My main gripe with this novel is how unbelievable it is. Science Fiction might be fiction, but all the best books are rooted firmly in science fact.

The world was very much unexplained from the start. There is a very important scientific advancement whereby humans don't need to eat any longer, they just live on electricity. This is a rather ridiculous proposition that I cannot even for a second fathom.

There is no attempt to explain how and, whilst Mary Shelley never did expressly tell us how Frankenstein gave life to his monster, science has advanced to such a point that even a vague attempt could be done. Also, why not remove the need for oxygen as well? And water, and the sugars, salts and vitamins the body needs to function successfully. I find it impossible to believe that electricity can replace all of that, even in a future with advanced science.

Beyond that, everything seems to fall to little pieces. The world and the predicament of the protagonists are unbelievable as well. Nothing is explained particularly well or formulated to create an environment that one can get in to and feel anything but skepticism.

And the zombies? Even when they did appear it took me a long time to realise that's what they were, and by then it was too late to hold any of my attention.