Book Review: Entropy by Michael McGinty

     In a post-apocalyptic wasteland where thinkers are kept safely within their cities and the others are left to wander the wastelands no one is the wiser. The thinkers are kept blissfully unaware of the horrors outside their walls. As far as they know they live in a blissful Eutopia. However, when one man breaks the cycle and leaves the city he must find a way to right all of these wrongs. The only other option would be to go back and forget once more. Something he is sure he could never do. 

    I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. While I normally love post-apocalyptic books I struggled with this one. I will say that this book is a one and done. Based on the ending there is no where else to go on this planet. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am. 

    The way the characters are portrayed the reader doesn't gain any sense of closeness or develop an attachment to them. At least I didn't. I can't say I was bothered by the loss of any particular one at a given time. That isn't to say that the book was poorly written, it wasn't. It just didn't spark my interest and keep me wondering to the last page like I believe was the intent.    

    I will say that the end was a bit of a surprise. All in all the book wasn't terrible it just wasn't for me. While these aren't the reasons I didn't love this book I will tell you a bit more about it. There are giant bugs that the nomadic people capture and eat to remain alive, everywhere is a desolate wasteland, and no one outside of the Thinker cities live inside houses although there are plenty abandoned. 

    Somehow although they are abandoned and owned by another country that will never visit (no clue if those other countries are as bad as this one, although it seems they likely are) none of the nomads are willing to enter the houses. In fact, if the so dubbed 'helpful man' is an accurate indicator of the masses they say things like 'not allowed' and 'we'll get in trouble'.  

    If you'd like to take the chance on this odd post-apocalyptic book it can be found on Amazon for $4.95 by clicking here. 

BuyMort: 30,000 Leagues: How I Merged to Become Nu-Earth Affiliated by Damien Hansen and Joseph Phelps (Shopocalypse Saga Book 4)

     Arizona belongs to the warlord and he has decided his next step in taking down BuyMort is possession of all of Earth. However, in order to accomplish this goal Tyson must first play nice with The Church, take over the Dearth Conglomerate on Earth, deal with a top ten affiliate known as The Kraken, and possibly another sentient being that has long overstayed their welcome. Along the way alliances are both made and dissolved, including one that meant a lot to Tyson. Can he keep his affiliate from falling apart at the seams while they face all of these threats? 

    I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. I have gotten each one of these books from the author as they come out (usually a couple weeks prior to release) and they have never disappointed. This was no exception. While this book was also an ARC with everything I have had going on I haven't had a chance to write the review until now. 

    In this book we get to see more of my favorite character, Phyllis, and I love that the author has manufactured a way for this badass elder to not only stick around, but take a more active roll moving forward. I am excited to see how Tyson and Silken Sands handle their next threat. It definitely has taken a top priority, although I hated to see that particular death. They were such a sweet and kind individual. Trying to keep it vague so it isn't given away who dies. 

    While Tyson is known for his act first think later attitude there is significant planning (at least compared to the other books) in this one. I feel that he has definitely grown as a character while still maintaining the things that I liked most about him from the book one. I will say that his Pastafarian attributes are few and far between now versus the beginning. I think I only noticed 2 references to the pasta gods in this book. Poor pasta gods. 

    While many books begin to lose my interest after the third book as it seems to just be the same information repeated, this is not a series that does that. I fully intend to read every book that comes out in this series and believe I will enjoy every one. 

    This book is available on Kindle Unlimited or buy it on Amazon for $4.99 by clicking here. 

Other Books By this Author:

Grand Opening Book 1

Smart Shopper Book 2

Rise of the Window Puncher Book 3

Bull Market Mayhem (Shopocalypse Book 5)