Wake Me After the Apocalypse

By: Jordan Rivet

Narrated by: Kate Marcin

Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

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.

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.

Meh

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

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.

Back in time or FlashForward

I found this book to be very enjoyable. It is smart, witty and has just enough edge to keep you on your seat wondering what will come next. The characters are likeable and I must say are very diverse and represent many different groups of people. That might be my number one take away from this book. I am blind myself as is one of the characters and I must say it was very well written and well performed. There are some twists and turns that will leave you guessing in this one but I enjoyed them all. The landscapes are well developed and leave just enough mystery to evoke your imagination. The performance was very well done and makes use of several different voices, accents and tones throughout the entire story. It is very easy to tell who is speaking as there are several different characters each with their own unique voice. The performer also does great male voices as she is female. I like the closure that the listener receives at the end of this book however, does leave room for optimism for a second book in the series with some unanswered questions. I received a free copy of this audiobook from the author in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affected my opinion of this work.

Just beautifully written and a powerful story

Such a wonderful performance and story. Definitely worth a credit and you will NOT regret it!