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Dusty's Diary

Dusty's Diary, Book 1, 2, 3

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Dusty's Diary

By: Bobby Adair
Narrated by: Ray Porter
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It was a fungus spore that finally did it, knocking humans off the top of the food chain, with a lot of help from a pharma company too busy thinking about oversized profits rather than subpar outcomes. Most folks died, if not from the fungus, then from the riots and starvation that came when the grocery store shelves emptied and the spigots ran dry. Plenty of other folks lived on with the fungus growing in their bones, rooting in their brains, and turning them three-quarters crazy.

That’s when I moved underground and sealed the hatch shut on my backyard bunker. I was safe, with all the food, water, and entertainment I needed for five or six years. I had DVDs to watch, music to listen to, and books to read. Prepping had paid off for me.

At least it seemed so at first.

After a time, my radio stopped picking up signals from the world up top and for all I knew I was the last man alive on Earth. I’d planned for that possibility, yet never truly accepted things could turn out that way. The loneliness set in, gnawing at me and making me think crazy thoughts, including one that would change everything. Two years on, I opened the hatch and climbed out of my bunker.

I had to see if anyone but me was left.

©2015 Bobby Adair (P)2018 Podium Publishing Dystopian Fiction Horror Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Scary Zombie Apocalyptic Fiction Funny Science Fiction
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Good book, enjoyable chill story that I found great to full asleep to. Not in a bad way, it just isn't action packed or suddenly noisy for the most part.

Read like a diary (as you'd expect) with an interesting enough main character. I really enjoyed the lonely, remote vibe you feel while keeping everything surprisingly upbeat.

The character can come across a little intense/cringy at times, but I've had this before with Ray Porter's reads so maybe his voice acting isn't my jam.

Possible non-direct spoiler alert below.



My biggest gribe is it's very abrupt end, which wasn't satisfying at all and came out of nowhere. I can't stand stories that do this and it felt like the author had just had enough. In the after commentary (which is a cool idea) he said he wrote it in like 7 hours or something. Maybe he put it down that day and that was that??

Still well worth a listen if you're aware. It's an easy, entertaining listen.

hmmm

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The storyline was good, the narration great but boy, the constant whining was getting to me.

I wish he complained less

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Well written and edited story that should hook you in and make it very hard for you to put down - or at least take the headphones off lol. The main character is a down to earth, average kind of guy who is actually quite funny as well as being uncomfortably honest. He probably could have held back a little bit with the honesty when he decided to regale the reader with some of his inner thoughts and urges of a sexual nature. But then again that whole angle was critical to part of the story line at the end of the day, so perhaps not. Anyway listening to the inner thoughts of a lonely and somewhat horny middle aged guy is actually no where near as bad as it sounds. If you are the down to earth type you might even find some of his observations pretty funny.

Tbh I had danced around reading this one, partly because it was so short and also because I had also been put off by a couple of the reviews talking about the sexual aspect of the story. I have read one or two others of this author's longer books however and knew he could at least write well - or had a good editor at any rate and I had an urge to read a book from this genre but have already read everything out there that's not too incredibly mindless and stupid, So out of frustration and on a bit of a whim I decided to go way out on a limb and take a chance on this one. Glad I did.

So, all in all, not a bad book - I am a voracious reader and rarely leave any reviews unless the story is really bad or on the odd happy occasion like this one, when the book is good enough to inspire me to write one, This book gets a full five star rating - despite being a little bit on the short side. I hate using a credit on anything less than ten hours worth of reading time normally but have to admit that this story has an interesting premise regarding the zombies, a very believable main character and story with more depth than you normally get in the typical zompoc type of book. Give it a go - it might just tantalise your literary taste buds.

Something to sink your teeth into...

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I liked Dusty’s enthusiasm! A great character and well developed. Amelia was great. The Last of Us seems to have borrowed from this!

Positive energy

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I don't think I have laughed so much in a long tiime... I have also never had a book made me feel like I was having a conversation , its like being told a storey and feels like your acculy with them in that time frame, let alone a conversation.. I would love it if the author wrote a coninting saga of Dusty's Diary. I will look forward to more work from this author, not to mention the Narrator had a lot to do with the way this audio book came across, cant think of a better expression right now.... Loved it !

What a rippaI

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Think this is a great way to spend a day.
Talks about how a post apocalyptic survivor would be truthfully without too much gun toting shooter stuff!

Don’t get me wrong billets fly but it’s much deeper than that!

Solid writing from one of my new favourite authors

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I related to this too much xD
maybe I'm a grumpy old man... either way this was awesome, thanks xoxo

llloved it!

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A super entertaining listen. Loved the story and the narration was perfect. I could almost smell Bunker Stink! I’ve seen on Amazon in the US that there are three more books in the series so far but they’re not available in Australia. I hope we get them in audiobook form soon

Loved it!

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Great books, narration is on point. Peefect balance of light and dark. We need more though...

More Dusty!

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Well, I have just finished "Dusty's Diary and I loved it. The whole quirkiness of the book tickled my funny bone and I honestly thought it ended too soon. Do they make their way to the Carribean? Tell us Bobby.
More Dusty and M please.

More Dusty Please

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