i picked this up because i heard it was similar to 'a quiet place' and i was in the mood for a good dystopian read. considering this book was published before 'a quiet place' came out, i would say the plot is suspiciously similar to the movie - a deaf girl and her family must find a way to survive after vicious blind creatures that hunt by sound appear out of nowhere. unfortunately i wasn't a huge fan of the writing, i feel like a lot of the foreshadowing and character building could have been better. i think i would have enjoyed this book more, despite the mediocre writing, if i hadn't already watched a quiet place. however there were some things i enjoyed more than the movie - the origin of the vesps, and finding out potential solutions to combat the vesps. i feel like tim lebbon could definitely build upon this world and write a sequel. p.s. without spoiling too much, if you don't like animal deaths, then this book is definitely not for you.