This book would be at home in a new niche sub genre that I've noticed and chosen to call "Family on Vacation Experiences a Vague Apocalypse'" à la "Cabin at the End of the World". I liked this book well enough although it was somehow even slower and more thoughtful than the already slow and thoughtful movie adaptation that I watched before reading. I found the author's style and turn of phrase invigorating and compelling, his intelligent and layered language contrasted phenomenally with the sudden sharp action interspersed throughout the novel.

This was one of those books that impressed me to a degree such that I will automatically give any new book by this author a shot.