Just as everyone seems to have their own usually strong (and sometimes luke warm) opinions on end times and the actual apocalypse, this book's plot comes out in wonderfully the same way. There are many opinions readers can form while experiencing this story, but it's not until the end is revealed that readers can be sure who is right and who is wrong. Yes, this can be said on mysteries and other books, but there was something quite enjoyable about being in this book right beside Walter questioning and discovering points as he does. Readers go down the rabbit holes, wondering who is trustworthy and what is what it seems, start to wonder if it's paranoia, and then get to see what's really going on.
Apocalypse TV is a novel that goes through one character's start of self-discovery, from a death in the family, into, and through the reality tv show. This character questions things that he may never have thought about enough prior to question and he grows, oh how he grows. Whether readers are looking for a book to read for sheer pleasure, or for a book club or classroom discussion, Apocalypse TV will hit this mark. There are multiple characters so that readers can connect on many layers, but also only one real main character and readers become involved in his mind so effortlessly that it is easy to feel what he feels and to think about the events how he does, even making the reader's own natural thoughts just become ways readers root for him to consider. Every reader might handle this situation differently, yet there is an artwork and beauty to Allbaugh's writing that allows every reader to understand at least why his protagonist reacts the way he does.
Follow the link below to get a copy and take a read. You will walk away with a new way to look at reality shows specifically and your fellow humans in general.
