wentingthings 's review for:

The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell

4.0

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Absolutely beautiful writing, and an interesting narrative not just of survival, but of the unexpected wonders of this earth. Although, I was slightly suspicious of the seeming abundance of gasoline, twenty-five years after the rise of zombies caused the collapse of civilization

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And I was also unable to comprehend Moses Todd's obsessive desire to end Temple's life in vengeance of his murdered brother's. Was it just because he believed he was "fated" to kill her? Was it a complex allegory that flew right over my head?

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