Published by Dreamscape Media Genres: Dystopian, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction
Format: ARC, Audiobook
” It’s the end of the world as we know it
It’s the end of the world as we know it
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine” – R.E.M.
It begins with a dinner party….
Britta Harris-Che is an Instagram posting lifestyle guru (#Brittasays), will not let anything get in her way of capturing the moment and posting it online. Not even a “red alert” concerning “the glimmer” that is spreading and killing anyone it touches. She is hosting a dinner party at her home and doing her best to impress her not so happy to be at the dinner party guests. When the red alerts go off, the guests try to leave but find that they must take refuge in Britta’s wine cellar. They fear for their children’s safety as they have been left with babysitters, they fear for their own safety, and they have secrets. Everyone is desperate, everyone wants to survive, everyone is annoyed and annoying, and Britta keeps filming.
I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the narration. It was interesting watching the characters and wondering what I would do if something horrible happened and I was trapped and not able to get back home. This book, while entertaining, was also an interesting character study. With everything on the line, what do you do to survive. How do you treat others in the same situation? How does a traumatic, unimaginable event change you?
Although I enjoyed how the characters in this book related to each other and how their secrets came out, I wanted more of the glimmer. For a book in the horror category/genre, I was expecting something scary or more horrific. But perhaps the true horror is in the characters themselves, their secrets, and what drives them.
This was an interesting book that didn’t quite thrill me, but I enjoyed how the author showed the plight of the characters and how “the glimmer” affected them individually. I also enjoyed how the author showed the importance social media plays in peoples lives, how being seen as being on top of things, affects one’s self esteem.
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Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
