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theboldbookworm 's review for:
Afterland
by Lauren Beukes
Twelve-year-old Miles is one of the last boys on earth and he and his mom, Cole go on the run to get back to their home in Johannesburg, South Africa. Miles has to pretend to be a girl named Mila so they don't get caught. Along the way, they are being chased by Cole's sister Billie, and they end up joining a cult to hide out.
This book sounded really interesting, but it just didn't grab me. The chapters alternate between Cole, Billie, and Miles and there is some past and present. I was expecting there to be more action considering they were on the run the entire time, but there weren't a lot of suspenseful moments. Some of it was odd with the Miles/Mila because Cole would go from calling her Mila to calling him Miles within the same paragraph.
The part about there being no men in the world didn't seem to be much of a focus in the book. With Miles being one of the last males left, I thought there would be a bit more about how not having males impacted the world, but that aspect was missing.
Most of the book with Miles and Cole was centered around their time in the cult which thought that if women repented, the men would eventually come back. I love cult stuff, but this one was kind of boring and I wish less time had been spent on that.
I was hoping the end would be a little more exciting since the entire book was building up to that moment, but it was a bit of a letdown.
Overall this was an okay read, but definitely not what I was expecting. I was hoping to be kind of on the edge of my seat the whole time, but I wasn't. I could relate to the grief of losing loved ones and that part gave me some feels, but the rest of it was kind of mediocre. I loved Broken Monsters so I will be reading more Lauren Beukes, but this one just wasn't for me.
This book sounded really interesting, but it just didn't grab me. The chapters alternate between Cole, Billie, and Miles and there is some past and present. I was expecting there to be more action considering they were on the run the entire time, but there weren't a lot of suspenseful moments. Some of it was odd with the Miles/Mila because Cole would go from calling her Mila to calling him Miles within the same paragraph.
The part about there being no men in the world didn't seem to be much of a focus in the book. With Miles being one of the last males left, I thought there would be a bit more about how not having males impacted the world, but that aspect was missing.
Most of the book with Miles and Cole was centered around their time in the cult which thought that if women repented, the men would eventually come back. I love cult stuff, but this one was kind of boring and I wish less time had been spent on that.
I was hoping the end would be a little more exciting since the entire book was building up to that moment, but it was a bit of a letdown.
Overall this was an okay read, but definitely not what I was expecting. I was hoping to be kind of on the edge of my seat the whole time, but I wasn't. I could relate to the grief of losing loved ones and that part gave me some feels, but the rest of it was kind of mediocre. I loved Broken Monsters so I will be reading more Lauren Beukes, but this one just wasn't for me.