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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
This was pretentious, ridiculous, and so religious it verges on hyperbole. The book was written in dialect that was strange and annoying, the world building made little to no sense (cars would not run 25 years later with no maintenance), the character motivations were paper thin, and when you finally become invested in the characters the book ends in tragedy. The only reason I rated it 2 stars was for the excellent narration.
An excellent new voice in zombie fiction, but please man, use quotation marks!
The best zombie book I have ever read. It's not really even about zombies, but more about life and death and humanity's role in it.
Loved it. Read it in a night.
Loved it. Read it in a night.
It was a decent read. It kept my attention, and I found the perspective of the protagonist to be interesting, if not entirely believable. There were times when the story and the writing were clunky, and the setting is fairly implausable, but it was alright. Nothing mind-blowing, and I'm unsure why it's gotten the hype that it's gotten, unless it's because of how the protagonist is written.
Da igual zombies, alienígenas o toreros amantes de los animales, un libro tiene que ser creíble, y de eso no he visto nada aquí.
I did not expect to fall so deeply for this story, it takes place in a zombie apocalypse for crying out loud! This story is filled with truth and beauty and brutality and I wish it had been 300 pages longer. I will think often of Temple and her world.
uhh, ok... the book is well written, but it feels like there is no beginning and no ending. what was the story really about?..
The Reapers Are the Angels I have read so many glowing reviews of The Reapers are the Angels that I simply had to see what all the fuss was about and even though I was warned ahead of time about the bloody bits, I still wanted to read this. I decided to listen to this on audio and I think the narrator did an amazing job giving voice to the conflicted and unique character that was Temple. I would certainly recommend this audio to anyone who is planning to read this. Temple was an intriguing character, so full of contrasts, she was kind and considerate but with the capacity to become extremely violent if provoked which made sense considering the dangerous world she grew up in. She was also extremely intelligent, logical, and self-aware but at the same time illiterate and simplistic in many ways. Her character fascinated me and reminded me, in a lot of ways, of Saba from Blood Red Road except Temple was much more complex. I was fascinated with the way she accepted the world for what it was and did her best to work within it instead of fight against what she could not control. I have to say, Temple is one of the most interesting characters I’ve read. The writing was vividly descriptive and unapologetically raw. It brought to life a bleak and desolate world overrun by the undead who were themselves more pathetic and sad than scary. The pockets of survivors that Temple came upon showed the best and worst of humanity. It was interesting to see the many ways that desperation and hopelessness may cause people to react. There were some people and situations that pushed the boundaries of believability, even for a zombie book but for the most part, I could realistically imagine that this is what the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse would look like. For some reason, I felt really disconnected from the story. I’m not sure whether it was the third person narration or the philosophical and highly allegorical way this was written, but while I could pick out a hundred beautifully phrased quotes, I was never truly engaged in the story. At times I felt that the writing was almost a bit pretentious and that it tried so hard to be literature as opposed to genre fiction that it overreached and ended up just being absurd. Or it could simply be that I am more interested in being entertained by a story than in trying to ponder life’s mysteries or decipher allegory. I definitely enjoyed listening to The Reapers are the Angels and, while it wasn’t really my thing, I can certainly see where other people would appreciate the writing style and depth.