The Jakarta Pandemic

This was an excellent read. This was more about what happens to the guy next door then the world as a whole. A very localized and realistic story for my tastes without the added gore that is replete of most of the genera. I am awaiting the next one from Steven Konkoly.

A realistic approach to what might happen in a pandemic event. Although not a gripping story, it kept you captivated because of how believable the situations were.

What was terrifying about this book, and had me actually scared, wasn't the virus, but the people and their subsequent actions when society crumbled and survival of the fittest incurred. And, how all of that encroached on the protagonist's neighborhood. There are those that plan ahead, and those that wish to take from those who have. Konkoly created some terrifying interlopers in to this former bedroom community that had me pulling my covers up to my chin. Looking forward to his next book. Also, the narration was excellent.

Yes. It was the reactions of the neighbors to each other, and the disintegration of society and civil behavior.

This is a story that can one day actually happen. I never really realized all that can go on with a Pandemic. I really enjoyed Alex and Kate, they kept me laughing as the two interacted with each other. Kate reminds me of myself at times. But great story and had a hard time putting down my book.

A story that grabs you...rolls along, keeps you interested, with a very sharp ( actually, extremely sharp ) performance by Joseph Morton. ( He is starting to be one of my favorite performers of late ).
Only drawback is the conclusion, which I thought was rather abrupt and didn't quite fit with the rest of the presentation. It was almost as if the author ran out of material or something.

This should be listened to for the characters and the presentatin, not the conclusion. Well worth it for the former however. Enjoy it like i did.

Only if they were hardcore pandemic/zombie fiction fans. It's a good story line that explores the long-term consequences of a world-wide pandemic that kills a lot of people and what daily life would be like if society collapsed. But if someone was new to the genere, I would recomend Day By Day Armagedon as a better use of a credit.The characters are incredibly formulaic, making the same bad decisions and facing the same consequence as every other protaganast following the JL Borne story arc platform. Like Borne, Konkoly is a Naval officer, having graduated from the Naval acadmey; and like Borne, the protaganast is also a retired Naval officer. What separates this book (and all the others riding on Borne's coat tails) is that the main characters consistently make decisions that the reader and the characters know are in thier own best interest. If the characters were unaware of how they jepordized their own safety, at least there would be the suspense created by irony of situation, but when the reader and the characters are aware of their bad decisions, it causes the listener to become incredibly frusterated with the characters' obvious stupidity.The body of decent pandemic/zombie liteature is fairly shallow, making this book better by comparison, but only within the genre. As a work of fiction within the greater Audible library, it wasn't that good. Someone new to the genere would be better off listenin to something else.

Day By Day Armagedon by JL Bourne. Both are disaster/pandemic stories written by Naval officers with Naval officers as the main character.

The naration was consistently delivered in a "ho-hum" diction. It fell somewhere between the animated performance of Roy Dotrice and the chillingly detached litany of Jay Snider. My guess is that the casting director was trying more for the latter, but Joseph Morton's attempt at a cold delivery underscoring the gravity of the situation has a fatherly quality that just makes him sound bored with the story. This was the product of casting and not direction.

Yes, if it was filmed on Peaks Island, because I'd like to see more of this really unique community that I hope to live in soon.

It was really exciting for me to listen to this book because it takes place on Peaks Island, outside of Portland, Maine. I actually have plans to move to this island in the near future, and as a hardcore pandemic/zombie fan, of course I've thought about how this island would offer haven from a world-wide pandemic. I'm guessing he lives there, and boy won't that be an akward experience running in to him after lambasting his work! Fortunately, he will have no idea who I am.

NO! The author gives WAY to much detail on things not needed. It gets so annoying I wanted to scream at the author. For example, you have to hear the reader describe the pattern of underwear someone is wearing and there isn't even a need to let us know the character IS wearing underwear at that time to picture the scene. The story is too descriptive and goes into detail about the relationships of the 10 main characters in the story. It doesn't go into a lot of detail at all about the epidemic outside this small community or about the flu strain and it's symptoms. It became very boring and I was stuck listening to it just to kill time.

NO

Him trying to do a female voice is quite annoying, almost unbearable to listen to. He gives too many long pauses and his style is the same in every book he narrates, that I can't enjoy any book he reads now.

too many to give-but the main one is the scene where the neighbors family is found dead, killed by the neighborhood infiltrators. At least take the part out about the small children being found killed. The characters lack so much emotion that you can't just all of the sudden throw the worst thing in the world at the reader near the end of the book, babies murdered, when there has been no dramatic scenes or emotions in the first 3/4s of the book!

I will also tell you that the relationship between the husband and wife is weird. You go into so much detail about everything, but I am still unable to understand their relationship. They don't act very loving except for some weird, lets get busy in the bed, scenes. They seem cold and annoyed with each other the whole time except when the author tries to make them love each other.

If you like books that are more descriptive than eventful and intriguing to listen to, then this is your book. If you get annoyed easily at nonsensical crap, then stay away!

I enjoyed this book from beginning to end! The story was very believable. It is a pandemic story without all the doomsday hype!

I didn't read the print edition.

Joseph Morton is GREAT, I also heard 77 Days in September by him.

Yes...I have listened to it three times and it is a great story. It is an interesting perspective on how "every day America" would react and shows why you should hold off on your gut reaction to some situations. Ted was a great character to hate.

Overall reaction by the characters and the national reaction

Voice inflection and natural story telling ability. I am currently looking for more of his work.

The collection of the corporate supplies by Ted.

Well worth the credit.