I feel very let down by this event. I already wasn’t a fan of the apocalyptic setting this book takes place in, but when compared to Animal Man’s part of Rotworld? Animal Man is better. It has a far more interesting cast of survivors with more varied connections to the Red and Green.

I admit reading all of the Rotworld books back to back wasn’t the best idea, Snyder’s constant monologues don’t make it any easier. Snyder has a great voice for Alec and Abby, but he gets so verbose this volume that it became a chore to read through?

I’m also disappointed by the ending. The Rot having time travel powers is never set up, feels like a cop out, and also makes no sense as a power for what are essentially just a bunch of mushroom zombies. The new status quo of Abby Arcane as The Rot’s avatar is interesting, but I don’t think we needed to go through all this to get there. Very disappointed by this event overall. Hopefully the next book will be back to basics and feel more down to earth (couldn’t resist the pun).