After the Flood

What a mess! At first, Montag does a decent job of world building and depicting a post-flood apocalypse works in which little land is left. But, the book devolves from there.

How is it that there are only a couple of ports when there are many mountains over 10,000 feet above sea level? Also, how are any of the remaining ports producing crops when the tops of mountains are not good bases for agriculture? I hat happened to all of the aircraft carriers and other types of boats? However, let's say we can suspend disbelief on the “science” in this story.

The characters are either sloppily sketched or just stupid and annoying. Myra consistently makes the most idiotic choices available; I find it hard to believe she'd survived 6 years on a ship with just her daughter being that ridiculous. Pearl would also not have made it that long by being so disobedient and bratty. But, who wouldn't be with a mother whose entire focus is on her other daughter?

Then there's the crew of the Sedna; as soon as they get into a port, they immediately head for a bar and split up, never bothering to look around for raiders, which were everywhere.

The plot could have been interesting, but it's really just boring and I found myself skimming the last 100 pages.