I think the thing I liked most about this series was just how different it was. I have been reading a lot of dystopian fiction over the course of the last few years, and much of it seems to be interchangeable. Sure, the plots involve slightly different situations and the characters and places have different names. But, though I enjoyed reading/listening to them all, it was pretty telling when my tween son literally asked me, “Didn’t we already listen to this book?” Although this series could be compared to other apocalyptic stories — like the dead & the gone and No Safety in Numbers — it didn’t feel like a re-run. The only problem I had with this book was that it seemed all too plausible. It really creeped me out to read about a series of natural disasters followed by a leak of chemical warfare compounds, with society as we know it falling apart. Very interesting story… but kinda scary if you’re known as “worst case scenario girl” and actually start worrying about things like this happening in real life.