{"id":5624,"date":"2018-03-18T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=5624"},"modified":"2018-04-02T11:19:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T15:19:22","slug":"book-review-welcome-to-the-apocalypse-book-one-pandora-by-d-l-richardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-welcome-to-the-apocalypse-book-one-pandora-by-d-l-richardson\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Welcome to the Apocalypse, Book One: Pandora by D.L. Richardson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to the Apocalypse, Book One: Pandora<\/em>\u00a0by D. L. Richardson<\/p>\n

CreateSpace, 2016<\/p>\n

ISBN: 9781370736201<\/p>\n

Available: Paperback, eBook(Kindle, Smashwords)<\/p>\n

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Want to get away from it all but don’t have the time?\u00a0 Want to experience an apocalypse firsthand?\u00a0 Want to be a hero and save people from zombies or aliens?\u00a0 Then welcome to the apocalypse!\u00a0 In this science fiction thriller, the Apocalypse Games are the latest in virtual reality simulation gaming; twenty-four hours of simulated terror in a fully immersive virtual world where anything can happen.\u00a0 Using the latest technology, players are attached to a pod with a neural network that enables them to feel, taste, touch and, smell everything they encounter.\u00a0 Each player starts alone and empty-handed.\u00a0 Each must find a weapon, find the enemy, find safe zones, and find survivors.\u00a0 It is survival of the fittest, in a kill-or- be-killed world.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Apocalypse, Book One: Pandora <\/em>has a really good premise, and I was really looking forward to it.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it didn’t deliver what I had hoped for.\u00a0 While the plot and setting were laid out well at the start, as the story unfolded it became harder to sort out what was going on.\u00a0 The ending was really abrupt, and I still wonder what happened.\u00a0 The descriptions and action parts were generally well-constructed, and flowed nicely.\u00a0 The characters were pretty distinctive and easy to keep straight.\u00a0 The fun part of them was that some were virtual reality characters and some were real people.\u00a0 The author had several instances of telling instead of showing, and there were many instances of poorly worded sentences that were confusing and hurt the flow of the story.\u00a0 The story could also really use some help with editing. Spelling and duplicated or missing words\u00a0throughout the made it really hard to stay immersed in the plot, and this really made the story fall apart for me.\u00a0 I have not read this author’s work before.<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Aaron Fletcher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Welcome to the Apocalypse, Book One: Pandora\u00a0by D. L. Richardson CreateSpace, 2016 ISBN: 9781370736201 Available: Paperback, eBook(Kindle, Smashwords)   Want to get away from it all but don’t have the time?\u00a0 Want to experience an apocalypse firsthand?\u00a0 Want to be a hero and save people from zombies or aliens?\u00a0 Then welcome to the apocalypse!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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