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A review by fallona
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
3.0
I'm not really fond of zombies, and this is in large part a zombie novel. There are also elements of the worldbuilding that left me with questions, but overall the setting is an interesting piece of alternate history.
I did find it got off to a slow start for me, but it does a very good job of painting a narrator who has a lot of the elements that make a standard YA protagonist, presented in a way I (not typically a YA reader) found actually engaging.
But I remain not a huge fan of zombies, and not a huge fan of YA. This is more a matter of my own tastes than it is a criticism of the actual book.
I did find it got off to a slow start for me, but it does a very good job of painting a narrator who has a lot of the elements that make a standard YA protagonist, presented in a way I (not typically a YA reader) found actually engaging.
But I remain not a huge fan of zombies, and not a huge fan of YA. This is more a matter of my own tastes than it is a criticism of the actual book.