Prepper Fiction Done Right

4 out of 5 stars

I took a bit of a hiatus from post-apocalyptic books for a while.  No major reasons, but I’m glad I did.  The Journey Home was such a nice and well-written book that it was a good book to jump back in. The cover and overall feel of this book don’t jump out at you – but at its heart, its a well thought-out and told prepper story.

What would you do if you prepared for everything except for not being home when SHTF? That’s what this story seems to tell at its heart and I liked almost every minute of it.

Winchester was able to tell a story that was both interesting and informative without being “preachy” or boring.  When there is action (particularly the final stretch of the book) it just flies by.  I couldn’t put the audiobook down in the last hour or so.  Winchester just wrote such a compelling story that I had to know how it ended.

Overall, Journey surprised me a bit.  I didn’t really know what I was getting into. But I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. Throw in the wonderful performance by Travis Baldree and you have a winner in my book.

One of the best parts about listening to a book is that, even if the ebook version is/was full of typographical errors you will never hear it.  The narrator will pick up on different queues (or sometimes the book is re-edited before going to audio).  In the case of The Journey Home, I was reading through some of the amazon reviews and most of them mentioned some bad editing.  I wanted to mention this because I always forget about it since I listen to audiobooks almost exclusively now, but it’s a fun “win-win” for me.

Book Description:

The Journey Home (EMP Aftermath #1) by John Winchester
Narrator: Travis Baldree
Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
Series: EMP Aftermath #1
Published by Tantor Audio on February 27th 2018
Genres: Post-Apocalyptic, Prepper
Also by this author: Desperate Measures
Also in this series: Desperate Measures

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