A review by emilyusuallyreading
Fallout by Todd Strasser
4.0
What I Liked
What if we actually were bombed during the Cold War? Scott's dad prepares for just this, and like a modernized Noah, his neighbors laugh when he constructs a bomb shelter and then panic and wrestle to get inside when the bomb comes.
The idea of too many people being trapped in a tiny bomb shelter with too little food and water and no medical care is terrifying... and makes the perfect, claustrophobic thriller.
What I Didn't Like
The flashbacks to Scott's out-of-shelter life help create a sense of foreboding, but they also give him moral dilemmas that don't add a lot to the overall plot, which seems to be lacking.
Realistically, is a tiny bomb shelter constructed in a back yard enough to prevent a family from being affected by nuclear fallout? I'm not so sure.
What if we actually were bombed during the Cold War? Scott's dad prepares for just this, and like a modernized Noah, his neighbors laugh when he constructs a bomb shelter and then panic and wrestle to get inside when the bomb comes.
The idea of too many people being trapped in a tiny bomb shelter with too little food and water and no medical care is terrifying... and makes the perfect, claustrophobic thriller.
What I Didn't Like
The flashbacks to Scott's out-of-shelter life help create a sense of foreboding, but they also give him moral dilemmas that don't add a lot to the overall plot, which seems to be lacking.
Realistically, is a tiny bomb shelter constructed in a back yard enough to prevent a family from being affected by nuclear fallout? I'm not so sure.