This was an interesting concept that could have been a blockbuster book...but for the writing. The character development and story line went from good, to really terrible, to okay, and then back again. Examples (and beware of possible spoilers here) in no particular rant order
The plot time period was too short for the accomplishments of the group. We are to believe that without proper tools they harvested trees and cut them into fence boards, which were placed on a foundation of beach rocks with mortar, to build four miles of secure fencing in five weeks. Hmmm....and no word about why they didn't raid the local lumberyard instead. And no word about nails or gates or...you get it. In fact, I have no visual of the "wall" I heard so much about. I don't know how high it was, how many gates it had, how people moved freely in and out. I also don't know how large a group this new "town" was. Or how they managed to drill a fresh water well in seven days, again with no tools. There is mention of milk, but no mention of cows. There is mention of meat, but few hunting details. There is mention of agricultural efforts that were feeding the group, but the entire book covers only four months. Most of us gardeners are confused. The group is too polite and carrying on far too normally for desperate people in a desperate situation, and supplies are too abundant after several months. Jimmy hates Molly, and indeed the entire group--then loves them, without explanation of the source of the sudden change of heart. Jimmy has secret "things" in the protective box with his radio, but we never learn what they are. Gary miraculously has fishing equipment on the first day of his trek and fish are abundant so he's never hungry, but he fails to snag a bicycle in those early days before things get crazy. He doesn't even think about. His shoes are shot several hundred miles from home, but replacements are never acquired or even thought of but for a few cursory sentences. I could go on and on. Instead of the detail we needed, we got sappy chick fodder when young Seth (presumably tired and half starving) gets the hots for Molly and she reciprocates. Totally out of place in the story. Or we have a detailed recounting of a school lesson on Pride and Prejudice. Uh...I don't think so.
I'd love to see the author rewrite this one day--same premise but with realistic people and events. I knew the people in King's "The Stand"; I shared the misery and desperation of Steinbeck's characters in "The Grapes of Wrath", etc., etc. Great idea for a story. I was just disappointed with the B-rate execution. And...BTW...what happened to Thunder, a precious gift to Gary. Did they eat him?
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