A Beginning at the End
Ratings9
Average rating3.7
At first, I did not love this but it grew on me. I loved what it had to say about family building. Sometimes your biggest fans are not people who are in your inner-circle when a crisis happens. I found a lot of hope in this story. I listened to this on audio and the narrator did a fabulous job with the voices.
★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 (rounded up)
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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“Mommy's not coming home.”
“No! Mama now! Want Mama!” Desperation had taken over the child's face, eyes pooling With the Whiplash turn of raw emotions. She tossed the plastic spoon across the prison-cell-turned-living-space, her voice ramping up in volume and intensity. His arms wrapped around his daughter, even though she punched at his thigh in frustration; he held her as if she was the last thing in the world.
Rob blinked as the realization came to him. She was.
His home, his old life was gone. His parents and brother, killed by MGS. Their friends, their community, scattered and ravaged. And now Elena gone too.
Sunny was all he had left.
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Here and Now and Then
A Beggining at The End
A Beginning at the End is a post-apocalyptic novel primarily set in San Francisco in 2025, approximately six years after about five billion people died in a worldwide pandemic. It's a story of found family that follows three characters: Rob, a widowed single father who fears the Family Stability Board may take away his daughter; Moira, a former teenage pop star who ran from that life and the father who forced her to live it the first chance she got; and Krista, a wedding/event planner who firmly believes in getting over things and moving forward. There are also occasional brief chapters focusing on Sunny, Rob's seven-year-old daughter.
Though I was mildly curious about where it was going at first, I probably would have ended up leaving it unfinished if it wasn't a fairly short, quick read. I found it to be too plainly written with too little world and character depth for my personal taste, but it may appeal more to those looking for an effortlessly readable, hopeful book revolving around found family.
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