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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
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:
No
adventurous
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
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
I expected a little more, but it was decent enough. I felt the intro was better written than the ending; essentially it was peak perfect before the hungry invasion began. Loved the protagonist and her relationship between the teacher; I was quite sad that Sergent Parks “died” at the end, however. Overall, ok.
challenging
dark
emotional
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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Gaslighting
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
adventurous
emotional
Confused, to say the least. I read this book so quickly and literally could not walk away from it. However, I never wish to read anything like it ever again. If you LOVE The Walking Dead, then, my friend, this is your novel!
mysterious
reflective
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
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I started this years ago and abandoned it but I wanted to give it another chance and I’m glad I did. I liked the eerie tone. The fact that everyone was morally grey and I just found the story compelling.
Got very slow toward the end. Movie was actually better.
10 years since the breakdown of civilization. Power and fuel are in short supply. Humans are separated into two groups: military and "junkers" or those who scavenge to survive.
At the base, they are protecting scientists trying to find the cure using the biologically different hungry children. There is a class of children which were extracted from their zombified parents who act fairly civilized if not exposed to the scent of potential "food" such as humans and animals. They are fed insect protein and kept in cells, fully restrained and only allowed out to attend "school."
Zombie virus evolved from fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis) which affects zombie ants, which are essentially controlled by a tree's fungus which causes them to climb to a place where it is optimal to spread fungal spores.
Adult hungries are feral and the fungus destroy their brains, but the child hungries on the base can think because the fungus has evolved as a parasite. The implication is that the children of these kids may be zombie symptom-free. But Caldwell still thinks she can use their brains for a cure.
Book is like a mashup of Matilda and 28 Days Later.
The film and book were unusually similar.
Maybe we were supposed to wonder whether Melanie was an abomination or a monster, but I didn't really. She clearly had emotions and the monster was Dr. Caldwell, though you understood some of her reasons for it. Much of her inner monologue was consumed by yearnings for glory and prestige and by resentment of the scientists who were promoted ahead of her. The fact that Dr. Caldwell is after Melanie's brain is a deliberate method of pushing the question "who is the zombie here?"
Additionally, the conclusion in which Miss Justineau is imprisoned and Melanie is her compassionate caretaker make for a full-circle of the plot. The full reversal of a new zombie-dominated world and a failing human world.
10 years since the breakdown of civilization. Power and fuel are in short supply. Humans are separated into two groups: military and "junkers" or those who scavenge to survive.
At the base, they are protecting scientists trying to find the cure using the biologically different hungry children. There is a class of children which were extracted from their zombified parents who act fairly civilized if not exposed to the scent of potential "food" such as humans and animals. They are fed insect protein and kept in cells, fully restrained and only allowed out to attend "school."
Zombie virus evolved from fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis) which affects zombie ants, which are essentially controlled by a tree's fungus which causes them to climb to a place where it is optimal to spread fungal spores.
Adult hungries are feral and the fungus destroy their brains, but the child hungries on the base can think because the fungus has evolved as a parasite. The implication is that the children of these kids may be zombie symptom-free. But Caldwell still thinks she can use their brains for a cure.
Book is like a mashup of Matilda and 28 Days Later.
The film and book were unusually similar.
- British running Zombies (28 days later)
- Creepy British monster children
- Alternate names for zombies (Hungries)
- Scientist sociopath
- Sweet but enigmatic schoolteacher
- Hardened soldier who does what's necessary
- Child prodigy/Frankenstein's monster
- Random side characters of no importance
Maybe we were supposed to wonder whether Melanie was an abomination or a monster, but I didn't really. She clearly had emotions and the monster was Dr. Caldwell, though you understood some of her reasons for it. Much of her inner monologue was consumed by yearnings for glory and prestige and by resentment of the scientists who were promoted ahead of her. The fact that Dr. Caldwell is after Melanie's brain is a deliberate method of pushing the question "who is the zombie here?"
Additionally, the conclusion in which Miss Justineau is imprisoned and Melanie is her compassionate caretaker make for a full-circle of the plot. The full reversal of a new zombie-dominated world and a failing human world.