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jamaroobee's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Murder, Cannibalism, Gore, Car accident, Blood, and Death
Minor: Vomit, Cancer, Cursing, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail
generallycobalt's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Violence, Animal death, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Incest
c_dmckinney's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Moderate: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting
Minor: Incest, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
zombies, extremely good and sound virology,starrysteph's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
It involves the undead, but that aspect is surprisingly well thought-out and believable. (It's life in a pandemic, which cuts a little too close to reality - and really you could replace the zombies in this novel with a number of life-threatening events that are have happened or are currently happening).
The world building of the bloggers (the Newsies, Irwins, and Fictionals; the way they gained the trust of the public, etc.) was SO detailed and fun. The characters each had unique voices and quirks and levels of reliability.
And the tension building ... ooo. Every time they took one of those infection tests, I was SWEATING. And I never felt secure about the fate of our characters during scenes of intense zombie action, which I can appreciate.
It's not a perfect book - I can see how our narrator Georgia might be grating (I found her endearing ... but also, who hates animals that much?), the brother/sister relationship was a little peculiar, and there are some sections that lag. But overall? It was fantastic.
CW: death, gore, blood, animal death, child death, death of a parent, suicide, vomit, murder, body horror, chronic illness, medical content, cannibalism, religious bigotry
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death of parent, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Vomit, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, and Forced institutionalization
laurajones's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Suicide
Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit