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gabriel98's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
nicolamb's review
4.0
Despite my hatred for the main character who makes so many stupid decisions and is honestly very hard to like, the writing was great, the atmosphere was great and I'll give it 4 stars because it made me care so much that I was vocally berating the MC at every stupid stupid decision. Ugh, she was a lot.
lpaxley's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
chickenrungravy's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
3.5
katykelly's review
5.0
The images are hard to forget, a scenario too close to home.
Powerful and relevant post-pandemic narrative. I just LOVED the fact that the last person alive after a deadly pandemic rages is a regular, flawed, incapable, scared woman.
And one that makes the reader laugh regularly. She's so relatable. Nobody alive can fail to see the comparison between Anonymous Narrator and the current world we are living in. Few will see humour in our situation. But here there is humour. Pathos. Fear. Tension.
6DM (Six Days Maximum is the length of time you have to live after catching this) has speedily moved through the population, and we get to see the just-out-of-sight view of our own COVID-like plot spun out if things had gone slightly differently.
Seeing the impact of a global virus might not be everyone's cup of tea at the moment, but I didn't have trouble dissociating from life to immerse myself in a different story. Seeing someone else's vision of how governments and societies cope in the last days, what the world will then look like. The problems a person would face in sourcing food, finding somewhere safe, the new threats he or she would face. Some that hadn't occurred to me.
Our narrator is very much an EveryWoman, one who shares quite intimate details with us and doesn't care. I did enjoy the slow reveal of her own history, her own romances and work life and personal mental health challenges. All led to the still-pretty-incapable woman being left the sole heir to the throne of humankind with little chance of succeeding.
This combined several aspects very successfully - the backstory that gives us a flawed heroine ill-equipped to imitate Bear Grylls, the (post) pandemic survival story, the woman, the sidekick, the predators, the challenges.
I really enjoyed the narrator talking to us through diary-like entries, she's open with us. She makes terrible decisions but you don't lose sympathy for her. I also loved the author's inventiveness and how well things had been considered - the new 'top of the food chain', the things that go wrong, the way life slowly shuts down and changes as humans disappear. All too real.
Very readable, despite the subject matter. Humourous, smart and hard to forget.
With thanks to Netgalley for providing a sample reading copy.
Powerful and relevant post-pandemic narrative. I just LOVED the fact that the last person alive after a deadly pandemic rages is a regular, flawed, incapable, scared woman.
And one that makes the reader laugh regularly. She's so relatable. Nobody alive can fail to see the comparison between Anonymous Narrator and the current world we are living in. Few will see humour in our situation. But here there is humour. Pathos. Fear. Tension.
6DM (Six Days Maximum is the length of time you have to live after catching this) has speedily moved through the population, and we get to see the just-out-of-sight view of our own COVID-like plot spun out if things had gone slightly differently.
Seeing the impact of a global virus might not be everyone's cup of tea at the moment, but I didn't have trouble dissociating from life to immerse myself in a different story. Seeing someone else's vision of how governments and societies cope in the last days, what the world will then look like. The problems a person would face in sourcing food, finding somewhere safe, the new threats he or she would face. Some that hadn't occurred to me.
Our narrator is very much an EveryWoman, one who shares quite intimate details with us and doesn't care. I did enjoy the slow reveal of her own history, her own romances and work life and personal mental health challenges. All led to the still-pretty-incapable woman being left the sole heir to the throne of humankind with little chance of succeeding.
This combined several aspects very successfully - the backstory that gives us a flawed heroine ill-equipped to imitate Bear Grylls, the (post) pandemic survival story, the woman, the sidekick, the predators, the challenges.
I really enjoyed the narrator talking to us through diary-like entries, she's open with us. She makes terrible decisions but you don't lose sympathy for her. I also loved the author's inventiveness and how well things had been considered - the new 'top of the food chain', the things that go wrong, the way life slowly shuts down and changes as humans disappear. All too real.
Very readable, despite the subject matter. Humourous, smart and hard to forget.
With thanks to Netgalley for providing a sample reading copy.
kyliebowers's review
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
queenb247's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book has been sat on my shelf for years! I was struggling to choose what to read and it found its self in my hands… Bethany Clift I apologise for how long it sat on my shelf. You have an absolutely amazing imagination and a way of telling a story that is breathtaking! I loved every second of it, things I never would have thought of in the main characters situation! I just realised I don’t even know her name, did you give her one? “No one has said my name in so long” was referenced a few times but did you ever tell us her name? I 100000000% recommend this book! It has blown my mind. 👌🏼
sotosprotos's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
jackbifrost's review against another edition
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Racism, and Infertility
Minor: Homophobia, Murder, and Gun violence