After making love for the first time, high school senior Karen Ann McNeil confides to her boyfriend Richard of the dark visions she's been recently suffering. It's only a few hours later on that snowy Friday night in 1979 that she descends into a coma. Nine months later she gives birth to a daughter, Megan, her child by Richard, the protagonist of this disturbingly funny novel.

Karen remains comatose for the next seventeen years. Richard and her circle of friends reside in an emotional purgatory throughout the next two decades; passing through careers as models, film special effects technicians, doctors, and demolition experts, before finally being reunited on a conspiracy–driven supernatural television series.

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For the most part, the story is interesting, if at times meandering. However, after the apocalypse, it fell through. The ending was somewhat muddy and unsatisfying - so who are "they" that decide and control things anyway? And seriously the friends will wise up and make good use of their lives? Are they suppose to become evangelists? For what? And are we to suppose the rest of humanity, who has no clue what happened, will even pause to give them a minute?

Will reserve this for the medicine chest bookbox, which hopefully will have a new round soon.

Putting into box of Intentional Variety #8, as it doesn't seem likely a new round of Medicine Chest bookbox is happening soon. (though usually the moment I release the books, someone will decide to start a box...)

Received in the Book Box of Intentional Variety #8