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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
Overall this was a very good book. I enjoyed the characters, which I found to be unique and engaging. Lots of humor for an end of the world scenario. I also found the setting unusual for a apocalyptic book. The Everglades would not have entered my mind as a possible refuge which makes the characters stand out. I plan on reading the next book in the series.
What a great series! I am so happy with the ending (probably unlike most).
The writing is pretty beginner and predictable. Has a good basic idea for plot line
This is the fourth book in the series and I really enjoyed them all. I found myself not sure who to trust or not trust and anxious over the outcome of the various groups. I know this isn't the only novel that has teens as the sole survivors of some virus, but I found this to be a new approach. Overall I enjoyed his series.
Part Zombie thriller, part Mad Max, part apocalypse survivor story.
Interesting plot line, I think the main premise, children surviving without adults, could be developed better. Needs some better character development or explanations.
Interesting story, kept my attention, but not sure I'll read more of the series.
Interesting plot line, I think the main premise, children surviving without adults, could be developed better. Needs some better character development or explanations.
Interesting story, kept my attention, but not sure I'll read more of the series.
I read this book for the 2021 Bossy Book Challenge August : Monster theme. This was a very quick read which I enjoy in the summer when I am mostly reading in the late evenings after all the fun in the sun time is over with.
This is definitely a Young Adult book, although it does deal with some adult type themes. It just reads as YA. This is not a bad thing, it just is what it is. Bryn reads like a YA heroine. She is a strong female lead, in fact, all the females in this first book in the series were strong characters. I had some problems with the character of Peter, because he smacked just a little too hard of a stereotype gay character. I would have been happier if he had been written just a little stronger, a little less flouncy. I am a 40+ year old Cis woman, and even I was a little insulted that the only person to faint from an emotional shock was Peter. Bodo was likable, if ultimately forgettable, character brought in as a love interest for Bryn.
This books ends with a major cliffhanger. This was disappointing for me because my library does not have this book and I'm not sure if I enjoyed this book enough to actually buy the book.... atleast at this point.
I know it sounds like I did not enjoy this book, but that was not the case. I found it to be a perfect summer read. Thank you Gertie for this selection.
This is definitely a Young Adult book, although it does deal with some adult type themes. It just reads as YA. This is not a bad thing, it just is what it is. Bryn reads like a YA heroine. She is a strong female lead, in fact, all the females in this first book in the series were strong characters. I had some problems with the character of Peter, because he smacked just a little too hard of a stereotype gay character. I would have been happier if he had been written just a little stronger, a little less flouncy. I am a 40+ year old Cis woman, and even I was a little insulted that the only person to faint from an emotional shock was Peter. Bodo was likable, if ultimately forgettable, character brought in as a love interest for Bryn.
This books ends with a major cliffhanger. This was disappointing for me because my library does not have this book and I'm not sure if I enjoyed this book enough to actually buy the book.... atleast at this point.
I know it sounds like I did not enjoy this book, but that was not the case. I found it to be a perfect summer read. Thank you Gertie for this selection.
I picked up a Dystopian Novel Anthology for a dollar or so one day, and I just started reading it. I thought it was short stories, but it’s full novels, and this book is the first one. This is the first in a new series (everything is a series these days) about the end of the world. It’s sort of a zombie tale, but with a twist – the zombies are alive and fully human, they’re just cannibals. Something, they never go into it much what, has killed off everyone who was younger than or older than puberty. They knew this was coming, as it happened pretty slowly, and our main character Bryn’s dad prepared her in survival tactics and supplies, and had her in krav magna since she was little (I guess that was unrelated, yet lucky). She’s alone, just one of many teens left alive, and she ends up teaming up with a couple of other teens, and they’re trying to get to s safe spot they can make home, finding food, and avoiding becoming food to those Canners (cannibal kids, also sometimes referred to as Zombies). Some of the ways things were written made it clear it is a Young Adult series and seemed akward and cheesy, but overall it’s enjoyable for adults to read, and the characters were likable and I want to know what happens next. The end was more the ending of a chapter than a book, and I will be reading the second in this series soon. It's more of a 3 1/2 than a solid three.