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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
This book was not as enjoyable as the last because this one is more of B finding her place in where she should be. She has left the County Hall which is where Dr. Oystein was because she didn't believe in his religious beliefs. She would rather off herself than deal with them so she left to head back into the city. B comes in contact with Timothy again-the painter. Turns out he now has I didn't know what to think about this concept because it was just strange. I still don't understand the point of but maybe they will come together soon. While B is trying to understand what it is they set off an alarm and B doesn't know where to go after this and believes she can only serve her purpose at County Hall so she heads back there.
Spoiler
a zombie baby, but it's not exactly a zombie. It's still breathing, but it has a metal bar sticking through it's head. It just happens to be the same babies from B's dreams.Spoiler
the babiesSpoiler
Timothy dies in the hands of the zombies
For a horror writer, this story was far too preoccupied with B's father being a racist. I was expecting a scary zombie story, and instead was stuck with a girl dealing with her abusive, racist father while zombies hung out in the background as a secondary element. They don't even make a physical appearance until two-thirds into the book.
Once they did appear, they were extremely disappointing. They were not by any means scary.
Add on top of that that the zombies were apparently being controlled by half-zombie mutant people with whistles, and any interest I had in this series died a hard death. Not only was the idea used to much better effect by Isaac Marion in Warm Bodies, but it just made no sense. Why would they target a school of all places? In the middle of London? There are much better places to target a large group of people in London, especially since B claimed the school only had about 100 students.
This entire novel was just illogical and a challenge to drudge my way through. I was expecting horror fantasy and got bad/not science and racism angst instead. I will not be continuing with the series.
Once they did appear, they were extremely disappointing. They were not by any means scary.
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They were biologically irrational. Upon death, they grew longer fang-like teeth and claws out of their phalanges. That was weird and silly enough, but then Shan added in moss (moss, really?) growing from their wounds, maybe five minutes after they'd turned. It was anatomically impossible and snapped my suspension of disbelief in half. As Jules Verne would say, there wasn't enough science in this science fiction.Add on top of that that the zombies were apparently being controlled by half-zombie mutant people with whistles, and any interest I had in this series died a hard death. Not only was the idea used to much better effect by Isaac Marion in Warm Bodies, but it just made no sense. Why would they target a school of all places? In the middle of London? There are much better places to target a large group of people in London, especially since B claimed the school only had about 100 students.
This entire novel was just illogical and a challenge to drudge my way through. I was expecting horror fantasy and got bad/not science and racism angst instead. I will not be continuing with the series.
At A Glance
Genre: Young Adult; Zombie
Love Triangle/Insta Love/Obsession?: no
Cliff Hanger: yes
Rating: 3.5 stars
Score Sheet
All out of ten
Cover: 8
Plot: 7
Characters: 8
World Building: 7
Flow: 8
Series Congruity: 9
Writing: 8
Ending: 8
Total: 7
In Dept
Best Part: B is still bae.
Worst Part: Kinda dragged.
Thoughts Had: oh a boy!; oh nvm :(
Conclusion
Continuing the Series: yes
Recommending: yes
Short Review: B wanders around most of this book trying to find her spot in life. and the whole time i'm thinking, why not just be by your dang self lady! She wanders with regular zombies, and that gets boring, tries humans, but we both know how that'll end. Just chill alone girlfriend. anyho, that whole baby creature in the end, no thank you. get that thing away soon please. Also, i love the cover on these books, very nightmare material.
Review in GIF Form:
Genre: Young Adult; Zombie
Love Triangle/Insta Love/Obsession?: no
Cliff Hanger: yes
Rating: 3.5 stars
Score Sheet
All out of ten
Cover: 8
Plot: 7
Characters: 8
World Building: 7
Flow: 8
Series Congruity: 9
Writing: 8
Ending: 8
Total: 7
In Dept
Best Part: B is still bae.
Worst Part: Kinda dragged.
Thoughts Had: oh a boy!; oh nvm :(
Conclusion
Continuing the Series: yes
Recommending: yes
Short Review: B wanders around most of this book trying to find her spot in life. and the whole time i'm thinking, why not just be by your dang self lady! She wanders with regular zombies, and that gets boring, tries humans, but we both know how that'll end. Just chill alone girlfriend. anyho, that whole baby creature in the end, no thank you. get that thing away soon please. Also, i love the cover on these books, very nightmare material.
Review in GIF Form:
At A Glance
Genre: Young Adult; Zombies
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: nope
Cliff Hanger: eh.
Rating: 3 Stars
Score Sheet
All out of ten
Cover: 7
Plot: 7
Characters: 8
World Building: 7
Flow: 5
Series Congruity: n/a
Writing: 6
Ending: 7
Total: 6
In Dept
Best Part: So much action!
Worst Part: All over the place.
Thoughts Had: Huh; Oh i like you; What the...
Conclusion
Continuing the Series: yes
Recommending: Not sure yet.
Short Review: There was so much action, but it was very hard to follow. I listened to the audio and i was lost through the middle. I liked the ending. Just wish it was maybe 300pgs instead of low 100, then i would be able to follow way better. The ending was rushed as well. Just too much shoved into the few pages.
Review in GIF Form:
Genre: Young Adult; Zombies
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: nope
Cliff Hanger: eh.
Rating: 3 Stars
Score Sheet
All out of ten
Cover: 7
Plot: 7
Characters: 8
World Building: 7
Flow: 5
Series Congruity: n/a
Writing: 6
Ending: 7
Total: 6
In Dept
Best Part: So much action!
Worst Part: All over the place.
Thoughts Had: Huh; Oh i like you; What the...
Conclusion
Continuing the Series: yes
Recommending: Not sure yet.
Short Review: There was so much action, but it was very hard to follow. I listened to the audio and i was lost through the middle. I liked the ending. Just wish it was maybe 300pgs instead of low 100, then i would be able to follow way better. The ending was rushed as well. Just too much shoved into the few pages.
Review in GIF Form:
Enkele voorspelbare elementen (mede door de titel), enkele goede verrassingen (zoals het einde). De scene bij het London Eye vond ik erg leuk.
Het verhaal loopt gewoon lekker vlot door met voldoende leuke korte scenes om het boek leuk te houden en voldoende langere-termijn-ontwikkelingen om de serie interessant te houden. En uiteraard weer heerlijk vlot geschreven, en ik blijf de illustraties ook erg cool vinden!
Het verhaal loopt gewoon lekker vlot door met voldoende leuke korte scenes om het boek leuk te houden en voldoende langere-termijn-ontwikkelingen om de serie interessant te houden. En uiteraard weer heerlijk vlot geschreven, en ik blijf de illustraties ook erg cool vinden!
This book gave me chills and such eerie feeling. The starting wasn't bad at all, it's just, maybe it lacks of a bit explanation and metaphor (i know this is a an eerie book, but gawd, please put some metaphors, i felt like reading a kiddo book y'know). Even though the book wasn't that thick, it took me literally 3 weeks too finish it.
First, maybe it's because of the cover, the baby with his teeth looked like a shark. At some point I did really thought that his mom had made out with a shark or somewhat. Even when I am halfway into the book, STILL NO EERIE OR SCARY OR THE CHILLS! I didn't get the chills down my spine until the last, LAST CHAPTER!
The characters are too dull even though I know this book shouldn't have such a strong female character or what. But please, they are too boring for me. Anyway, 3 Stars.
First, maybe it's because of the cover, the baby with his teeth looked like a shark. At some point I did really thought that his mom had made out with a shark or somewhat. Even when I am halfway into the book, STILL NO EERIE OR SCARY OR THE CHILLS! I didn't get the chills down my spine until the last, LAST CHAPTER!
The characters are too dull even though I know this book shouldn't have such a strong female character or what. But please, they are too boring for me. Anyway, 3 Stars.
We start book 5 of the Zom-B series where we left off. Dr. Oystein has just informed B that he believes he is doing the work of God and that the clown, Mr. Dowling is the devil.
This new leaves B feeling rather unsure of herself. Growing up with an abusive father, religion never played a part in her upbringing and even at that, it was her father's racist views that dominated the home. She is starting to doubt if she belongs with the Angels and maybe this is just a fantasist crusade being pursued by Dr. Oystein.
After talking with most of the Angels and seeing how they truly believe in Dr. Oystein, she is still left in a limbo of opinions and more questions than answers. She then takes the decision to leave.
Being alone in the city again, B finds herself observing and trying to hunt like the revived zombies do. It is then that she realises that the zombies are just on a loop of their old lives, sticking close to possible zombies that meant something to them before they were turned.
B then goes in search of the artist she met before finding the Angels. Again, this artist was under the conclusion that he has survived for so long is because God wants him to document the chaos in his paintings.
It was then that Jonathan shows her something he discovered while roaming the city. It is literally something that comes from B's nightmares.
A zombie baby.
Jonathan was under the impression that he had to care for the child like a normal baby as it had a spike wedged straight through its skill but B wanted to kill the creature straight away. Except she decides against her better judgement and pulls the spike out. The results in the baby crying and causing a tsunami of zombies onto them causing Jonathan to be torn apart. B then watches as the zombies carry the baby away, almost being worshipped.
After the encounter with the zombie baby, B returns back to City Hall and decided that even though she is still indecisive about Dr. Oystein, she is still partly alive for no other reason than to destroy the zombies.
So even though this book wasn't as action packed as say book 3 or 4, it was important as we have a main character that is struggling with her beliefs.
While she knows that Dr. Oystein has the Angels for the right reasons, B just can't see past him using God as the reason for it. It is this reason alone that she just can't seem to suddenly fit in with the rest of the Angels.
I think that everyone goes through a battle of belief sometimes in their lives. And while it may seem like just a phase for some people it becomes something that can literally hold them back from doing most things. And the fact that Darren Shan has written a character going through this battle can sometimes help.
We read books for a reason, and that is to escape and find an outlet away from our everyday lives but with Darren writing B going through this belief struggle, I think it shows that there are some things you have to face. And it is not shameful to think that you could be the only one going through it.
As always it is filled with a good sense of boyish humour. Some really dramatic scenes and as always a new form of zombie that blows the stereotypical out of the water. As we approach the halfway stage of the Zom-B series, I can't help but wonder, are we actually ready for what may happen in the next six books.
This new leaves B feeling rather unsure of herself. Growing up with an abusive father, religion never played a part in her upbringing and even at that, it was her father's racist views that dominated the home. She is starting to doubt if she belongs with the Angels and maybe this is just a fantasist crusade being pursued by Dr. Oystein.
After talking with most of the Angels and seeing how they truly believe in Dr. Oystein, she is still left in a limbo of opinions and more questions than answers. She then takes the decision to leave.
Being alone in the city again, B finds herself observing and trying to hunt like the revived zombies do. It is then that she realises that the zombies are just on a loop of their old lives, sticking close to possible zombies that meant something to them before they were turned.
B then goes in search of the artist she met before finding the Angels. Again, this artist was under the conclusion that he has survived for so long is because God wants him to document the chaos in his paintings.
It was then that Jonathan shows her something he discovered while roaming the city. It is literally something that comes from B's nightmares.
A zombie baby.
Jonathan was under the impression that he had to care for the child like a normal baby as it had a spike wedged straight through its skill but B wanted to kill the creature straight away. Except she decides against her better judgement and pulls the spike out. The results in the baby crying and causing a tsunami of zombies onto them causing Jonathan to be torn apart. B then watches as the zombies carry the baby away, almost being worshipped.
After the encounter with the zombie baby, B returns back to City Hall and decided that even though she is still indecisive about Dr. Oystein, she is still partly alive for no other reason than to destroy the zombies.
So even though this book wasn't as action packed as say book 3 or 4, it was important as we have a main character that is struggling with her beliefs.
While she knows that Dr. Oystein has the Angels for the right reasons, B just can't see past him using God as the reason for it. It is this reason alone that she just can't seem to suddenly fit in with the rest of the Angels.
I think that everyone goes through a battle of belief sometimes in their lives. And while it may seem like just a phase for some people it becomes something that can literally hold them back from doing most things. And the fact that Darren Shan has written a character going through this battle can sometimes help.
We read books for a reason, and that is to escape and find an outlet away from our everyday lives but with Darren writing B going through this belief struggle, I think it shows that there are some things you have to face. And it is not shameful to think that you could be the only one going through it.
As always it is filled with a good sense of boyish humour. Some really dramatic scenes and as always a new form of zombie that blows the stereotypical out of the water. As we approach the halfway stage of the Zom-B series, I can't help but wonder, are we actually ready for what may happen in the next six books.
