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A review by drtlovesbooks
Ex-Isle by Peter Clines
3.0
What it's about: The survivors of the Ex Virus have grown their stronghold, the Mount, to about 20,000, but a fire has destroyed their food stores. They've been preparing a new food location, but it's not ready, so the Unbreakables are sent to secure it. But there are simmering tensions that lead to a serious problem in this new area known as Eden.
At the same time, Zzzap has found a "floating island" - a group of ships lashed together - with a few thousand survivors floating in the Pacific. He, St. George, and Corpse Girl head out to let those ocean-going survivors know that there are other survivors in the world. But when they arrive, they're confronted by a hero who claims to be St. George's best friend, even though St. George has never seen him before. This leads to accusations and conflict. And though St. George may be nearly invulnerable, he still needs to breath - and an ocean-based hero might be more than he can take on.
What I thought: Clines doesn't do a lot of character development with these books. It's pretty much plot-plot-plot-plot-plot. And they're fun, and fine for what they are.
But it was generally an enjoyable zombie story. I'm not super jazzed about the ending - it is heavily implied that Danielle/Cerberus was bitten by an ex, which kinda sucks; but I guess it fits with a lot of the way Ceasar/The Driver has been moved to basically take over the Cerberus armor. But until the next book arrives - and who knows when that might be - there's no way to tell how that's going to pan out.
Why I rated it like I did: It's been a little bit since I read the previous book in this series, so I just might not be remembering, but I spent a lot of this book going, "Oh, yeah, that's going to be a thing" for a few chapters before the thing actually happened. Lots of telegraphing of the main conflict moments. And I was also wondering several times why the characters weren't seeing what I was seeing.
At the same time, Zzzap has found a "floating island" - a group of ships lashed together - with a few thousand survivors floating in the Pacific. He, St. George, and Corpse Girl head out to let those ocean-going survivors know that there are other survivors in the world. But when they arrive, they're confronted by a hero who claims to be St. George's best friend, even though St. George has never seen him before. This leads to accusations and conflict. And though St. George may be nearly invulnerable, he still needs to breath - and an ocean-based hero might be more than he can take on.
What I thought: Clines doesn't do a lot of character development with these books. It's pretty much plot-plot-plot-plot-plot. And they're fun, and fine for what they are.
But it was generally an enjoyable zombie story. I'm not super jazzed about the ending -
Why I rated it like I did: It's been a little bit since I read the previous book in this series, so I just might not be remembering, but I spent a lot of this book going, "Oh, yeah, that's going to be a thing" for a few chapters before the thing actually happened. Lots of telegraphing of the main conflict moments. And I was also wondering several times why the characters weren't seeing what I was seeing.