A Potato a Day Keeps Monsters Away

Shelter in Spacetime, Book 1

By: Dmitry Dornichev, Nathan Klausner - translator

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Get this: you wake up in the hospital. You're not feeling so hot—to put it mildly—and also, you're surrounded by hordes of zombies! After trying to run away, you eventually find a map of the building, but guess what? It's in French! Why? 'Cuz you're in France!

You've got nothing on you but a baseball bat, and the zombies are just one step away from biting you on your bare backside. But don't worry, there's still hope, because you've got your own personal shelter in spacetime.

©2024 Dmitry Dornichev; English translation copyright 2024 by Nathan Klausner (P)2024 Tantor

why ?

why in the chapter 4 there is sex ? why this guy do not take some people to his Space and make things right?

Based MC

Funny, gritty, Russian no BS takes on the apocalypse and thrives. Even helps others along the way .. kinda

Really good!

this was really entertaining it was a mix of dark and humorous but do be warned that the author is Russian and if you have listened or read anything by Russian author you know what to expect competent and morally grey MC but also their point of view of men and women. overall it was a good story and im definitely getting the next one when it comes out

Hella misogynistic, but fun looking at it as satire.

every thing in it is so playing into 12 yr old boy stereotypes, that it's hilarious.

Extremely Misogynistic

First off, the writing and performance are actually pretty good, with a fun concept, some funny jokes and a few clever turns of phrase i'm genuinely impressed by. The world and the system are clearly thought out, the main character is consistent in being a complete ass, and you can understand why he is the way he is.

That said, i think some other reviewers think its just the main character who is extremely misogynistic. I don't think thats the case. If it were the case, we would be shown that women are useable for things other than looking pretty and to "relieve stress."
The issue isnt for how women are treated in the book, though i'd understand that while it may be "realistic" it would be uncomfortable for many who may just want a silly post apocalypse book that this portrays itself as. The issue is that to me, at-least it seems the author agrees with the character. Rarely is a woman in this book described by anything other than her looks, and rarely do they do anything but fawn over the main character.

Overall, the book was a fun time but it really became hard by the end to tell if the author was writing a character, or writing a world and people as he saw them, if that makes sense.