The First Days: As the World Dies

I thought the characters (Katie and Jenni) were very contrived and forced. I don't mind at all that the main characters are a lesbian and battered wife, it's a new angle, but they were just too high school-ish in their petty relationships with each other and the men in the book. One minute they are crying and kissing each other and the next they are cursing and shooting zombies in the head; it seemed like a really bad action movie.