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Odd Billy Todd

By: N. C. Reed
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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A post-apocalyptic fiction by N.C. Reed.

Billy Todd has always been different. Most people called him odd, and those were the nice people. Though he was born with a learning disability, Billy's parents never allowed him to consider himself disabled. Raised to be self-sufficient, Billy might not be as smart as some, but he was a lot smarter than people realized.

When the entire world is devastated by a plague that kills over 95 percent of the population, Billy is not helpless. Believing he may be the only survivor in his town, he manages to place himself in a good position to survive alone in a new world.

©2015 N.C. Reed (P)2019 Creative Texts Publishers, LLC Action & Adventure Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Survival Native American Apocalyptic Fiction
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I found this book beautifully written with such clarity of characters and depth of detail. I love Christopher Lanes accents and his American drawl. It’s almost as if I could visually see Billy Todd and the other people throughout the story, they were so well described. The story flows well with twists and turns, keeping me ‘on the edge of my seat’, overwhelmed, but also with laughter at occasional funny family and relationship scenarios.

Thoughtful and unput-downable........

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Well. I have to say I enjoyed this but it was a bit tricky in places. If you like post-Apocalyptic fiction, this isn't the worst there is. It's not the best either.
The story had a lot of promise but ran aground on the tub-thumping Americanised idea of the second amendment and other rightward leaning ideas, such as servile women obeying their menfolk. If the main character, Billy Todd is supposed to have Special Needs, or is a bit mentally challenged, I don't know what the heck every other character has going on. It seems like they can only get a plan together if the guy with an apparent learning difficulty comes up with a plan that surpasses their own, that they hadn't thought of. While then praising how clever he really is and how they'd never have thought of such a plan.
I'm in the UK, so this gun business is a bit tricky. I know a lot of rightward leaning gun lovers would like a scenario to develop where they can get to read about how the good guys with an arsenal of guns, took on some bad guys, who barely know which way to point a gun, and murder them all. If that's your thing, there's some of this. A lot of the book is Prepping for the Apocalypse for Dummies. No pun intended on Billy Todd.

Saying all that, it was ok, not bad. Just had a lot of promise wasted.

Good in parts.

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I loved this book and the narrator is excellent he portraits the story wonderfully. I hope there will be a sequel

one of the best post apocalyptic books

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Just a great story, listen to the sample,if you are not hooked after that, then it's not for you, its a great story, and I highly recommend it

Odd Billy Todd,Just a plain old hero

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Much as I liked the characters and enjoyed the fact that most of the book was about how they rebuild their lives and community, it’s a shame that there always seems to have to be blood-thirsty rabid dogs, murderous bandits and in this book even cannibalism!!! WTF?!
And very little attention paid to the emotional effects an event like this would have on the survivors… everyone just seems to dust themselves off and cheerfully carry on with their lives.
Still, one of the better post-apocalyptic genre I’ve encountered.

Why must there always be rape and pillage?

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