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Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift

14 reviews

chia_ie's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book was amazing. i loved it so so much. HOWEVER some parts were definitely hard to read, and i don’t know if i would’ve picked this book up if i was aware of the amount of gore in it.

there are some really distressing (and detailed) scenes including both animals and humans. the story being set in 2023 is also anxiety inducing, as we are still living through a pandemic. the idea of another one so soon, and it being more severe, is scary. 

i really enjoyed the main character. she felt very human. some people pointed out some inconsistencies in her character and the plot itself, but honestly if i ever did question anything, it was never significant enough to spoil the book for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Vomit, Addiction, Death of parent, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Body horror, Gore, Animal death, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Murder, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Car accident, and Infertility

luelle_'s review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

That ending just infuriated me. I have no other words at this time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Vomit, Terminal illness, Suicide, Infertility, and Excrement

sabrielsbell's review

emotional 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

1.0

The premise of this book seemed right up my alley.  I love a good dystopian/survival story.  However, I just could not get into this book and DNFd at 65%. I struggled with 3 main components.  The first is the main character who is incredibly unlikable.  She has no survival skills, treats animal pretty poorly, and is all around unrelatable even with her struggles with anxiety and depression.  Since everyone is presumably dead, she is the only point of view you get and the only character you really spend time with aside from her best friend and her husband who are also both meh.  Secondly, there is really nothing to the plot.  Its a mix of the main character driving, drinking, and thinking about her past life with a few big moments thrown in. At the beginning it is clear that the main character is not capable of surviving on her own and I figured we'd spend the book watching her learn the hard way.  There are very few moments like that. Instead she keeps randomly finding food, water, and shelter with little trouble and most of the book is her staying in hotels and drinking or doing mundane life things.....just alone. Lastly, I struggled with the lack of research and logic.  At one point she says she sees a car every hundred miles or so (England is not that many hundred miles long anyway?) and then she says she went from London to like NorthHampton which is only 62 miles away. She also talks about snow being up to her thighs and then the next day it has completely melted and the grass is green.  It just doesn't make sense.  There seemed to be no research done into how bodies decompose or how long electricity would last without people.  All in all it was a very frustrating book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

_bookishbella's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Gore, Excrement, Drug use, Death, and Blood