Don’t buy this book; it’s pretty much a waste of a
good dollar.
When we first meet Canadian artist Kate, her city is
reeling in a snow storm, and everything seems to be going wrong. Her husband,
Jon, suddenly falls ill.
Nobody answers at 911, her neighbors aren't around to
help. She reaches her dad on the phone, but he can't help. Then her toddler son
falters as well, succumbing to "the disease."
Soon, Kate is sorely affected by something, vomiting
continually, her body wracked with fever and covered with pustules. She somehow
survives. Her family is dead, her neighbors and friends are dead ...
disintegrated and desiccated. Kate is a sole survivor. She makes a connection
with Thomas, 7-year-old boy who calls her but doesn't talk.
Okay, now that you know that, I'm going to do you a
favor, and suggest that you skip the first third of the book. There's really
nothing interesting to read, just mindless drivel designed to give you insight
on Kate's mental state of being, but not doing a very good job of it.
How she got from Canada to St. Augustine, Florida,
between Chapters 9 and 10 is not explained. Neither is her sudden communication
with a resurrected imaginary childhood friend, Ping, who lives in Texas.
And then there is Jack, a former doctor convicted of
murder and sexual abuse of a young boy, incarcerated in a maximum security
prison. One day, about four months after the "event," he shows up on
a beach and meets Kate. They become intimate and he falls in love. He wants to
just stay there and live out their lives; she wants to search out Thomas and
Ping. Her telepathic connection with Ping pays off. It turns out she's met him
before.
Frankly, I skimmed over the last half of the book,
and it was a chore even to do that. In fact, I quit reading before getting
three-quarters of the way through. I give it 0 bookmarks with a recommendation
that you save your dollar and consign Ping to the "Forget It" bin.
It's awful.
Ping (2011)
Susan Lowry
Amazon Digital Services, Kindle edition ($1.00 list)
ASIN: B0058UW9H4
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