Kelly Hidle

Natural Disaster Read

Revisado: 03-14-24

I was really looking forward to this book. So much so that I pre ordered it. Natural disaster books always catch my interest. That being said there were a few things that didn’t sit well.

The voice talent for Mika was difficult to listen to. I understand that she was portraying a 16 year old but the quivering quality of her voice was hard to listen to. The voice talents for Clint and Daphne were very well done, however.

The descriptions of the events were mostly well done, but the characters would spend a lot of time drifting off in thought in the midst of all of it, making it seem like what was happening really wasn’t such a big deal.

There were several times that I had to turn the book off because of the absolute absurdity of some of the supporting characters. I seriously doubt that someone would tell me “you’re gonna have to pay for that, you know” after I accidentally dented their car while FLEEING from a visible tsunami!

I was left at the end of this book feeling like the events that happened were only isolated in one area and not such a big deal as it is portrayed or hyped up to be. This book is supposed to be about the failure of the Cascadia Subduction Zone and somehow nobody living there knows what to do? An earthquake of that magnitude and the resulting after events would have worldwide impacts.

I ultimately remain neutral about this book. I like the premise, but the author really seemed to struggle with portraying the hugeness of the event at hand and the characters were limited and unfortunately disposable because there was no attachment to any of them.

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Really fun book!

Revisado: 05-15-23

I’m am invested! I really want to know what happens and I am excited for the next in the series. The narrator does an amazing job! His pacing is perfect and he conveys a lot of emotion in moments of intensity. My only complaint is the gawdawful long pauses between chapters. I don’t know how many times I checked my phone to see if it was still playing only to find going.

The story is a bit slow to begin with and there are a few errant threads that don’t seem to get tied into the main story, and I would love to know a bit more about the background of the antagonist. He’s scary to be sure, but really his backstory is still pretty shrouded. Once the book hits it’s peak though, it’s hard to stop. Nice job and looking forward to the next one!

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Love it!

Revisado: 02-13-23

Mercedes Lackey is my absolute favorite author ever. I’ve been reading her books forever and I was so excited to see that she’s finally written about the founding of Valdemar! The narrator does an impressive job, is clear and eloquent with great pacing. Like all of Lackey’s books, this one is chock full of extra details that to some can seem excessive but really needs to be said because it fills all of the loose ends that are created. I cannot wait until the next one is released!

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