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The Reapers Are the Angels
by Alden Bell
This book gave me all the feels. I was angry. I was heartbroken. I was smitten. I was terrified. I was grossed out. I am still thinking about the ending 24 hours later.
The premise of the book is that it's 25 years after the zombie apocalypse has gone down. We are following the journey of 15 year old Temple. She's a loner who has figured out how to survive on her own. We know something bad has happened in the past that doesn't get explained until towards the end and it has left her guilt ridden and wary of settling down anywhere and making lasting connections.
Temple is wonderful. She is bristly, a smartass, philosophical, honorable, and broken. I absolutely loved her. Her voice was so clear and distinct. She was flawed and guilt-ridden.
There were two very minor things that irked me. You know when you are watching a horror movie and the characters are doing something really stupid and you are yelling at them "Don't go into ____!!!" I had two of those moments in this book. You've grown up in the zombie apocalypse. Shouldn't you be a little more wary of certain situations?
Oh and the writing is absolutely beautiful. I don't know what else to say about it. So I won't say anything more.
Now I come to the ending. I'm not really sure how to talk about this without spoilers so the rest of this review will be hidden.
Bottom Line: Absolutely fantastic book!!!
The premise of the book is that it's 25 years after the zombie apocalypse has gone down. We are following the journey of 15 year old Temple. She's a loner who has figured out how to survive on her own. We know something bad has happened in the past that doesn't get explained until towards the end and it has left her guilt ridden and wary of settling down anywhere and making lasting connections.
Temple is wonderful. She is bristly, a smartass, philosophical, honorable, and broken. I absolutely loved her. Her voice was so clear and distinct. She was flawed and guilt-ridden.
There were two very minor things that irked me. You know when you are watching a horror movie and the characters are doing something really stupid and you are yelling at them "Don't go into ____!!!" I had two of those moments in this book. You've grown up in the zombie apocalypse. Shouldn't you be a little more wary of certain situations?
Oh and the writing is absolutely beautiful. I don't know what else to say about it. So I won't say anything more.
Now I come to the ending. I'm not really sure how to talk about this without spoilers so the rest of this review will be hidden.
Spoiler
Moses you fucking bastard. You're asshole of a brother tries to rape Temple. She kills him in self-defense. And even though your brother is an asshole and it was self-defense you feel obligated to hunt her down and kill her. Even though you've come to like her. She's become a kindred spirit. She's almost like a daughter to you. Why do you have to kill her?!?! I know you technically didn't kill her. That bitch mutant Millie did but you are still responsible. At the same time I can't imagine another ending. There was never going to be a happy ending for her. She was too broken. I might have been happy with her making it to Niagra Falls and having some philosophical epiphany it if was done right. Ok rant over. I hated the ending but I'm not sure how it could have gone any other way.Bottom Line: Absolutely fantastic book!!!