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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
A survival book about a girl who lives in Denver. Her city has an unknown "iminate threat". She spends the night at her grandma's old house without anyone knowing, and her whole city is evacuated. She is left alone to survive for 4-5 years on her own.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
This was awesome! Only thing holding it from a 4.5 is the ending - felt rushed - but the story was great. Writing was crisp and flowed well.
Go George!
Go George!
Novel in verse of girl who has to survive by herself when everyone else in her town evacuates. Survival story with Sci-Fi elements.
enjoyable but definitely could have used a trigger warning for animal violence. got a little granola-y for me towards the end.
3.5
Maddie and her friends have planned a secret sleepover at her grandparents vacation condo, but when her friends can't make it, Maddie decides to go anyway. When she wakes up the next morning and turns on her phone, she finds several frantic texts from her divorced parents and the town is deserted after an evacuation. The first few days she works on getting things in order for her families' returns, but days turn to weeks and the power goes out. Maddie finds the neighbor's dog and they quickly become companions. As the weeks turn to months these two continue to keep each other company while Maddie builds stockpiles of supplies from other houses and the local markets. The two face looters from other areas as well as wildlife working its way to town.
Written in verse, this is a different take on a dystopian style survival novel, but one that equally pulls a reader in as a high action one would. Maddie is a strong young lady who is determined to survive. I didn't like how time started to seem to speed up as the book continued, but overall a well done story.
Maddie and her friends have planned a secret sleepover at her grandparents vacation condo, but when her friends can't make it, Maddie decides to go anyway. When she wakes up the next morning and turns on her phone, she finds several frantic texts from her divorced parents and the town is deserted after an evacuation. The first few days she works on getting things in order for her families' returns, but days turn to weeks and the power goes out. Maddie finds the neighbor's dog and they quickly become companions. As the weeks turn to months these two continue to keep each other company while Maddie builds stockpiles of supplies from other houses and the local markets. The two face looters from other areas as well as wildlife working its way to town.
Written in verse, this is a different take on a dystopian style survival novel, but one that equally pulls a reader in as a high action one would. Maddie is a strong young lady who is determined to survive. I didn't like how time started to seem to speed up as the book continued, but overall a well done story.
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book was amazing! As a person who loves an apocalypse-like book it was engaging and fun.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow. This book was a combination of intense action, survival, and emotion.
I listened to the audiobook read by Gail Shalan, who did an amazing job! She really conveyed the emotion behind the character and there were multiple times that I teared up while listening.
I would consider this book to be thriller/survival/dystopian. There was A LOT of action and a lot of times where I gasped out loud and thought that my heart was going to beat out of my chest. There’s a depth of emotion that I didn’t think would happen, but it was completely believable.
Fans of Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins will enjoy this book.
(sorry if the review is repetitive. I'm still wrapping my brain around this book)
I listened to the audiobook read by Gail Shalan, who did an amazing job! She really conveyed the emotion behind the character and there were multiple times that I teared up while listening.
I would consider this book to be thriller/survival/dystopian. There was A LOT of action and a lot of times where I gasped out loud and thought that my heart was going to beat out of my chest. There’s a depth of emotion that I didn’t think would happen, but it was completely believable.
Fans of Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins will enjoy this book.
(sorry if the review is repetitive. I'm still wrapping my brain around this book)