Talk:Under a Very Black Sky/@comment-1452857-20130908215648

I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic stuff, so it's only natural that I found this to be a fantastic story. I love the description and the hints to modern things the characters don't know about, like the TV. I like how the year is unknown.

I enjoyed the fight scenes and the feeling of desperation that the story gave off, so that's a plus. But there are a few things I think you could improve upon.

Firstly, I didn't really feel the character's emotions. The pacing felt too fast to actually understand how the mind of any one character worked, and I never really felt sad when a character died.

Speaking of deaths, it felt like you got rid of characters too quickly. I understand that the setting calls for quick deaths, but you could use what little time they had to expand upon their characters. Fluff and fillers aren't always bad if used in moderation.

The romance was all right, but there were times when I wasn't quite sure if it was necessary.

Overall, I really liked the dark, gloomy setting (I have way too much love for sad, depressing stories). I like Zoe as a narrator, and I'm looking forward to the second POV in the sequel.