It's not that this book was bad, it was just a little too young for me. Like most adults, there's young adult books that I actually enjoy and there doesn't seem to be such a large gap between myself and the characters. However, this book just was more 'young' to me. Maybe it was the "dear diary" Anne Frank style that the book is written in, which I find annoying even in adult books. Also the main character was incredibly whiny and obnoxious. Yes, it's basically the apocalypse but she was not strong or in survivor mode like most Dystopian characters. 
 Also, none of the characters in this book were likable. Maybe Mrs. Nesbitt, the old lady, but that's it. The mom was horrible. Sure she did right by having the kids stock-up on canned goods and whatnot, but she really wasn't in mama bear mode at all. She acted like her teenage daughter with her mood swings and how she spoke to her daughter was horrible. The male characters were just lame. The main character worships her older brother, but when he returns home from school the author does nothing to make the reader worship him as well. He just seemed like a jerk. The little brother was just a pansy. 
 Another thing that really bothered me was how the one Christian character in the whole book basically acts like she's in a cult. The pastor is making his parishioners give him their food so the girl is starving so that the pastor can eat and then she's super brainwashed and does really mean horrible things like *gasp* pray for the salvation of her super snarky, whiny, cynical friend (the main character) and their slutty friend whose name I can't even remember. Wow, what a horrible person. She's made out to be the antagonist because she's Christian. The main character could have definitely used Jesus because she had a horrible attitude. I guess making her say things like "I hate God!!" makes the book appeal to angst-y teenagers, but if it's the end of the world don't you think these characters could have really used some faith in their lives? It didn't seem like NOT having faith was getting them very far. 
 Okay, and so a meteor is going to hit the moon and no one was the least bit worried??? I don't find that very realistic. Look at the reactions people have to other things like The Mayan Apocalypse and I really can't imagine people just acting as though a meteor hitting the moon is normal. 
 When it comes down to it, I don't think I'll be continuing this series. Actually, when I bought this book I didn't realize that it was a series, which is also annoying. Nothing can be a standalone novel anymore. Everything has to be drawn out slowly and painfully through book-after-book-after-book. If you're a parent wondering if your teenager should read this book, I'd say yes on the basis it remains relatively wholesome, there's no sex which I appreciate in a young adult book. There are a few curse words which seem extremely forced by the author, they don't really fit in with the dialogue, I think the author just wanted to use a few curse words to get her book some extra brownie points with 12-year-olds. The book deals with death and crisis and there is some kissing, but it's all dealt with so lightly (the main characters hardly seem to care when people close to them pass away...) I doubt most readers will care either.