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After-Shock
- GenresHorror
183 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 1, 1981
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July 19, 2025
What a waste of time! Horrible conclusion… I’m so confused! The smut in this was so distasteful, and the plot was poorly put together (I feel like the author didn’t put any research into the story; it was shallow and not technical in any regard, leaving it stale and unbelievable). Also, the character development was so minimal you couldn’t even call it that. SPOILERS ahead: we never find out anything about the nuclear/radioactive explosion… and that’s what they were trying to discover the whole time. The ‘romance’ is this book (if you can even call it that) is so all over the place and the characters have no morals or self control. The main character is seeing/in love with two different guys, and nearly sleeps with the father of one? And what was the point of writing such a weird 30-something-year-old and 17 year-old-romance? They didn’t even end up together, and throughout the whole story, no one even seemed to mention the fact that the age gap is A BIG PROBLEM. This author has a gross mind, and the thin plot and boring atmosphere didn’t make up for it. The conclusion is the most upsetting thing. I have no idea what happened, and I don’t care! I wish they had all gotten blasted with another nuke and died! 1 star, I hate this book!
June 27, 2019
On the surface this book seems simple but it has a great theme in it. That theme is being brave enough to fight for what is right when someone has done you a great wrong. But with doing that comes great danger, as in this story. Anne has to face an enemy much bigger than herself, someone truly powerful with tons of money and they have no scruples so they are willing to do anything to shut her up, including breaking the law. She has to decide if what she wants, the truth, is worth these risks.
I found Anne to be a very strong female character. She is willing to bend the laws in small ways to get the proof she needs so the court can help her. She is unselfish and basically wants a wrong corrected. She is worried about the health of the students who had been under her care years ago when the incident had happened at the old school building out in the desert. The same building now is surrounded by a big fence from the US government and the rocks inside the fence test positive for high radiation. Yes, it's very obvious what this book is about: secret bomb testing.
Anne also struggles with her fear and anxiety over the tumor she had before. That prevents her from getting into a close relationship and that fear is partly what is driving her search for the truth. So she is a very real character.
This book may be older but it reads very smoothly. It kept me entertained and turning the pages. I read it in less than a day.
The end really surprised me, too. It seemed a bit abrupt actually. Like it came out of nowhere...but the more I think about it, it does make sense and fits with what the story said earlier. So before one goes charging to face a bigger more powerful enemy one should consider the risks or the price you pay might be higher than you thought.
I found Anne to be a very strong female character. She is willing to bend the laws in small ways to get the proof she needs so the court can help her. She is unselfish and basically wants a wrong corrected. She is worried about the health of the students who had been under her care years ago when the incident had happened at the old school building out in the desert. The same building now is surrounded by a big fence from the US government and the rocks inside the fence test positive for high radiation. Yes, it's very obvious what this book is about: secret bomb testing.
Anne also struggles with her fear and anxiety over the tumor she had before. That prevents her from getting into a close relationship and that fear is partly what is driving her search for the truth. So she is a very real character.
This book may be older but it reads very smoothly. It kept me entertained and turning the pages. I read it in less than a day.
The end really surprised me, too. It seemed a bit abrupt actually. Like it came out of nowhere...but the more I think about it, it does make sense and fits with what the story said earlier. So before one goes charging to face a bigger more powerful enemy one should consider the risks or the price you pay might be higher than you thought.
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