Surviving Home (Going Home, #2)

author: A. American

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.25

book published: 2013

rating: 4

read at: 2014/07/28

date added: 2014/07/28

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'Surviving Home' by A. American picks right where 'Going Home' left off. Things become more dire during this novel (with more promised in future installments), and it's still just as much a page turner as the first book.



Morgan is happy to be home with his wife and daughters. They've done okay without him due to his preparations, but things around them start to unravel. The local community is in bad shape. With no food and no social order, things have to be done differently. Morgan's neighbors suspect he might be holding out food on them, but Morgan just wants to take care of his own.



Meanwhile, Thad runs into much worse trouble with the new role that postal carriers are taking on. People are being rounded up into work camps and promised food and shelter, but Thad and his family want nothing to do with it. This eventually leads to tragic and violent consequences.



It advances the storyline, but leaves it off at about the same sort of cliffhanger as the first book. There is less of a 'gear porn' aspect to this book because it's more about the preparations that Morgan and some of his neighbors have done, and how to maintain social order when there is no structured order. I enjoyed it. Maybe not quite as much as the first book, but definitely enough to keep reading to find out what happens.



I received a review copy of this ebook from Penguin Group Plume and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.







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