Does gasoline lost its volatility if it just sits around? Reason I ask is

[Javaman]

19. Oh ugh. We'll have to differ on that book.

I thought it was horrible. LOL

I could go into explicid detail but I'll just refer you to my amazon review.

Cheers!

"I had been really looking forward to this book. Sadly, it really didn't deliver. I found the story telling very linear, the main character Ish, lacking in any real depth and the logic of how he and his small band of people survived, very questionable.

I found the first 1/3 of the book interesting. The main character Ish, travels the US in search of other survivers of the deadly plague that ravenged the world. It read more as a travel logue than an sci-fi book, but never the less, was still interesting. However, one would be better served reading the book, "A world without us".

Ish, seems nonplused by the vanishing of humanity. The character uses "logic" to deal with the situation, but calls those who are enotional or "crazy" as being in shock. Frankly, it appeared to me that Ish was in shock, due to his lack of emotion over the loss of basically everyone. It was as if he rationalized it this way, "wow, everyones gone, oh well, I'm lonely, but that's the breaks".

Finally, gathering enough other stragglers together to form "the tribe", they seem to live solely on old can goods from local markers for...22 years!!. I don't know about you, but the last thing I would eat was a can of food that was 22 years old.

It appears as if everyone in the "tribe" was hit with the stupid stick. Any normal parent would teach their kids the basics of reading and writing, not these folks, it's as if they all just gave up. Plus there is a point in the story where it's highlighted that none of the children even know numbers! WTF? Any normal parent teaches their kids how to count their freaking fingers and toes!

Also, the book was written in 1947, yet no one in the book knows a thing about gardening! No one had victory gardens during the war? No one lived on ration cards?

It's like all these people dropped out of the sky.

There are some many other things wrong with this book, I could go on for pages.

Why did I give it 3 stars? 1 for it was a post apocolypic story, the second for the first 1/3 was okay, and lastly, the 3rd star because there were some mildly interesting moments.

Beyond that, it's like a group of morons running around in a dark room trying to find the switch."