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Death to Anyone Who Reads This is the sequel to Hugh Howey and Elinor Taylor's excellent short novel The Balloon Hunter, which I recently finished. The action picks up right after The Balloon Hunter ends and we have the same main characters in the same setting, near a Costco in a post-apocalyptic America. This is also a short novel, only 100 pages in my print copy and a quick read. Whereas The Balloon Hunter was presented as written on a series of postcards, this novel was presented as written in a journal. Very unique and creative they are.

Hugh Howey knows how to tell a depressing bleak tale, and Elinor Taylor is know for her dark flash fiction so I expected these two novels to be deliciously grim. I found this novel to be easier to digest as the entries were longer than what was found on postcards in The Balloon Hunter and it was easier to follow.

I loved this. The twist ending absolutely blew my mind and I immediately went back and started reading over again. I'm not going to write anything more about either book as I would hate to give out or even hint at any spoilers. Any fan of Hugh Howey's fiction will enjoy these two short dark gems.