The book has some really interesting kernels of ideas that intrigued me - the circumstances of the apocalypse, the networks of communication, etc. But the text itself was so full of specific descriptions that it felt like it took 10 pages to get through what could have been said in 2. It was difficult to keep momentum up when everything was described in such specific ways, with list and lists of items noted for what was present in each scene in ways that didn't feel relevant or useful. I wanted deeply to like this book, but couldn't push myself to finish it.