Book: White Out

Author:  R.S. Burnett

Thank you NetGalley and Spotify Audiobooks for an advanced audio copy.

White Out is a book that I should love based on the description. A researcher is stranded in Antarctica when she gets a radio broadcast that nuclear war has broken out. This alone got me excited but I just was never sucked in. 

Rachael left her family and her child to embark on this dangerous research mission even after her husband pleaded for her not to go. This was one of the main reasons I didn’t like the book. This just made me mad at Rachael and made her not relatable to me. With someone who is happily married with a kid on the way, there is no way I would leave. 

The other issue I had was with how topical it was. It did not name the US president by name but it did use a lot of keywords so you know who it is. I go to my books to escape the real world so for me personally I didn’t like that reminder of real life but I know some people will love it. 

Overall this is a good story and it’s well written but it just didn’t grab me. By no means do I think this is a bad book. I thought it would have been the target audience but unfortunately, this was not for me. 

Final score: 3/5