Review of Ark of the Apocalypse
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Review of Ark of the Apocalypse
[Following is a volunteer review of "Ark of the Apocalypse" by Tobin Marks.]
Ark of the Apocalypse, by Tobin Marks, is a science fiction novel that features the story of two families as they navigate the end of the world. The story shows the Yanbeyev and Mizushima families preparing for their inevitable departure from Earth. While the Yanbeyev family focuses on medical training and medical skill pursuit, the Mizushima family pushes NASA's research forward with their technological development, assisting in their "Doom's Day" planning and worrying about what it would take to truly evacuate the Earth. We see these families’ stories from the early 1940s, around WWII, to the 22nd century on the new plant Aqueous, and it brings us closer to them just being able to see their struggle to survive, adapt, and persevere.
This book may be for teens and other mature audiences as there is profanity, gore, and explicit scenarios intersperse throughout the book.
Overall, it was a thrill to read: it took me one night, I just couldn’t put it down! It focused on multiple generations of a family as they struggled to survive through which they consider the possibility of leaving this inhabitable Earth in search of another planet. The use of political strife in the book was engaging because it mirrored the political strife currently engulfing the nation. Neighbors turning against one another just based on differing views, it showed the eventual consequences of these divisions. Illuminating the possibility of humankind’s future demise is important to the story and important to our society today: the argument of climate change is already under-way, and this book may as well have shown us our future.
While this novel was captivating and complex, it may not be for everyone. The genre hovers around dystopian, sci-fi, and action-heavy fiction. Along these lines, difficulty in following the story may deter readers from reaching the end of the novel. All chapters were titled with the location it would take place in, however, at times it was hard to understand the time period it was taking place in. Similarly, the use of military jargon and interspersed foreign phrases made the story engaging and realistic, but also slightly confusing. While they could be understood based on surrounding context clues, it may have been beneficial to have been given a “cheat sheet.” I believe this book has been previously professionally edited as errors were minimal and limited to spacing issues.
I give this book a 3 out of 4 stars because it was entertaining and amusing. There were lots of parallels made to our real-world situations that made it engaging and engulfed me in the story, truly made me feel like I was there alongside the Yanbeyev and Mizushima families.
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Ark of the Apocalypse
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Ark of the Apocalypse, by Tobin Marks, is a science fiction novel that features the story of two families as they navigate the end of the world. The story shows the Yanbeyev and Mizushima families preparing for their inevitable departure from Earth. While the Yanbeyev family focuses on medical training and medical skill pursuit, the Mizushima family pushes NASA's research forward with their technological development, assisting in their "Doom's Day" planning and worrying about what it would take to truly evacuate the Earth. We see these families’ stories from the early 1940s, around WWII, to the 22nd century on the new plant Aqueous, and it brings us closer to them just being able to see their struggle to survive, adapt, and persevere.
This book may be for teens and other mature audiences as there is profanity, gore, and explicit scenarios intersperse throughout the book.
Overall, it was a thrill to read: it took me one night, I just couldn’t put it down! It focused on multiple generations of a family as they struggled to survive through which they consider the possibility of leaving this inhabitable Earth in search of another planet. The use of political strife in the book was engaging because it mirrored the political strife currently engulfing the nation. Neighbors turning against one another just based on differing views, it showed the eventual consequences of these divisions. Illuminating the possibility of humankind’s future demise is important to the story and important to our society today: the argument of climate change is already under-way, and this book may as well have shown us our future.
While this novel was captivating and complex, it may not be for everyone. The genre hovers around dystopian, sci-fi, and action-heavy fiction. Along these lines, difficulty in following the story may deter readers from reaching the end of the novel. All chapters were titled with the location it would take place in, however, at times it was hard to understand the time period it was taking place in. Similarly, the use of military jargon and interspersed foreign phrases made the story engaging and realistic, but also slightly confusing. While they could be understood based on surrounding context clues, it may have been beneficial to have been given a “cheat sheet.” I believe this book has been previously professionally edited as errors were minimal and limited to spacing issues.
I give this book a 3 out of 4 stars because it was entertaining and amusing. There were lots of parallels made to our real-world situations that made it engaging and engulfed me in the story, truly made me feel like I was there alongside the Yanbeyev and Mizushima families.
******
Ark of the Apocalypse
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Latest Review: Ark of the Apocalypse by Tobin Marks
