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mapelti's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Once again i would maybe like to live on a commune
isabelisalright's review against another edition
2.0
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2.5
Initial thoughts - so very little happens in this book. It was drawn out and I am just so not sure on anything to do with it at this point.
2.5
Initial thoughts - so very little happens in this book. It was drawn out and I am just so not sure on anything to do with it at this point.
reading_rainy's review against another edition
3.0
**3.75**
Decent zombie apocalypse, but lacking in character development.
Reads like a YA, lots of bickering with a couple of annoying characters, one fade-to-black scene. I spent most of my time reading this book waiting for things to happen. Lots and lots of gardening, prepping, canning, shooting practice, and dealing with some bad humans. Usually I don’t mind a slower apocalypse story, but I need that characterization to take lead and it didn’t here.
Decent zombie apocalypse, but lacking in character development.
Reads like a YA, lots of bickering with a couple of annoying characters, one fade-to-black scene. I spent most of my time reading this book waiting for things to happen. Lots and lots of gardening, prepping, canning, shooting practice, and dealing with some bad humans. Usually I don’t mind a slower apocalypse story, but I need that characterization to take lead and it didn’t here.
julieannie0729's review against another edition
3.0
Knowing this book predates our current pandemic surprised me. I have been able to read pandemic books despite *motions around* all this but the similarity to things lately hit hard at first. Knowing the virus takes a different path helped me keep going.
The real weakness to this book is that it felt like it was written about young adults and for young adults and then suddenly our characters were aged up but their behaviors weren’t aged to match. You could especially see this in some relationships and also language choices. The capabilities of our main characters would make this impossible for young adults but with the age up and yet immature cast, it also just doesn’t work as is.
The real weakness to this book is that it felt like it was written about young adults and for young adults and then suddenly our characters were aged up but their behaviors weren’t aged to match. You could especially see this in some relationships and also language choices. The capabilities of our main characters would make this impossible for young adults but with the age up and yet immature cast, it also just doesn’t work as is.
z_brarian's review against another edition
5.0
Amazingly good! Loved that it was a female protagonist. I teamed up a few times and laughed out loud. If I were in a z-movie apocalypse, I’d want Cassie and her family on my side!!
stephkay2012's review against another edition
5.0
I enjoyed this book so much more than I expected. I’m not typically into the zombie books. But, this was more of a story about the people and their relationships. and less about the zombies.
Great narration by Julia Whelan!
Great narration by Julia Whelan!
bethtana's review
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
arock1013's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
mountainblue's review against another edition
1.0
1.5 meh stars
I really wanted to like this book because there are a lot of great reviews about it and it is highly rated on GR but it turned out to be same old same old zombie apocalypse and I've read better to be honest.
I wanted to experience the thrill/horror and the gory details and the fight for survival of a zombie apocalypse but all I got was reports after the fact from the internet, radio report and small experience retold by side characters of the fall of different cities and vague reposts of chaos in other countries. In the end, the boring plot, the lack of action and character development made it difficult to lose myself in the story.
I also couldn't stand the main character's immaturity, character inconsistencies, and the annoying relationship and angst involving Cassie (the protagonist) and Peter (her ex) who was selfish, self centred and Cassie's angst over Adrian, the one that got away. The relationship drama gave the book a typical YA book feel to it. I don't like to skim-read or quit on a book but I was bored silly seeing the world's end from Cassie's POV. I think I would've enjoyed this book if the story was told from a multi POV.
And I can't believe no one called Peter and the equally immature Anna out on their behaviour and whatever was going on between them. SMH.
I struggled to connect or even like the main character, Cassie, because she was inconsistent and would think or plan to do something decisive or ruthless (like setting Peter or Anna straight) and then go on to say or do the complete opposite and show herself to be weak and resentful because she is unable to be true to herself and say what she means. She came across a bit annoying, immature, adorably clumsy (when it was convenient) but somehow she had a well-honed survival instinct and the ability to think on her feet and act ruthlessly when needed. She even had the gear, weapon stash and a well stocked cabin prepared for the apocalypse. She even had had all her close friends along for the ride. Her inconsistent personality and Mary sue character got on my nerves.
I know there are a lot of people who liked this book but I guess this is not my cup of tea and not what I look for in a zombie apocalypse book.
Cassie Forrest isn't surprised to learn that the day she’s decided to get her life together is also the day the world ends. After all, she’s been on a self-imposed losing streak since her survivalist parents died: she’s stopped painting, broken off her engagement to Adrian and dated a real jerk. Rectifying her mistakes has to wait, however, because Cassie and her friends have just enough time to escape Brooklyn for her parents’ cabin before Bornavirus LX turns them into zombies, too.
I really wanted to like this book because there are a lot of great reviews about it and it is highly rated on GR but it turned out to be same old same old zombie apocalypse and I've read better to be honest.
I wanted to experience the thrill/horror and the gory details and the fight for survival of a zombie apocalypse but all I got was reports after the fact from the internet, radio report and small experience retold by side characters of the fall of different cities and vague reposts of chaos in other countries. In the end, the boring plot, the lack of action and character development made it difficult to lose myself in the story.
I also couldn't stand the main character's immaturity, character inconsistencies, and the annoying relationship and angst involving Cassie (the protagonist) and Peter (her ex) who was selfish, self centred and Cassie's angst over Adrian, the one that got away. The relationship drama gave the book a typical YA book feel to it. I don't like to skim-read or quit on a book but I was bored silly seeing the world's end from Cassie's POV. I think I would've enjoyed this book if the story was told from a multi POV.
And I can't believe no one called Peter and the equally immature Anna out on their behaviour and whatever was going on between them. SMH.
I struggled to connect or even like the main character, Cassie, because she was inconsistent and would think or plan to do something decisive or ruthless (like setting Peter or Anna straight) and then go on to say or do the complete opposite and show herself to be weak and resentful because she is unable to be true to herself and say what she means. She came across a bit annoying, immature, adorably clumsy (when it was convenient) but somehow she had a well-honed survival instinct and the ability to think on her feet and act ruthlessly when needed. She even had the gear, weapon stash and a well stocked cabin prepared for the apocalypse. She even had had all her close friends along for the ride. Her inconsistent personality and Mary sue character got on my nerves.
I know there are a lot of people who liked this book but I guess this is not my cup of tea and not what I look for in a zombie apocalypse book.
v_nerdbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Hello book friends,
I’m super happy to bring you a review for a new series that I think is going to keep me busy for a while as I couldn’t tear myself away from it.
Sorry for being MIA for a while, Real Life bitch-slapped me in the face for a while and I kind of got stuck in a bit of a slump!
But I think I’m back and ready to make up some lost time (and reviews!)
Why did you pick it up Vicci?
Well, I saw lots of people talking about this book in a Facebook group that I am in, and you know how I don’t like to be left out of anything!!
Well, I have found myself a new series to binge, I can’t wait to read the next one in this series, I was on the edge of my seat for most of it.
A genre that I wouldn’t usually read was being banded around on a FB group that i am in, then I heard the narrator, Julia Whelan…..and I was invested.
I promptly bagged the whole series on KU and upgraded the Audio’s for £3.47 each!!! what a bargain!
Told in the POV of Cassie, we see her in her home town of New York, there seems to be some sort of “flu” epidemic that is sweeping the city, so people are being quite cautious, but until she gets a call from her friend explaining that people are dying and there is no cure does she really start to worry.
Her friends tells her to get out of town immediately, so her and her friends try and do just that, except it turns out that the people that are dying from this epidemic, have not done being dead yet!
This was such a great story, I was so invested in all of the characters, and they were all brilliantly narrated by the awesome Julia Whelan, one of my favourite narrators, who bought every one of them to life in my head.
This is not a gory book, there is a little gruesome talk, but nothing too bad, if you liked The Walking Dead then you will probably like this, as it is about a group of people trying to survive.
Try it, You never know, you might like it!!
Book 1 is only £2.49 on audio or free on KU, what have you got to lose?
I’m super happy to bring you a review for a new series that I think is going to keep me busy for a while as I couldn’t tear myself away from it.
Sorry for being MIA for a while, Real Life bitch-slapped me in the face for a while and I kind of got stuck in a bit of a slump!
But I think I’m back and ready to make up some lost time (and reviews!)
Why did you pick it up Vicci?
Well, I saw lots of people talking about this book in a Facebook group that I am in, and you know how I don’t like to be left out of anything!!
Well, I have found myself a new series to binge, I can’t wait to read the next one in this series, I was on the edge of my seat for most of it.
A genre that I wouldn’t usually read was being banded around on a FB group that i am in, then I heard the narrator, Julia Whelan…..and I was invested.
I promptly bagged the whole series on KU and upgraded the Audio’s for £3.47 each!!! what a bargain!
Told in the POV of Cassie, we see her in her home town of New York, there seems to be some sort of “flu” epidemic that is sweeping the city, so people are being quite cautious, but until she gets a call from her friend explaining that people are dying and there is no cure does she really start to worry.
Her friends tells her to get out of town immediately, so her and her friends try and do just that, except it turns out that the people that are dying from this epidemic, have not done being dead yet!
This was such a great story, I was so invested in all of the characters, and they were all brilliantly narrated by the awesome Julia Whelan, one of my favourite narrators, who bought every one of them to life in my head.
This is not a gory book, there is a little gruesome talk, but nothing too bad, if you liked The Walking Dead then you will probably like this, as it is about a group of people trying to survive.
Try it, You never know, you might like it!!
Book 1 is only £2.49 on audio or free on KU, what have you got to lose?