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thattheatrekid's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I didn’t like it. Terrible writing and the author clearly struggles with writing characters and dialogue. Unnecessarily gory. Could have had more potential.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual harassment
caitgreatcaf's review against another edition
3.0
Would’ve gotten an extra star if not for some weird unchallenged Islamophobia and questionable attitudes towards mental and chronic illnesses. Creepy villain-virus and page turning action
valhallamerk's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
laurennnn1066's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
ashlikesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Make sure to check out more of our reviews on our blog: JennReneeRead
Mini Review:
This is my favorite in the series. The others are great but they do get just a little weird at times.
This book really made me want to read the rest of the series. The characters are written well and I didn't have any trouble keeping them apart like a lot of other series.One of my favorite things about this series is the virus. Viruses like these are absolutely terrifying and this one is especially. Because it gets smart.
It's really scary thinking that we don't know why or how it got started and it just starts... completely destroying the entire world.
I feel like it was written well, very gruesome and descriptive.
I did get a little confused at times when it switched from the viruses POV and the characters POV. There was no warning it just kind of switched.
Overall I really enjoyed this series. It was well done and it kept me needing to finish it. I had to know what the f was going on and how it ended.
I finished this whole series in under two weeks.
Mini Review:
This is my favorite in the series. The others are great but they do get just a little weird at times.
This book really made me want to read the rest of the series. The characters are written well and I didn't have any trouble keeping them apart like a lot of other series.One of my favorite things about this series is the virus. Viruses like these are absolutely terrifying and this one is especially. Because it gets smart.
It's really scary thinking that we don't know why or how it got started and it just starts... completely destroying the entire world.
I feel like it was written well, very gruesome and descriptive.
I did get a little confused at times when it switched from the viruses POV and the characters POV. There was no warning it just kind of switched.
Overall I really enjoyed this series. It was well done and it kept me needing to finish it. I had to know what the f was going on and how it ended.
I finished this whole series in under two weeks.
gatun's review against another edition
4.0
Plague Land
by Alex Scarrow
SOURCEBOOKS Fire
Sci Fi & Fantasy , Teens & YA
Pub Date 01 Dec 2017
Courtesy Netgalley
Plague Land is being released on December 1st. If you have a horror fan on your holiday list, I suggest you consider giving them Alex Scarrow’s unique version of the plague. It is unbelievably hard to write this review without spoilers but I will give it the old Navy try as my dad used to say.
Scarrow’s book takes place in modern times in our current global world. The book begins with a teen named Leon, his younger sister Grace and his mother. They recently moved from the United States to England. After divorcing Leon’s father, his mother decided to move them closer to her parents in England. Alex, with his Yank accent, does not fit in and has not made any new friends to replace the ones he was forced to leave behind. Grace, not yet a teen, is having an easier time fitting in. Their mom is totally consumed by working to support them and is missing all the angst in Alex’s life.
When news begins to emerge from Africa about a new contagious disease, Alex is worried. His mother isn’t. After all, they are in England, with its modern medicine and security. As we know now, the price of a global world, is global disease. Nothing is truly quarantined because by the time it is decided to isolate it, it has already spread. What is spreading from Africa, to literally the ends of the Earth, is not the Black Plague, not Ebola, not any previously seen disease. This one kills because this one thinks.
Note: While the book is listed as for age fourteen and up, I would approach that age with care. The book has some graphic descriptions of the plague activity that may unsettle a less mature readers.
by Alex Scarrow
SOURCEBOOKS Fire
Sci Fi & Fantasy , Teens & YA
Pub Date 01 Dec 2017
Courtesy Netgalley
Plague Land is being released on December 1st. If you have a horror fan on your holiday list, I suggest you consider giving them Alex Scarrow’s unique version of the plague. It is unbelievably hard to write this review without spoilers but I will give it the old Navy try as my dad used to say.
Scarrow’s book takes place in modern times in our current global world. The book begins with a teen named Leon, his younger sister Grace and his mother. They recently moved from the United States to England. After divorcing Leon’s father, his mother decided to move them closer to her parents in England. Alex, with his Yank accent, does not fit in and has not made any new friends to replace the ones he was forced to leave behind. Grace, not yet a teen, is having an easier time fitting in. Their mom is totally consumed by working to support them and is missing all the angst in Alex’s life.
When news begins to emerge from Africa about a new contagious disease, Alex is worried. His mother isn’t. After all, they are in England, with its modern medicine and security. As we know now, the price of a global world, is global disease. Nothing is truly quarantined because by the time it is decided to isolate it, it has already spread. What is spreading from Africa, to literally the ends of the Earth, is not the Black Plague, not Ebola, not any previously seen disease. This one kills because this one thinks.
Note: While the book is listed as for age fourteen and up, I would approach that age with care. The book has some graphic descriptions of the plague activity that may unsettle a less mature readers.
nolwenn_bookworm's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
glimpses_of_my_books's review against another edition
4.0
I am a tad speechless right now...
This was VERY out of my comfort zone. I do not usually read horror, zombie fiction (which this reminds me of), apocalyptic stuff, etc...
Movies? yah... I watch those... but not books.
-->On that note: this would actually make one epic end-of-the-world movie!
The first part of Plague Land focused on Leon, his sister Grace, and their mother. The virus had just reached England and they are trying to run away from it/to survive it.
The second part of the book focuses in part on Leon and Grace and in part on the virus itself. This is not any virus. It grows, it thinks, it creates...
New characters are also introduced here. Leon and Grace find refuge with other survivors and must fight to stay alive with them. Things go well for a while. But then the virus evolves...
By far the most interesting thing in the book is the actual virus. All through out you get chapters on how the virus thinks, on how it sees itself. On how it evolves from being a single cell brought to life with a drop of water to expanding, growing, and becoming so much more. An organism, a body, a form of life.
It is sinister. It is gory.
Stories like that can be predictable, I genuinely don't think that was the case here. I was often shocked by the turn of events. Specially what happened to Grace...
The book was intense! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. It was also a fast read, I pretty much got it done in one go.
Please bear in mind this book is not for the faint-hearted. There is plenty of horrifying and graphic descriptions of deaths. It is brutal and gruesome. There is also an instant of attempted rape. It is not very graphic, but it is there.
The ending was incomplete. But I guess this will be a series...
All in all it was a very good book. But it was just not my style of reading. I am not the correct demographic for it. I think teenage boys who rather enjoy gruesome zombie like stuff will truly enjoy this. I am looking forward to seeing what the boys at the library I work at will think of it when the books comes out in December.
This was VERY out of my comfort zone. I do not usually read horror, zombie fiction (which this reminds me of), apocalyptic stuff, etc...
Movies? yah... I watch those... but not books.
-->On that note: this would actually make one epic end-of-the-world movie!
The first part of Plague Land focused on Leon, his sister Grace, and their mother. The virus had just reached England and they are trying to run away from it/to survive it.
The second part of the book focuses in part on Leon and Grace and in part on the virus itself. This is not any virus. It grows, it thinks, it creates...
New characters are also introduced here. Leon and Grace find refuge with other survivors and must fight to stay alive with them. Things go well for a while. But then the virus evolves...
By far the most interesting thing in the book is the actual virus. All through out you get chapters on how the virus thinks, on how it sees itself. On how it evolves from being a single cell brought to life with a drop of water to expanding, growing, and becoming so much more. An organism, a body, a form of life.
It is sinister. It is gory.
Stories like that can be predictable, I genuinely don't think that was the case here. I was often shocked by the turn of events. Specially what happened to Grace...
The book was intense! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. It was also a fast read, I pretty much got it done in one go.
Please bear in mind this book is not for the faint-hearted. There is plenty of horrifying and graphic descriptions of deaths. It is brutal and gruesome. There is also an instant of attempted rape. It is not very graphic, but it is there.
The ending was incomplete. But I guess this will be a series...
All in all it was a very good book. But it was just not my style of reading. I am not the correct demographic for it. I think teenage boys who rather enjoy gruesome zombie like stuff will truly enjoy this. I am looking forward to seeing what the boys at the library I work at will think of it when the books comes out in December.
titou's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars, this book starts off kinda clunky, and some of the vocabulary is annoyingly repetitive (tributaries