The humor falls flat in Daphne Lamb’s new novel, The Girl’s Guide to the Apocalypse, the story of a woman’s apathetic journey through an apocalyptic wasteland. While it has a few funnier moments, the story doesn’t really seem to move forward and leaves you unsatisfied.
Verdell is a data entry worker in a failing relationship who is happy spending her evenings with crime show reruns. When the apocalypse happens, she’s dismayed to find herself stuck at work. When finally rescued from the building, Verdell finds herself travelling from one bad situation to another.
While the author tries to make Verdell into a humorous protagonist, it feels somewhat forced and the character isn’t really likeable. Verdell does things for herself and no one else. There’s not a lot of change in the character by the end of the novel, nor a lot of change in the world around her. The ending doesn’t feel like an ending and mostly feels like the author was trying to suddenly make sense of the book’s title without working towards it in the story.
Humor differs from person to person, so I’m sure this book will find some fans. It wasn’t terrible, but it could have been much funnier than it was, especially if the main character was a nicer person. As it is, she travels the end of the world wondering why she’s alone.
2.5 out of 5 stars
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