This is a hard review. The writing is amazing, as you would expect from Wendig. It's a crazy prediction of what happened during COVID-19, I had to keep reminding myself that it was written before the pandemic. Yet there were a number of things that nagged at me.

First, it really needed editing down. There was so much in this book that many parts came and went without any type a payoff or need to the story. Second, I felt Wendig got some of the details around religion wrong and you could tell it was written by someone that didn't quite understand the subject. Third, the ending was rough. It made the sort of turn that I wasn't expecting, nor did I want. Makes me double check if I want to read the next book.