Title: Two stars only for the writing.
Product review: The story is thin and hard to believe. The bleakness doesn't bother me so much as the lack of any substantiating information, such as how two people could survive at all in such a damaged landscape. It seemed a thin premise on which to hang a story of a father and son in hopeless circumstances. If you can suspend disbelief, it's readable enough, although I don't see much point to it. As character study, it's not in-depth enough. As story, it lacks plot. And as science fiction, it lacks any ideas or philosophy to make it worth reading. It's like an overly drawn-out short story. Vividly done, but pointless.
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