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The Reapers Are the Angels
by Alden Bell
WHAT! No one told me what I was getting into when I started this book. I can't even remember what drove me to put this on my to-read list, all I know is that its been there for a while and I finally got my hands on a copy.
But lord almighty I wasn't prepared for this. This is certainly not the average zombie book. This straddles the line somewhere between Warm Bodies and Of Mice and Men. The whole while I read this, all I could imagine was that it reminded me of the classics that we read in high school. The setting, the characters, the metaphors are all that well written.
This book is about Temple, a 15 year old southern girl who has grown up in a time when zombies are a regular occurrence. She lives on her own. Temple travels around depending on the kindness of strangers where she can get it, but certainly not relying on it. She's fierce and no nonsense and can take care of herself.
This book is so well written and mind consuming that sometimes I felt like I could actually see the settings, feel what Temple was feeling. I very rarely can get sucked into the setting of a book like that, but its just that good. Bell doesn't try to paint a pretty picture of a world with zombies or the people that inhabit it. There are terrible things that happen, people die, people kill each other, and don't even get me started on the inbreeding mess. The characters are all terrible, flawed people, the world is a torrent of misery, but it's believable. And god damn it, I'm a sucker for a southern setting that isn't fake. As gross and as terrible as it is, it felt truthful. I applaud you Bell, but I will be hesitant to pick up the next volume. Honestly, I can't even imagine why this is a series, the first book closed so beautifully. I might just need a break from zombie books for a bit anyhow, they're pulling at all my feelings.
But lord almighty I wasn't prepared for this. This is certainly not the average zombie book. This straddles the line somewhere between Warm Bodies and Of Mice and Men. The whole while I read this, all I could imagine was that it reminded me of the classics that we read in high school. The setting, the characters, the metaphors are all that well written.
This book is about Temple, a 15 year old southern girl who has grown up in a time when zombies are a regular occurrence. She lives on her own. Temple travels around depending on the kindness of strangers where she can get it, but certainly not relying on it. She's fierce and no nonsense and can take care of herself.
This book is so well written and mind consuming that sometimes I felt like I could actually see the settings, feel what Temple was feeling. I very rarely can get sucked into the setting of a book like that, but its just that good. Bell doesn't try to paint a pretty picture of a world with zombies or the people that inhabit it. There are terrible things that happen, people die, people kill each other, and don't even get me started on the inbreeding mess. The characters are all terrible, flawed people, the world is a torrent of misery, but it's believable. And god damn it, I'm a sucker for a southern setting that isn't fake. As gross and as terrible as it is, it felt truthful. I applaud you Bell, but I will be hesitant to pick up the next volume. Honestly, I can't even imagine why this is a series, the first book closed so beautifully. I might just need a break from zombie books for a bit anyhow, they're pulling at all my feelings.