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3.95 AVERAGE
I wish I could rate in half stars. Solid 3.5 here.
First I love how the author shows the symptoms of a problem without telling the cause. That’s nifty and it kept me curious throughout. “What’s going on?” “Who are these people?” “Will this protagonist or antagonist survive?”
But the middle of this book just drags. Page after page of backstory and internal narrative. And nothing really happening. I wish I’d been the editor so I could remind the author to keep people interested.
It’s still a good story and I foresee me continuing the series. Unless I hit another one of those parched lulls like we had in this book.
First I love how the author shows the symptoms of a problem without telling the cause. That’s nifty and it kept me curious throughout. “What’s going on?” “Who are these people?” “Will this protagonist or antagonist survive?”
But the middle of this book just drags. Page after page of backstory and internal narrative. And nothing really happening. I wish I’d been the editor so I could remind the author to keep people interested.
It’s still a good story and I foresee me continuing the series. Unless I hit another one of those parched lulls like we had in this book.
Loved this book. It's one of those books that suck you in and you can't put it down until you finish it.
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Man, this book took me forever to read. Not sure if it's the book's fault or mine. This book is quite long so that's part of it, but I also haven't had as much time to read lately with the new job and moving house, etc.
May contain spoilers.
Overall, I think this book is pretty good. It's a post-apocalyptic vampire story. The vampires were created by a man-made virus, which I think was both an attempt to prolong human life and make super soldiers. The original 12 human subjects all had imperfect virus strains before the doctor that created the virus was able to perfect it. These became The Twelve and are the one's responsible for the apocalypse once they broke out of the secret military base.
Only one person, a six year old girl named Amy, got the final perfected strain. The book then jumps to a surviving human colony ~100 years after the outbreak. We then follow the story of Peter, Alicia, Sara, Michael, Hollis, Theo, and Maus after Amy arrives at the colony and they begin their journey to find out Amy's past and where the virals came from.
The story continues in The Twelve...
May contain spoilers.
Overall, I think this book is pretty good. It's a post-apocalyptic vampire story. The vampires were created by a man-made virus, which I think was both an attempt to prolong human life and make super soldiers. The original 12 human subjects all had imperfect virus strains before the doctor that created the virus was able to perfect it. These became The Twelve and are the one's responsible for the apocalypse once they broke out of the secret military base.
Only one person, a six year old girl named Amy, got the final perfected strain. The book then jumps to a surviving human colony ~100 years after the outbreak. We then follow the story of Peter, Alicia, Sara, Michael, Hollis, Theo, and Maus after Amy arrives at the colony and they begin their journey to find out Amy's past and where the virals came from.
The story continues in The Twelve...
I got really excited, reading the first part of this book. I liked the ideas and premise, and saw great potential for a variety of outcomes - some spooky, some apocalyptic, some deep and thoughtful ...
Then came the middle of the book. The long, torturous middle, full of a lot of people who really have nothing to do with what I saw as the central story, but who fill it out and come and go without any real clear purpose other than being The Filler. A facade of people who live their lives in this world. Who exist for the sole purpose of reminding you that this world? This world they're living in? NO REALLY, IT'S AWFUL. I believed you at the zoo. I believed you at the lake. I could have even dealt with a little of the Compound. But I really don't need hundreds of pages of somewhat-random individuals brought to my attention just to prove this point.
As a reader, it seems that it seems like everything between the end of the last scene with Amy at lake, and the one scene at the end of the book, when Amy reunites with Wolgast, was totally unnecessary to the story at hand.
Sure, maybe it's all needed if you're planning to write a multi-novel story - which is the sour taste that was left in my mouth at the end of this first book - but it wasn't necessary for the story this started as, and ruined the book as a consequence.
The middle was, if you forgive me, Too Many Notes.
If you read this novel, don't blame me. I warned you. It was an experience well beyond the painful. It was a muddy field of bad writing, horrible plot devices and an enormous narrative leap which I found humiliating to endure. What is my excuse? I wish I could answer that. I was going to Miami and felt that I could coast through such while banking on Balzac for the more serious moments. That isn't sufficnt. Don't follow my error.
simply amazing, cannot wait for 2nd in this trilogy. awesome book. One of my favorite of all time.
Wow. This was dark and intense and complicated. I loved it. After so many twists and turns and not being able to put the book down, the ending felt a little bit like a sucker punch. Am I the only one that didn't know this was the beginning of a series?