Josh Decker’s Reviews > White Noise > Status Update

The way everyone reacts to the big event in the book has a striking resemblance to what happened when COVID-19 hit.

What the heck? This got a good laugh out of me.

"Whats that?" I said.
"Drive the car, Jack."'
"I saw your throat contract. You Swallowed something."
"Just a Life Saver. Drive the car please."
"You place a Life Saver in your mouth and you swallow it without an interval of sucking?"
"Swallow what? It's still in my mouth."
...
"That was just saliva that I didn't know what to do with. Drive the car, would you?"

I'm quite enjoying the writing, it can be pretty funny sometimes too.

"The scene of injured people, medics, smoking steel, all washed in a strong eerie light, took on the eloquence of a formal composition. We passed silently by, feeling curiously reverent, even uplifted by the sight of the heaped cars and fallen people."

The author certainly paints a vivid picture of some scenes, the tone with these descriptions also reminds me of Lolita. So far it feels like the author is still introducing us to the characters but there have been brief mentions of the poisons. It has the makings of a great book right now.