Title: A terrible book -- poorly written, 'random' plot
Review: An awful, awful book. Brinkley is evidently under the impression that the longer his sentences and the more adjectives he packs into them, the better the writing is. He's wrong. The style is convoluted, murky, and a chore to get through. (A reading of _The Elements of Style_ is in order for Brinkley.)The plot, which is admittedly a good one, suffers not only from poor writing, but from a series of seemingly random events (I won't give spoilers) thrown in simply to add twists and make the characters suffer. There's also a fair amount of silliness -- a nuclear winter that lasts a few weeks? Please.Don't bother. There are far, far better end-of-the-world books out there.
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