Tag: Fiction

Goodreads review by Joanne Budzien. Doomsday Recon arrived on Friday and I was finished by Saturday evening. I changed some of my Saturday plans so I could spend the afternoon reading this book. However, the first time I read Shōgun, I missed sleep and had to set timers to remember to eat and take bathroom breaks. Doomsday Recon is a page turner, but not a put-your-life-on-hold, total immersion experience. Of the 108 books I’ve finished this year, Doomsday Recon is the only one that made me create a GoodReads account to tell folks to read this book. I didn’t do that for There is No Antimemetics Division or Theft of Fire. However, Doomsday Recon is not War and Peace, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Gone with the Wind, or any of the other classics I’ve read this year. Doomsday Recon is a good summer read if you want action that includes soldiers doing their best in weird circumstances that include god-like interdimensional beings, sassy suicidal cat-gremlins (who are sure they are not kitties), and Sugar Skull Gals.