A review by annieice
Girls Save the World in This One by Ash Parsons

4.0

it was a fun interesting book, it went slow and nothing remotely horror happened until like 30 ish percent in but I guess it was useful to get the character fleshed out. this book was more about friendships and smashing the patriarchy than it was about a zombie apocalypse. maybe it was because it wasn't exactly a zombie apocalypse and because it was too upbeat, which worked for me, because I can't exactly stand horror much, but the ending was a bit of a letdown. too upbeat if you ask me, needed a bit more deep realization of the horror that they witnessed and all the trauma. they killed lots and lots of people, even if they were infected. lots and lots of people are dead, this is a tragedy, not a mere media celebration. sure they should be happy they survived but they seemed to forget all the shit too fast. their actions and feelings weren't very realistic, unfortunately. and I was expecting a lot because the character was a dyscalculic girl with GAD, but she felt too confident and strong, as if this was all a movie and not you know, real? i guess I'm talking nonsense. maybe being too realistic would've made this book too dark, which was;t what the author wanted (you can see from the synopsis and the cover plus the title) but just a little mention of all this horrid experience and so many people being dead in the end would've been enough for me. anyways it was a fun use of time, I recommend it to teenagers who like zombies, fandoms, and people who love friendships being the star of the story.