Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Well written but poorly plotted story that had me pulling my hair out in frustration as I read along. Now, the author is a skilled writer and I enjoyed the mental images of fog and bog and green fields of Ireland, but I have never been a fan of books where the protagonist does something really dumb and is rewarded for it in the end. I counted no less than three instances where our heroine should have been dead in a ditch BUT FOR the intervention of good luck. Plotting a story where fair fortune is the method of extracting your protagonist from disaster strikes me the wrong way, but to each their own. I read all the reviews written and they sure sucked me in thinking this book was the next best thing to "Alas, Babylon". Sorry, not even close. This family continues tripping through the whole book with the survival sense of a mouse hanging out at a cat convention. I know I am going to be in the minority here but I really had to force myself to finish this book, muttering under my breath the whole time. I don't think the author meant this intentionally, but after I finally reached the end I kept thinking that one lesson to take away is that if civilization is crashing down around you, take no prisoners. Not sure I agree but the logic works based on the way the story ends up.