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The End of the World Running Club: The ultimate race against time post-apocalyptic thriller

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But if you're Ed Hill of Scotland, you start running because if you ever want to see your family again, you have 500 miles to cover and only three weeks to do it. From the title and the description, I assumed running the long distance would be the focus of the story but it actually only starts half way through the book and only accounts for roughly 30 pages of it. Perfect for fans of The Martian, this powerful post-apocalyptic thriller pits reluctant father Edgar Hill in a race against time to get back to his wife and children. Edgar's family are rescued by a small remaining army unit, but he and his wife and children become separated, and so begins Edgar's desperate race to reach his loved ones, who are hundreds of miles away, before they leave on an evacuation ship for another country.

You’ll want to meet Jesus, you’ll want to holler at the rising sun, and you may highlight a ton of passages on your kindle, like I did. I was absolutely riveted and was rooting for this group of survivors as they made heart wrenching decision after heart wrenching decision. He faces a variety of challenges too, and it was these twists and turns that I found most interesting about the story. This book is as much about the world ending and the things people will do to survive as it is about Edgar's battle with his own personal demons.Ed and his family were very lucky (no real thanks to Ed) to survive the apocalyptic event that ravaged Edinburgh, Britain, and probably much of the Northern Hemisphere. A normal fellow finds himself a country and an apocalypse away from his family, with time running out. Edgar has to find strength and endurance that seems impossible while battling evil, physical pain and the elements. As they emerge back into the world they see the ruin and disaster around them, caused by hundreds of large asteroids hitting the earth. So generisch die Geschichte am roten Plot-Faden entlanggeführt wird (und wirklich oft und oft an "The Walking Dead" erinnert), so ist sie durchsetzt von metaphorischen Allgemeinplätzen.

What I learned: we need the world end and a target to start to run (to lose the weight and rid of our laziness). I really liked the beginning because Ed, the narrator, started at the end of the story with the description of three graves that he was thinking of digging up to prove his sanity. You’ll spend time trapped in a cellar gasping for air and water and smelling the stink of your own body. Stranded on the other side of the country from his wife and children, Ed must push himself across a devastated wasteland to get back to them. I am not a fan of a book that has you believe one premise throughout the entire book; only to throw that awry at the end.A strong beginning and a very unusual ending that all together make an interesting post-apocalyptic novel. The fierceness and fearlessness that courses through Beth as she chases after the woman that stole her children is akin to a lioness protecting her cubs. At that moment, I was thinking it should have been Bryce or even Harvey (Richard's death would have been too sad for Richard's son, though, fucking Richard, man. Maybe I read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy because I want exceptionally competent and capable characters.

Ed's character arc from inviting the end of the world to running across a continent for his family was lovely. The End of the World Running Club hits all the right points for a dystopian but fell short over all for me and I'm blaming it on 1) the audio and 2) the ending. Sometimes there is a great notion in the moral decay, but often there are hidden and deadly motives.Selbst Zahlen der Toten und Überlebenden könnten das Ausmaß dieser Katastrophe nicht begreifbar machen. It might have been bearable if it were on a printed page but on audio I was forever being assaulted by the narrators voice hollering in my ear! Ed was asleep when it started, still feeling the effects of a drink it two too many, and by the time he worked out what was going on it was already almost too late.

Some long distances were covered but there was little to no reference to the struggles and strains of such an endeavour, over and above some general complaints regarding tiredness. The beginning of this novel was superbly engrossing, as things go pear shaped in spectacular fashion, descriptively you are right in there with the desperate survivors, I read the first 25% of this novel in record time. Ich fragte ihn, ob er auch so handeln würde, wenn besagtes Buch ein Musikstück wäre und er gezwungen, ein 90 Minuten langes Konzert davon voller Kakophonie zu ertragen.Half the land that once existed is now submerged under water but that’s the least of Beth’s trouble with dangerous criminals, opportunistic psychopaths and volatile weather conditions standing in the way of her finding her children.

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