Wake Me After the Apocalypse

By: Jordan Rivet

Narrated by: Kate Marcin

When a killer comet hurtles toward Earth, 18-year-old Joanna Murphy is selected to wait out the apocalypse in an underground bunker. She enters cryosleep with her close-knit team, preparing to resettle the planet after the atmosphere clears in 200 years.

Joanna is the only one who wakes up.

Faced with a bunker full of bones and a blocked exit, Joanna must claw her way to the surface, figure out what happened to her team, and try not to panic - or die. That’s going to be tricky if she’s the only person left in the world.

From the author of The Seabound Chronicles, Steel and Fire, and Empire of Talents comes a story of resilience and optimism at the end of the world.

©2018 Jordan Rivet (P)2019 Jordan Rivet

Wake me after the apocalypse

Enjoyed the story and the narration.
I would have enjoyed a bit more details on how the team prepared, but that did not detract from the story. The lack of swearing and violence was a nice change from the majority of apocalypse stories and I wouldn’t hesitate to suggest it to my preteen son.

Entertaining!

I read a review before that said that this book should have been classified as a YA novel. I do understand that assertion, because it has a lot of YA elements- hard not to when a while part of the book is all about people age shaming or being agist towards the MC. A less YA version of this book would perhaps focus less on romance and agism, and more on the existential aspects of the novel. It did delve into that, but it was more of an action novel IMO. However, I was definitely throughly entertained and definitely stayed up past my bed time devouring the book. A hallmark of good writing, YA or not.

Meh

Average storyline and plot. I will not be looking for the rest of this series.

I put this one off... didn’t think I would like it

Loved it! I enjoyed this book a lot and book 2 is locked and loaded for my next listen. It was a nice twist from my usual post apocalyptic books.

A bit predictable but overall a very fun listen!

While I didn’t find much to be surprising in the story, I found that the writing quality made me just happy to listen. The performance was a bit flat in places but I really enjoyed it and look forward to more of this author.

Careful what U ask for

A somewhat naive look at the coming end of the world. BUT well written and interesting view.Narration very good

Refreshing post-apocalyptic book

Although this book doesn't have any zombies or crazed psychos like most post-apocalyptic books, it was really interesting and to be honest, it was really hard for me to put it down to work on school work. I don't want to spoil it, but the book was a nice breath of fresh air after reading so many zombie or heavy duty apocalyptic books. I love how the main character is optimistic, idealistic, hard working, and resilient. I will agree that maybe at the beginning, the story focused alittle too much on the team, but I enjoyed learning more about all the characters. I'm looking forward to the next book (if there is one?!!?!?! i really hope so....)!

Draws you in.

Great narration. The story is a solid B although I would have liked a little more action.

Interesting Concept

I enjoyed listening to the book, but the story seems more like a young adult read.

Not my thing.

I forced myself through 10 chapters and gave up. The idea is good, the writing is fine, if a little bland. But the teenage angsty drama is just too much for me. Had I seen the preview or excerpt mentioning that the MC is 18, I'd have saved a credit for something else. So far, it's been an introduction to the premise and a whole lot of "oh he's so cute! Does he even notice me?" and "geez, I wish he'd kiss me already". I really feel like this is a straight forward YA genre and should be classified as such.