Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend

By: MJ Wassmer

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

VACATION CHECKLIST

• Pack swim trunks.
• Apply sunscreen.
• Survive the apocalypse?

Professional underachiever Dan Foster is finally taking a vacation. Sure, his life has been average at best, and yeah, he’s never quite lived up to his potential. But after a few Miller Lites in paradise with his girlfriend, Mara, things are starting to look up.

Then the sun explodes.

With the island resort suddenly plunged into darkness (he really should’ve sprung for the travel insurance), Dan’s holiday goes from bad to worse when elite guests stage a coup and commandeer supplies. As temperatures drop and class tensions rise, revolution begins to brew on the island, and Dan accidentally becomes a beacon of hope for the surviving vacationers. But when one six-person plane is discovered that could get them back to the mainland, Dan realizes he has a choice to make.

Does he escape the island with Mara? Or does he stay and fight to become the most unlikely hero of the end of the world?

“The end of the world has never been so fun! Explosively funny and terrifyingly plausible in its depiction of the apocalypse, this cinematic debut had me LOLing, cringing, and cheering throughout. I absolutely blazed through this earth-shattering action romp.”—Josh Winning, author of The Shadow Glass

©2024 MJ Wassmer (P)2024 Recorded Books

What a great book.

How would I sum this book up in one weird sentence? Thanks for asking. Here goes: If Animal Farm cared more about making me laugh than teaching me about the Russian Revolution of 1917, that, to me anyway, would be Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend.

Don't worry there are no talking pigs in this book, none that I recall anyway, just a basic white boy-uh, man-learning he can be more than he thought he ever could be with the right partner to encourage him and proper motivation. You know, like the end of the world and all.

Filled with memorable characters, sharp, funny dialogue and constant tension, M.J. Wassmer had me snorting at the edge of my seat, all the while trying to figure out the mystery of why the sun exploded, and why they all didn't die 8 minutes later.

Stephen R. Thorne did a great job of narration. I've been a big fan since listening to David Wong's, John Dies at the End many years ago.

Mind Blowing!

Loved this! Highly recommend. Love the diversity of characters, something you don’t see often enough. Also loved the narrator!

amazing

highly recommend. this book has everything. narrator is so great the whole premise was fantastic. I wish it could've lasted forever lol.

It was fine

It was interesting. It was worth finishing, but was not completely earth shattering. Joke intended. A story about human nature.

The narrator was perfect

If the world ended when you were on vacation, you’d probably feel a lot lot Dan Foster, like you had so much more to do!
The internal monologue and absolute chaos that happens when people try to take control of a bad situation was delivered in such an engaging way I didn’t want to stop listening. The narration was perfect. The story was shocking but entertaining. Totally recommend the book, just not the vacation destination.