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Zoe
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The reporter conducting interviews was a such a mediocre reporter, too. Like, make him bad or make him incredible and then his character might actually be compelling. Instead of crafting a more thought-provoking narrative, he spends too much time and energy providing justification for potential plotholes (why most of the people aren’t in jail, why people weren’t raping or eating each other, why help never came)
— Jul 26, 2026 12:49PM
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Zoe
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I was actually able to overlook this because 1) I’ve realized that fiction doesn’t have to be realistic if I’m having fun and 2) I had rose-colored glasses on as a kid and I now I dont. I don’t have a problem believing that in scary, stressful, and apocalyptic situations, people would become selfish and distrustful and violent. Cause I feel like I’ve seen it to a lesser degree and this is dialed up to 11.
— Jul 26, 2026 01:09PM
Zoe
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Interestingly, it seems like the reason a lot of people are giving it one-star reviews is the same reason why I hated lord of the flies, which this book is inspired by, when I read it back in school: “what? How did it get violent so quickly? This is so unrealistic. Those kids would never start killing each other so fast.”
— Jul 26, 2026 01:04PM
Zoe
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Was still good though. A fun and scary story about a fake disaster gaining national media attention and psychological think-pieces. I liked the interconnectedness of the characters stories and I particularly liked the commentary from the people who weren’t in the park—the historian, the prosecutor, etc because it gave insight to how the whole thing was perceived by the public
— Jul 26, 2026 01:00PM
Zoe
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Idk. I think I gotta give this a 3 even though I wanted it to be a 4. I so wish that there had been a more nuanced take on the propensity of people, especially young people, to resort to violence in apocalyptic scenarios, but instead we got “they didn’t have their phones therefore and constant stimuli”.
— Jul 26, 2026 12:32PM
Zoe
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With all the setup for the Brock interview, it should have been way more damning
— Jul 26, 2026 12:15PM
Zoe
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Yeah that bro needs to be in JAILLLLL. Like yesterday.
— Jul 23, 2026 06:30PM
Zoe
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I think Sophie is my favorite so far. But girl why didn’t you just stay in the bunker with all your stuff???
Mike is good at building up the dread and suspense by name dropping the evil-doer(s) before their interview. I keep flipping back to the table of contents to see where certain interviews are in the order and wondering how their story affects the overall narrative.
— Jul 22, 2026 07:30PM
Mike is good at building up the dread and suspense by name dropping the evil-doer(s) before their interview. I keep flipping back to the table of contents to see where certain interviews are in the order and wondering how their story affects the overall narrative.
Zoe
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Immediately going to cease reading this at night before it gets scary
— Jul 21, 2026 08:18PM