Jane and Dan at the End of the WorldÂ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (March 11, 2025)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 11, 2025
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The book blurb was interesting, it had promise that in my opinion never manifested. Jane is an author who wrote one boring book that no one read. Except it seems a terrorist whose group has taken control of a restaurant Jane happens to be dining in. While not a complete duplicate Jane recognizes sections from her story unfolding. Her husband thinks she's on an ego trip because no one read her book. Even though she's right so is he, she's on a high thinking it all has something to do with her. Jane is having the worst inner dialogs that are part angst, anger and fear. Her emotions and moods gave me whiplash.
I found Dan to be as dull as the book Jane wrote. Dan is thinking about being a hero or not, mostly not. His Bruce Willis syndrome takes up a lot of space in his thoughts. Dan is middle-age typical. The most interesting characters are the eco-terrorist but their cause is a woke joke. Climate change is no longer a hot cause to be involved with, it's about a decade too late. After the first third of the book, I started skipping around and the ending was just as awful as the rest of the book. It could have been an entertaining finish but it was overly complicated.
