I would recommend this one to people wanting to try a dystopian, but probably not hardcore fans of the genre.

He hates those kinds of people, he says more than once, those people who wear shiny, tight clothes and have sleek muscles. The lead character is a worthless husband and worse father and when separated from the family finds his only recourse is to run to safety.

This book is as much about the world ending and the things people will do to survive as it is about Edgar's battle with his own personal demons. If you like to root for your hero, then again you might find it a little challenging, though there are plenty of other more heroic characters to cheer for. Between the danger and fatigued described by the author by the runners themselves, I felt so much during this read. With her children stolen from her and their safe passage across the Atlantic dissolving into a disaster of Titanic proportions, Beth sets out on a brutal, treacherous journey to rescue the two most important people in her life. It is so frustrating to read four chapters of brilliance and then wait for that magic during the last 3/4 of the book.

Grimes was my favourite character but her death was ridiculous to me because she was a skilled soldier but managed to be the only one killed by some strongmen with guns. When I wrote On the Lips of Children and The Jade Rabbit, I was trying to depict running a marathon as more than just running, but as a harrowing adventure of endurance and proving your strength for that which you love. After the country is decimated by meteors survivors must cross the UK by Christmas to escape to the Southern hemisphere. Der Schreibstil war in Ordnung, aber mir fehlte die Spannung und ich hatte Probleme, mich in den Protagonisten hineinzuversetzen. I would love to see what comes next, but at the same time this book was such a fantastic experience, I don’t know if I want to see what comes next.Having made it to the rescue ship that will take them to a rumoured safe haven in America, Beth doesn’t waste any time on mourning her husband who got left behind in Cornwall. I was tired of the clamor and the din of the world that made less sense by the day and a life that had me just where it wanted. The way I was feeling – bone soaked and frozen – a capful of cheap supermarket rum would have done the job, but this was something special. Ed's character arc from inviting the end of the world to running across a continent for his family was lovely. What I liked: One of the things I absolutely loved about ‘The End of the World Running Club’ was that we got to see the before, during and after.

But seriously read the first four chapters and then imagine your own end; because they are brilliantly put together. I am not a fan of a book that has you believe one premise throughout the entire book; only to throw that awry at the end.It’s made more noticeable though by the fact all the human threats they face come from either the working class or country folk.