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A review by kjaro
Last Girls by Demetra Brodsky
2.0
Alright. Um.
Not for me, thanks.
I gotta admit, I'm really easily infuriated by cult-like social structures and people following obvious power-hungry dickheads. So it's not that surprising that I'm not the biggest fan of a group of semi-militarized doomsday preppers, and the stories told around them.
But if the story itself were a bit... More compact? If people didn't act dumb? If the main character didn't insist so heavily on her and her sisters being "weird"? Maybe I'd have had a better time with this audiobook.
And yes, blah blah, this is the reality of preppers and such and so, I don't really care.
Let me ask you the following:
- in which scenario is Blue's hair being blue actually relevant to the story? In which scenario is it appropriate for a doomsday-prepper to regularly dye her hair? Who's got the time for that?
- Why wouldn't the author just say Trump? Every single comment about the "current POTUS" tugged on my nerves. Just be fucking real for a sec.
- Being creative is N O T genetic. Maybe they learned some things while they were younger, but holy shit?
- Maybe those kids were all militarized, but jeezus, half the characters just sounded like robots? And not even only the preppers. All of 'em.
- Why did Honey only ever have classes in Chemistry and Art? Like... Was there an educational existence for her apart from her interactions with Remy?
- WHY WERE THE MOTHER AND BLUE ACTUAL PSYCHICS I'M SO DONE
all in all... Not one of my favorites.
Not for me, thanks.
I gotta admit, I'm really easily infuriated by cult-like social structures and people following obvious power-hungry dickheads. So it's not that surprising that I'm not the biggest fan of a group of semi-militarized doomsday preppers, and the stories told around them.
But if the story itself were a bit... More compact? If people didn't act dumb? If the main character didn't insist so heavily on her and her sisters being "weird"? Maybe I'd have had a better time with this audiobook.
And yes, blah blah, this is the reality of preppers and such and so, I don't really care.
Let me ask you the following:
Spoiler
- in which scenario is Blue's hair being blue actually relevant to the story? In which scenario is it appropriate for a doomsday-prepper to regularly dye her hair? Who's got the time for that?
- Why wouldn't the author just say Trump? Every single comment about the "current POTUS" tugged on my nerves. Just be fucking real for a sec.
- Being creative is N O T genetic. Maybe they learned some things while they were younger, but holy shit?
- Maybe those kids were all militarized, but jeezus, half the characters just sounded like robots? And not even only the preppers. All of 'em.
- Why did Honey only ever have classes in Chemistry and Art? Like... Was there an educational existence for her apart from her interactions with Remy?
- WHY WERE THE MOTHER AND BLUE ACTUAL PSYCHICS I'M SO DONE
all in all... Not one of my favorites.