two stars for the ending -- took me a long time to finish this book. Stuck with it under sheer will power. And when I got to the last of it -- what a cop out.

Just did not care. Too many characters in the first 40 pages and i couldnt remember whatnhappened earlier.

The entire Daybreak trilogy was "don't want to put down" good, but this one was the best of the three, in my opinion. I'm amazed at Barnes' thorough and thoughtful handling of the story arc and the fictional world he created as a result. Several somewhat extreme and stereotypical characters, perhaps, especially the rapture-focused Christians, but overall they were mostly complex and interesting. Their misplaced and motivationally questionable heroism, especially.There was no sweet, "Independence...

There is a lot going on.Not only in this work, but in the world of this work.Because there is so much going on, Barnes seems to strive to address the highlights and/or impressive moments in the wreck that is post-catastrophe-still-amid-catastrophe Earth.Unfortunately, because there is so much going on, this entire series would have been _best_ served using Harry Turtledove's 'Darkness' series as a model: it may take seven volumes to tell this tale, but tell _the whole_ tale and not just the sele...

Really enjoying this series. Things are looking pretty bleak for civilization this time around and the United States is on the ropes. But there are still good people out there, doing what needs to be done. Plus, a glimpse at the likely-extraterrestrial nature of Daybreak itself--has this happened to other civilizations on other planets before? Keep writing 'em, Mr. Barnes, and I'll keep reading...

Compelled to read it because I read the previous two. Not particularly impressed by it, however.

These three books by John Barnes, Directive 51, Daybreak Zero and The Last President are a must read. They provide a chilling reason for why SETI may be a bad idea. The writing is excellent. Set in the near future, people all over Earth start working to reverse progress and take us back to the technology level of the early 1800's. The reason why this is so can't really be seen until the last book.I bought the first book based on the cover and the description of the story on the back of the book....

Dreadful.

[THERE ARE SPOILERS DISCUSSED BELOW.]Ok. (rubs face) Ok. So. I'm just going to say it. This book was so bad, I don't even know where to begin. However, I WILL say this up front: the entire book's plot can be summed up in one sentence. Here it is: The good guys established in Books 1 and 2 lose and most die violently, the United States dies, the bad guys completely and irreversibly win and desperate for a way to end the story, the author blames it on aliens. That's a wrap.That's it. That's litera...

It is possible that some people will read this book without having read the previous books in the series. They will find themselves trying hard to figure out what was and is going on. I have read the previous books and had trouble remembering the back story. I don't think that many people will be satisfied with the conclusion of the story and the fates of the characters. I can think of at least two major characters that are not given any kind of conclusion. I found that very unappealing, others

Though this was the least enjoyable books, and the twist at the end is interesting but slightly disappointing, if no other reason that I would have loved to see the enemy actually confronted. This trilogy could use a fourth book, the way it all wraps up leaves room for more.I agree with whoever in the book said the war against the tribals was pointless. There was a lot of great action but the reasoning why the war was pointless wasn’t the same as mine. I just thought it slogged down the first ha...

A wonderful ending to a great series. The Last President is the final installment of the Daybreak series and it goes with a bang. Full of action, but a deeply philosophical novel, John Barnes provides an intense read. This is both for the adrenaline junkie and the philosophical guru. Nobody is safe in the new world and heroes die. This is a world of white hats, but not really black, but grey hats. This is an intellectual read and not an easy one to follow, but well worth the travel. The Last Pre...

It was not bad. I wanted to finish it to finish the trilogy. It was tough to get though but that might be because I read it during the Caronapocalypse 2020. The ending might have been rushed but I think we all feel story endings are rushed. It's still an entertaining read.

I struggled to get through this series but I was determined to finish them.I thought for a while near the end that it may not be so bad of a book but I was wrong. It really was a lame ending :(

Third in the Daybreak series (following Directive 51 and Daybreak Zero) and in many ways the most horrifying and yet oddly satisfying of the three. Some things are resolved, like why Daybreak (saw that coming). I won't go into detail (see title above) other than to say that it seems that Barnes is someone who believes that even when the human race is at its lowest, even when we've been beaten so seriously down we can't see how we will ever get up again, we don't give up. I like that. I hope it's...

The Last President is the third book in the "Daybreak" immediately-post-apocalyptic series. It's not very good but I keep reading it anyways. It's the kind of Schrodinger's Not Very Good that has a wave superposition state between Not-Very-Good-But-Enjoyable and Simply-Not-Very-Good.The apocalypse in this case being the deliberate crashing of global civilization by way of releases of genetically engineered bacteria that ate most processed oils and plastics, and nanotech doohickeys that ate most

I'm... not sure how I feel about this yet. If the first book was sci-fi and the second was political thriller, this book is a war novel. The second one kinda worked for me more, to be honest. This whole series is very much about a Plot, with interesting characters thrown in to complicate it a bit - if that isn't your thing you won't like this series. I had fun correctly interpreting a bunch of foreshadowing in this one, only to get completely blindsided at the end...((spoilers follow))Really, ho...

Impossible to get into. So bored and I don't care about any of the characters.

Let's just say that I knew what the ending would be very early in the 2nd book of the trio, but it is still very well written.

DNF. I could not wrap my mind around the futuristic setting. I’m not sure if I need to read the first 2 books to do that but I’m not going to try. Very violent to start off also.