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areyousureaboutthat's review
4.0
I got this as an arc for a review. and me being me I ended up losing it only to find it a month ago. but it was a good book. some of the parts dragged a little but it definitely got better. I had a feeling about something that was happening in the book and I was 100% right about it. it did not disappoint me tho. I would recommend this to anyone who like books that have to do with invasions
marie_lrj's review
4.0
This was such an emotional read, way more than I was expecting! Really looking forward to the sequel, I hope it’s not a long wait.
chrissy_booklover13's review
5.0
This freaking ending killed me holy crap!! Oh Dandelion what will become of you?? This book has me intrigued because of the alien aspect from the beginning even though it was a little slow paced but I am totally dying to know what’s going to happen next. Raven was a very well written character. She was just a normal teenage girl that couldn’t stay out of trouble. Who thought she was In love with this boy who has an identical twin. ( He dies in the beginning leaving her to spend most of the time with the other twin and her friends she was at camp with as they search for safety from the aliens) Oh and August, can’t forget the extremely confused “alien” boy who used his thoughts of Raven to go against his kind.I only wish I knew more anyone it their kind, the author didn’t give up enough to satisfy she just enough to drive me insane with wanting to know what happens next! This is a must read book!
momwithareadingproblem's review
3.0
I received an eARC via Netgalley from the publisher. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of this review.
After spending just under a week reading Zero Repeat Forever by G.S. Prendergast, I’m not really sure how I feel about it. My initial reaction was that I loved it, but now that I sit to write the review, I find that maybe I didn’t love it as much as I originally thought. Zero Repeat Forever is told in dual POV and takes place over the course of a year after an alien race seemingly invades Earth and begins wiping out the human population. Honestly this seems right up my alley, but the execution was odd and at times hard to follow.
What I Liked
I really enjoyed the dual POV. Eighth and Raven have distinct enough voices that I did not get confused about whose POV I was reading. It gave the reader a comprehensive look at what was going on in the world and who the Nahx were.
Eighth was my favorite character. I know I shouldn’t have liked him as much as I did, but he was compassionate and resilient. It made me root for him. I liked that the author gave us his POV as it helped to flesh him out, understand his motives, and the daily struggle he lived with going against the directives. He was like a child really in his attachment to Raven, snowflakes and dandelions. It was sweet, even if his violent outbursts broke my heart a little.
The plot of the story has a lot of promise. An unknown invader, post-apocalyptic type survival, and rebellion….what’s not to like?! I enjoyed the parts of the plot that dealt with the Nahx and what was happening. Every new piece of information that I learned brought up more questions about the invasion and who the Nahx really were. It made for an exciting read.
What I Didn’t Like
I was not a fan of Raven, even if a majority of the story was told from her POV. She acted as if the world was out to get her. She was of mixed race (her biological father was white….I think and her mother African American) and she harbored a lot of resentment for bullying she received as a kid. I get that bullying is a thing. What I don’t understand is why it played a role in a post-apocalyptic novel. Shouldn’t those differences be put aside to save the human race? We are all human after all, even Raven makes this point. Yet when one of the characters calls her a “mixed breed” (who does that by the way?! We are people not animals.) and another character tells her that no one thinks of her like that, she takes it to mean because they think of her as white and gets mad about that too…..While this didn’t make a lick of sense to me, it did shape Raven’s character to be an angry person.
The romance aspect….I just didn’t buy it. It felt off to me. I may have rooted for it and my heart broke for Eighth because of how Raven treats him, but it was really weird. It felt like stockholm syndrome and not healthy at all. Eighth was obsessed with Raven and Raven was entirely dependent upon him for everything from food to being able to use the bathroom. It wasn’t healthy, and I just didn’t buy it.
Ugh!!! The pace of the book was SO slow!!!! It started off promising — lots of action, close encounters with the Nahx, and near death experiences. Then it just stopped. There was barely any forward movement in the plot. Eighth’s chapters were short (sometimes just over a page) and made absolutely no sense, leaving big plot holes. Then suddenly the pace picked up again and the book ended. Frustrating!
While this book is billed for YA, I don’t feel it is appropriate for YA…maybe the mature YA, like 16+. There is quite a bit of strong language used, underage drinking and drug use, and sex. It was just a bit much for a YA book in my opinion.
My Conclusion
Overall I really wanted to like this book. I liked Eighth, and aside from her anger issues I liked Raven as well. The romance could use some work though and the plot holes need to be filled in. However the revelations at the end of the book (some of which were predictable due to some good foreshadowing) have me intrigued and I want to read more of the series. If you enjoy scifi and dystopia, don’t mind a slow pace, maybe give this one a go.
After spending just under a week reading Zero Repeat Forever by G.S. Prendergast, I’m not really sure how I feel about it. My initial reaction was that I loved it, but now that I sit to write the review, I find that maybe I didn’t love it as much as I originally thought. Zero Repeat Forever is told in dual POV and takes place over the course of a year after an alien race seemingly invades Earth and begins wiping out the human population. Honestly this seems right up my alley, but the execution was odd and at times hard to follow.
What I Liked
I really enjoyed the dual POV. Eighth and Raven have distinct enough voices that I did not get confused about whose POV I was reading. It gave the reader a comprehensive look at what was going on in the world and who the Nahx were.
Eighth was my favorite character. I know I shouldn’t have liked him as much as I did, but he was compassionate and resilient. It made me root for him. I liked that the author gave us his POV as it helped to flesh him out, understand his motives, and the daily struggle he lived with going against the directives. He was like a child really in his attachment to Raven, snowflakes and dandelions. It was sweet, even if his violent outbursts broke my heart a little.
The plot of the story has a lot of promise. An unknown invader, post-apocalyptic type survival, and rebellion….what’s not to like?! I enjoyed the parts of the plot that dealt with the Nahx and what was happening. Every new piece of information that I learned brought up more questions about the invasion and who the Nahx really were. It made for an exciting read.
What I Didn’t Like
I was not a fan of Raven, even if a majority of the story was told from her POV. She acted as if the world was out to get her. She was of mixed race (her biological father was white….I think and her mother African American) and she harbored a lot of resentment for bullying she received as a kid. I get that bullying is a thing. What I don’t understand is why it played a role in a post-apocalyptic novel. Shouldn’t those differences be put aside to save the human race? We are all human after all, even Raven makes this point. Yet when one of the characters calls her a “mixed breed” (who does that by the way?! We are people not animals.) and another character tells her that no one thinks of her like that, she takes it to mean because they think of her as white and gets mad about that too…..While this didn’t make a lick of sense to me, it did shape Raven’s character to be an angry person.
The romance aspect….I just didn’t buy it. It felt off to me. I may have rooted for it and my heart broke for Eighth because of how Raven treats him, but it was really weird. It felt like stockholm syndrome and not healthy at all. Eighth was obsessed with Raven and Raven was entirely dependent upon him for everything from food to being able to use the bathroom. It wasn’t healthy, and I just didn’t buy it.
Ugh!!! The pace of the book was SO slow!!!! It started off promising — lots of action, close encounters with the Nahx, and near death experiences. Then it just stopped. There was barely any forward movement in the plot. Eighth’s chapters were short (sometimes just over a page) and made absolutely no sense, leaving big plot holes. Then suddenly the pace picked up again and the book ended. Frustrating!
While this book is billed for YA, I don’t feel it is appropriate for YA…maybe the mature YA, like 16+. There is quite a bit of strong language used, underage drinking and drug use, and sex. It was just a bit much for a YA book in my opinion.
My Conclusion
Overall I really wanted to like this book. I liked Eighth, and aside from her anger issues I liked Raven as well. The romance could use some work though and the plot holes need to be filled in. However the revelations at the end of the book (some of which were predictable due to some good foreshadowing) have me intrigued and I want to read more of the series. If you enjoy scifi and dystopia, don’t mind a slow pace, maybe give this one a go.
abutler's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
mackenzierm's review against another edition
5.0
First line: "There is a light floating above me."
As always, I would like to thank Netgalley for allowing me the opportunity to read this novel as well as Simon & Schuster Canada for approving my wish and granting me the chance to read this amazing novel.
Now, on to the review. Where to start?
I started reading this novel a bit warily, because in the first few pages it seemed really quite crazy with superhuman machine-alien-robot-creatures landing on Earth, in Canada no less, and "darting" humans, which essentially insta-kills them. Seems pretty out there no? Well, it was.... and it was GREAT! My wariness quickly died down and I was so far into this novel, I had trouble sleeping - it was just that good.
The plot of the story is mysterious and troubling, but you start to really get into it. You want to see the survival of this group of ruffians (teenagers) from a survival summer camp. You want to see the destruction of the Nahx creatures, because they are just too bad to be handled. But then you start to see a softer side of things and you really begin to learn about one particular Nahx creature, and he's really quite lovable. I really want to learn more about the Nahx, their "culture", so to speak, their goal for "darting" the humans, and how they came to be... just everything. I am hooked.
I love that this story is set in Western Canada, Alberta to be specific. It's so rare that you read a great book that is set in Canada... or maybe that's just been the types of books I typically read. Although I've never been to Alberta, I thought it was really fascinating to sort of learn about the landscape around there.
The characters were really well put-together. Although the story was told in two perspectives - Eighth's and Raven's - you learn all about Raven's group of friends as well. Even as we are reading about the end of the world as we know it, we see the daily drama that separates certain people from the rest of the group being brought up, and that makes you feel closer to Raven in a way that I may not have otherwise felt.
I loved reading Raven's perspective of the story because I felt I got to hold onto a greater part of the story and see what was going on, how they (Raven and her friends) were managing in the wilderness on their own.
Eighth's perspectives were typically short, but gave valued information nonetheless. I found as the story progressed, we got to read more and more about Eighth and what his thoughts, feelings, and goals were in regards to what is currently happening.
I don't want to give any of the story away by saying any more than I already have, so I will leave it at this: I am extremely happy to have read this novel, and I am definitely going to be keeping an eye out for the next instalment of the Nahx series!
As always, I would like to thank Netgalley for allowing me the opportunity to read this novel as well as Simon & Schuster Canada for approving my wish and granting me the chance to read this amazing novel.
Now, on to the review. Where to start?
I started reading this novel a bit warily, because in the first few pages it seemed really quite crazy with superhuman machine-alien-robot-creatures landing on Earth, in Canada no less, and "darting" humans, which essentially insta-kills them. Seems pretty out there no? Well, it was.... and it was GREAT! My wariness quickly died down and I was so far into this novel, I had trouble sleeping - it was just that good.
The plot of the story is mysterious and troubling, but you start to really get into it. You want to see the survival of this group of ruffians (teenagers) from a survival summer camp. You want to see the destruction of the Nahx creatures, because they are just too bad to be handled. But then you start to see a softer side of things and you really begin to learn about one particular Nahx creature, and he's really quite lovable. I really want to learn more about the Nahx, their "culture", so to speak, their goal for "darting" the humans, and how they came to be... just everything. I am hooked.
I love that this story is set in Western Canada, Alberta to be specific. It's so rare that you read a great book that is set in Canada... or maybe that's just been the types of books I typically read. Although I've never been to Alberta, I thought it was really fascinating to sort of learn about the landscape around there.
The characters were really well put-together. Although the story was told in two perspectives - Eighth's and Raven's - you learn all about Raven's group of friends as well. Even as we are reading about the end of the world as we know it, we see the daily drama that separates certain people from the rest of the group being brought up, and that makes you feel closer to Raven in a way that I may not have otherwise felt.
I loved reading Raven's perspective of the story because I felt I got to hold onto a greater part of the story and see what was going on, how they (Raven and her friends) were managing in the wilderness on their own.
Eighth's perspectives were typically short, but gave valued information nonetheless. I found as the story progressed, we got to read more and more about Eighth and what his thoughts, feelings, and goals were in regards to what is currently happening.
I don't want to give any of the story away by saying any more than I already have, so I will leave it at this: I am extremely happy to have read this novel, and I am definitely going to be keeping an eye out for the next instalment of the Nahx series!
chlo_reads's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I had some ups and downs with the book, moments that I want to stop and moments I was fully engrossed. Definitely 5th wave vibes. I didn’t care for a good chunk in the middle and don’t really have a desire to read the second book.
lanieh09's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0