Disclaimer: Virginia O'Connell received a free copy of this book from the publisher via the Goodreads First Reads program. I got to read it after she did.

This isn't Left Behind, it really is the Leftovers. A "Rapture-like Phenomenon" that didn't seem to involve Anti-Christs or any other of the signs from Revelations except for people just disappearing. In fact the results were much more of the clinical shock variety, rather than the biblical shock and awe.

The people in the book are believable, if somewhat shallow. The characters don't really stand out. There's the dad trying to hold his family together, the completely abandoned mom, etc. but once you finish, you don't find yourself returning to them and wondering what happened after the book ends.

It was an interesting read, and a great summer book. Not fluffy, but an easy and fast read. It makes you want to keep reading it until you finish.