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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
Well I can't say I didn't enjoy this book but I there is just so much unanswered and open...ugh ...I'm middle of the road on this one.
I think this book is going to have people either loving it or hating it. It's not quite like any other book I've read, zombie or not. There isn't a lot of action yet there is a lot going on. Like my favorite zombie tales, this one is about the characters making their way in an altered world and not about the gore. The fact that the outbreak took place many years before the story is interesting but not much about the origin is discussed.
Other reviews have mentioned Huck Finn and I think that's a great comparison. The story is about a teen making her way through some exciting and unsual challenges while having to be more mature and matter of fact about life than she should be at her age.
I was somewhat surprised when I looked at the back cover again after finishing the book to see that's it's aimed at a YA audience. I know my YA self would've liked this book and probably picked it up again later in life as I'm sure there were things I just wouldn't get about the story in my youth. And what I'm saying here is that for a YA book it deals with some slightly more mature themes and relationships between the characters.
The ending was a bit disappointing after going on this journey and it's not necessarily what happens at the end but the way it happens. I felt a little cheated, but on the other hand it does allow other things to occur that otherwise could not.
Other reviews have mentioned Huck Finn and I think that's a great comparison. The story is about a teen making her way through some exciting and unsual challenges while having to be more mature and matter of fact about life than she should be at her age.
I was somewhat surprised when I looked at the back cover again after finishing the book to see that's it's aimed at a YA audience. I know my YA self would've liked this book and probably picked it up again later in life as I'm sure there were things I just wouldn't get about the story in my youth. And what I'm saying here is that for a YA book it deals with some slightly more mature themes and relationships between the characters.
The ending was a bit disappointing after going on this journey and it's not necessarily what happens at the end but the way it happens. I felt a little cheated, but on the other hand it does allow other things to occur that otherwise could not.
A beautifully well told story that takes place 25 years after a zombie outbreak, detailing the life of a 15 year old orphan girl who only knows one thing: survival. Rich prose written in a style similar to Cormac McCarthy with a lead character that reminded me of Mattie Ross from True Grit. Even if you're not a fan of zombie lit, give this one a chance. I think you'll enjoy it.
Its Deliverance meets Resident Evil. This book had potential, had potential. What first bothered me was the lack of proper quotations on dialogue. I didn't know that what I was reading was speech until it said, she says, or he continued. So then I'd have to be burdened by rereading the sentences NOW knowing they were speech. What disappointed me more on this was why didn't his EDITOR catch it? Then he misspelled some French words and according to his bio he's a high school TEACHER! Shouldn't he know that when you write dialogue you use quotes?
So past all that, the story was a good concept, I liked his type of zombies and the fact that you've been dropped into the world some 25 years after its gone down the crapper. No reason was ever given why there were zombies, which was fine, the story didn't really need one. There were some things I didn't understand like Temple not knowing how to read and write but knew that fighter jets broke the sound barrier. She also use some verbiage that didn't belong in her uneducated, hillbilly vocabulary. Then once you drag yourself through the book, I say stop about 3 chapters from the end cause the ending really, really blows.
So past all that, the story was a good concept, I liked his type of zombies and the fact that you've been dropped into the world some 25 years after its gone down the crapper. No reason was ever given why there were zombies, which was fine, the story didn't really need one. There were some things I didn't understand like Temple not knowing how to read and write but knew that fighter jets broke the sound barrier. She also use some verbiage that didn't belong in her uneducated, hillbilly vocabulary. Then once you drag yourself through the book, I say stop about 3 chapters from the end cause the ending really, really blows.
This book was told in a slightly unorthodox way, kind of like someone might tell it to you orally. I really enjoyed the story and this is one of the books where I was sad it was over. I'd probably enjoy reading it again. The writing is very poetic at times.
One of those novels that proves genre boundaries are bogus. Yes, it's a zombie novel, but this post-apocalyptic work ranks with The Road for sheer lyricism and the voice of the protagonist is completely compelling.
So I went looking for a genre escape—I keep coming back to zombie books, for some reason—and found something lyrical and profound instead. Horrific, violent, gory, and upsetting, too, but still ... True Grit meets The Walking Dead through the prose of Faulkner or O'Connor.
Poetic and haunting, this one will stick with you for a while, and if they taught it in English class, more kids might like reading. They wouldn't sleep very well, of course, but who needs sleep?
Poetic and haunting, this one will stick with you for a while, and if they taught it in English class, more kids might like reading. They wouldn't sleep very well, of course, but who needs sleep?
One of the best zombie books I’ve ever read. More literary than genre, with a strong, female heroine and generally well-drawn characters.
the visuals described in this book are gorgeous, and I love how temple’s story slowly pieces itself together. but don’t expect me to feel sorry for mose, I DON’T.
I would actually give this 3.5 stars. Read my thoughts on my blog!