Set after the first book in the series, End of the World Running Club. That told the tale of a man running across the country to find his wife and children when the world is literally ending. This next book tells the tale of the wife trying to keep the remainder of her family together but facing dire odds. And honestly, I prefered this read. It may be because I'm a mother but I found myself connecting to the main characters much more.
It really was a story on how far one mother's love could carry her.

Brilliant read.

I didn’t like this book. The characters were all incredibly unlikeable and the plot was hanging on by a thread at most times, with the journey all being based on ridiculous coincidence and chances. Not for me, sorry!

I flew through this book like it was on fire.

I’d read the End of the World Runners club and really enjoyed the sense of urgency and world-building that it brought. When I first picked up this one I didn’t realise it was a follow on and was pleasantly surprised that there was a sequel to The End of the World Runners Club.

This one had very much the same feel. Beth has two children and is suddenly all alone at the end of the world. Herded into camps and onto ships to avoid the apocalypse, Beth juggles her guilt over being relieved her husband isn’t there with the need to help her fellow survivors. Then disaster strikes and her children are taken from her. What follows is one woman’s desperate struggle to get her family back together, braving the elements and the dregs of humanity that are left after the world ends.

It’s a fantastic tale of survival, ingenuity and family and everything in the book was brilliant. I loved Beth’s dogged determination to rescue her children against all odds, I loved her relationship with her fellow survivors and those she meets along the way and I adored the descriptions of how different people come together or tear each other part to survive.

I really liked the first book so was looking forward to reading the second one. This was a nice departure to follow the story of his wife and how she experienced events after the events of the last book. Some parts felt a little bit convenient, but overall a nice continuation of the story.

I read the previous book – The End of the World Running Club – several years ago and it stayed with me, which is usually a good sign for a book. In the first book, MC Ed, literally runs the length of the UK in an attempt to reunite with his wife and child. The catch? Asteroids have struck earth and the world is in post-apocalyptic state of chaos. In this book, we see his wife, Beth’s, side of the story. She was surprised when he turned up having been used to always doing everything herself. And then there was no time for a reunion before she was forced to leave him behind again, fleeing to some sort of safety. Her journey is as funny and gripping as Ed’s, and she’s an easier character to sympathise with. Even on a ship bound for safety, nothing is straight forward. Beth will need all her wits to survive and protect her child. By turns gritty and fun, this was a worthy sequel.

The End of the World Survivors Club managed to explore new areas of a post-apocalyptic world, whilst still mainting the fast pace and anxiety-inducing action of the previous book, as a family tried to reunite against all the odds.

I am, however, feeling a little ambivalent about this book. I have a lot of time for an 'open' ending - although that can be very unsatisfactory, it made the story from the previous book, The End of the World Running Club, a lot more realistic, rather than wrapping everything up with a pretty bow. Apocalypses should not have happy endings, this is something I feel very strongly.

This meant that part of me was constantly rebelling against the story - a bit of "why are we bothering with this", shortly followded by "good, it's about time it was about Beth instead of Ed."

I think that was what sold it for me. Beth and her children were shipped off pretty quickly at the start of the previous book, and the narrative ended up being all about Ed as he became a new man, someone more resilient, harder and someone who was prepared to do whatever it took to get back to his family.

So I was glad that this story was all about Beth. And that she wasn't simpering. In fact, she showed the hardness and determination that Ed had never previously displayed. During their marriage she had felt as though she was caring for three children and, after she and the children had been helicoptered away, she had essentially given him up for dead, meaning that she was more than prepared to just depend on herself.

Unfortunately, it was this attitude that made Beth a very unsympathetic character. She was mean, she was rude, she was arrogant and ungrateful. She was surrounded by people who were willing to risk their lives in order to reunite her with her children, and she was just as willing to risk them. Perhpas I would be more empathetic if I was a mother, and I certainly raged with the injustice of Beth's children being stolen, but still ...

The End of the World Running Club had been all about Ed's development as a person. Finding depths he didn't know he possessed, as well as grit and determination. The End of the World Survivors Club felt more like a story about one family trying to find their children. Beth's growth was a lot more subtle, learning to trust others and learning how to depend on other people - I just didn't feel like it was a lesson that she deserved to learn.

And Tony - the man who had lost everything and was prepared to chase Beth and her crew halfway across the world for revenge? He was both compelling, and the most pantomime of villains, leaving his goons in charge and grandstanding all of his plans.

I love the different ways that the world implodes in an author's imagination when it comes to an apocalyptic setting, but it was perhaps the distance covered in this story that made it feel more far-fetched than the previous book.

I think I need to settle at 3 stars - it was well written, fast paced and exciting. But I finished it relieved that it hadn't drawn out the story any further.

Beth has managed thus far without her (mostly) useless husband, but when her children are taken from her she'll need friends old and new to help her cross a new, terrifying ocean to track them down.

It's a long time since I read the End of the World Runner's Club and, to be honest, I didn't remember all the characters or the exact sequence of events. But I remembered the basics, the inventive apocalypse I haven't seen anywhere else, and that unnerving, open ending. That at least is dealt with relatively quickly in this, what I'm assuming is the central novel of a trilogy. Things happen fast in this novel, with little down time.

I was a little surprised at how quickly everyone picked up how to sail - from what I know it's a complicated hobby with a lot to go wrong - but I understand that they didn't have much else to concentrate on and that when they need to people can learn very quickly. I'm looking forward to the possible third book to tie up those last couple of loose ends/

This book is the sequel for The End of the World Running Club, focusing on Beth. I thought it was a very good idea to continue the story with this twist. It made the book very interesting and different enough from the first one.

I loved her character as a strong woman and mother looking for her children against all odds thrown at her.

I definitely enjoyed my time with this book, fond of the writing and the plot.
Would highly recommend this series.

This novel continues the events of The End of the World Running Club but with a slightly different focus as it follows the challenges that face Beth without her ever distant husband. I found that a very interesting way to continue the story. The descriptions of the challenges in the ever changing world are vivid and absorbing with the perfect mixture of heroes and villains to keep you hooked.

I loved the strong-willed Beth and her determination to keep searching for her children against the constant chaos that keeps thwarting her. It was worth the wait for this sequel!

My wife recommended the previous book because I love running, it was a very good book and you done need to be a runner to enjoy it, this book is also very good and I would heartily recommend it