Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

first, let me say that this is a fairly good book. i read all the time and having not read ALAS, BABYLON, i probably would give this a 4 or 5 star rating. however, it contains nearly all the same plot twists--single man, love interest, a diabetic major character, the main character growing harder than he thought he could, home invasion, a mini-war, and eventual redemption by the U.S. government. aside from the reason for the national disaster, the heirs of Pat Frank could probably take the author to court. the only difference that i see is that they (spoiler alert) eat the freaking house dogs. so i cannot get 'on board' with this as an excellent book. i think that if you want to read something about a potential national disaster and you have not read ALAS, BABYLON, this would probably be okay for you. but for my time and money, i would rather re-read ALAS BABYLON (for about the tenth time) and leave this obvious poser in the dust.