Right off the bat I will say that I have not watched the HBO adaptation of this novel, so my review is free of any comparisons which may have affected my feelings on the novel. That said, it seems a little counterintuitive to read a story about the aftermath of the disappearance (and seeming death) of a percentage of the population around the world given *gestures vaguely* everything, you know? But I thought, maybe this will make these strange feelings and emotions I’m having right […]

This is the novel of the tv show from HBO. I am watching the show now and there’s a lot in the show that I think the novel might have been improved had it contained some of the different choices, but also, I think the novel captures some things much better. So the plot here is that about 1-2 percent of the world population disappears in what appears to be the Rapture. It’s called the Rapture, but there’s no clear consensus about whether that’s an […]