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So the National Guard exists...

Lauren is starting her own religion or way I guess you can call it called Earthseed which is just stupid based on the writing I've read.

Did I mention she has a special ability to feel other's pain? Yeah. It makes no sense at all and every time she fights someone or kills them she overloads and passes out. Some leader.

Oh joy. Well now Lauren is walking north with what remains of her community (Harry and Zahra). And now I am seeing some The Walking Dead comparisons.

And now at 50 percent the time that Lauren was worried about has come, her community has fallen. And seriously once again I don't get how the communities all around did not just band together and take out the "painters" as they are called here and just wipe them out

If the world goes to hell I can promise you I will not still be paying my life insurance. I just..words fail me right now. I think that is my whole problem with this whole thing. People are poor and can barely afford food and water and are paying property taxes, own homes, and oh yeah are paying life insurance?!

Sigh. Lauren is an asshole. We do get someone's death I hated so there's that going for the book now.

The U.S. is still having elections talking about a return for better days. But it sounds like the whole U.S. has gone to pot. The citizens are expected to pay separately for police to investigate crimes and the fire department to put out fires and also for water from water merchants. Um what the hell are those property taxes they are still paying for being used for?

Godzilla movie (so many things) was the fact that in one of scenes people were still going to work. Though a freaking reptile and giant moth were stampeding across the U.S. Are you serious with this?

These people are still paying taxes. Yup. That right there just blows me away. The world has gone to hell in a handbasket, people are breaking into walled neighborhoods and raping, murdering, and stealing and you are telling me people are still paying the freaking government taxes? WTF.
-People are still going to work. Even though they can end up dead.... One of the things that took me out of the

There is a scene where her dislike for her comes out and she is angry that no one is babying her shit for brains son Keith.
-Keith. I hate this character and want to knock some sense into him.

-Lauren is a know it all. And aggravating as hell. Seriously, I wanted to just yell at her to get off my lawn. The only saving grace is that so far I have not been treated to any comments about how unattractive she finds herself and then we hear from all around her how beautiful she is.
-Most of Lauren's family is pissing me off except for her one brother and father. Her stepmother is an asshole.