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2.83 AVERAGE
2.83 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder
Minor: Terminal illness, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury
It was okay. I read a couple of the other poorer reviews and I agree with a lot of the stuff said. The concept of the whole world itself had flaws. It wasn't as clearly explained as it could have been and there were a lot of facts that didn't quite fit together.
All the things that didn't quite work for me that I can think of at the moment after finishing the book at 1am:
-horrible explanation of exactly when or how this future dystopian came into being
-why did no one decide to grow their own crops and raise livestock? Not even at the end.
-why had no one thought of aquifers and underground springs to begin with. It's not like its some big secret. And what made that water safe and not any other water? The water that rains soaks into the ground. It could contaminate it. The access to the water with the spring was above ground. Why didn't that especially get contaminated.
-what made joe go into hiding in the first place? If he knew he was like a decade almost olde than everyone else. Why didn't he mention something. And why did no one else notice.
Also, as someone else had pointed out in their review, the whole idea of 12 year olds settling down in "partners" as an official pair and starting a family that young is weird in my opinion. I guess they really have no other choice considering they all die at 19 but still.
All the things that didn't quite work for me that I can think of at the moment after finishing the book at 1am:
-horrible explanation of exactly when or how this future dystopian came into being
-why did no one decide to grow their own crops and raise livestock? Not even at the end.
-why had no one thought of aquifers and underground springs to begin with. It's not like its some big secret. And what made that water safe and not any other water? The water that rains soaks into the ground. It could contaminate it. The access to the water with the spring was above ground. Why didn't that especially get contaminated.
-what made joe go into hiding in the first place? If he knew he was like a decade almost olde than everyone else. Why didn't he mention something. And why did no one else notice.
Also, as someone else had pointed out in their review, the whole idea of 12 year olds settling down in "partners" as an official pair and starting a family that young is weird in my opinion. I guess they really have no other choice considering they all die at 19 but still.
This book reminded me of Rebel Nation and Dan Wells' most recent book. It was difficult for me to connect with Esther.
It took me about a week to read too, not normal for me for young adult. I was interested enough to stick with it.
It took me about a week to read too, not normal for me for young adult. I was interested enough to stick with it.
DNF I was hoping to dig right in to learn about Esther but the POV changed so much as well as the location without notification that it became really hard to follow so I stopped reading. Too many others have said exactly what I thought of with this book.
Graded By: Jenny
Cover Story: Dystopia Parking Lot
BFF Charm: Maybe?
Swoonworthy Scale: 4
Talky Talk: Drum Solo
Bonus Factors: Overlord, Dystopia
Relationship Status: Wrong Number
Read the full book report here.
Cover Story: Dystopia Parking Lot
BFF Charm: Maybe?
Swoonworthy Scale: 4
Talky Talk: Drum Solo
Bonus Factors: Overlord, Dystopia
Relationship Status: Wrong Number
Read the full book report here.
I listened to the audiobook; the narrator did well! Interesting world, post-apocalyptic, not sure how many years or what exactly happened. That might be explained in the next book. Only people under 19-ish survived, and pretty much that’s the life expectancy.
It seems like I just finished another book recently with the same situation, yet the world was much different.
I don’t recall bad language, but , ya authors, you don’t have to have sex scenes. Really, you don’t. They add nothing to the book and kids are exposed to more than enough as it is.
It was , however , a very good read.
It seems like I just finished another book recently with the same situation, yet the world was much different.
I don’t recall bad language, but , ya authors, you don’t have to have sex scenes. Really, you don’t. They add nothing to the book and kids are exposed to more than enough as it is.
It was , however , a very good read.
With so many great dystopian novels on the book shelves at book stores.. I was very disappointed by this one. The characters weren't well developed, the world building was awful and the writing was atrocious. I don't like to give bad reviews so I will end on the positive that at least I will only have to read the first one in the series.
-This Review May Contain Spoilers-
Overall I feel pretty neutral for the most part about this book. All together it was an OK book, I didn't love it but I didn't totally hate it either. Luckily I got a free ARC from epicreads because I'd feel allot worse about the book had I paid for it. It's one of those books that’s worth the read (barely) but not the time or money.
I gave it two stars because while I liked the overall premise the execution sucked for the most part, and there was quite a few things I hated.
Firstly The Plot and World building-
World building There was none, seriously you find out absolutely nothing about anything. What was the apocalypse? What happened to the world to make it a Waste Land? Why is the rain deadly? What exactly are the variants? Why doesn't anyone live past 19? None of these questions are answered. Everything important is just casually mentioned not explained.
The Characters -
There is only one thing i hate more than love triangles and that's insta love, where two people who don't even know each other are all of a sudden in 'love', and in this book its worse than ever cause after all of 3 conversations over the span of 3 or 4 days they become 'partners' basically married and its completely normal they don't even stop to think about it and the next thing they do (which i refer to as the unmentionable act because i'm a prude I admit it) I found really gross and slightly disturbing.. But besides the insta love thing, I just found it incredibly hard to like and relate to the characters and the constantly switching POVs was confusing. Even the 'bad' guy is kinda lame and even though they do explain about why he is the way he is I found it stupid and petty and lame and he seemed kinda two-dimensional and to boring to be the villain.
Besides all that the plot was pretty predictable for the most part and kinda boring.
So, If you like books that are confusing, with no back-story, crappy characters and you like being bored to death, I totally recommend this book. But I wouldn't read it again and I probably wont read the others when they come out, partly because I didn't love this one and partly because I don't see how there can be another or what exactly it would be about.
Overall I feel pretty neutral for the most part about this book. All together it was an OK book, I didn't love it but I didn't totally hate it either. Luckily I got a free ARC from epicreads because I'd feel allot worse about the book had I paid for it. It's one of those books that’s worth the read (barely) but not the time or money.
I gave it two stars because while I liked the overall premise the execution sucked for the most part, and there was quite a few things I hated.
Firstly The Plot and World building-
World building There was none, seriously you find out absolutely nothing about anything. What was the apocalypse? What happened to the world to make it a Waste Land? Why is the rain deadly? What exactly are the variants? Why doesn't anyone live past 19? None of these questions are answered. Everything important is just casually mentioned not explained.
The Characters -
There is only one thing i hate more than love triangles and that's insta love, where two people who don't even know each other are all of a sudden in 'love', and in this book its worse than ever cause after all of 3 conversations over the span of 3 or 4 days they become 'partners' basically married and its completely normal they don't even stop to think about it and the next thing they do (which i refer to as the unmentionable act because i'm a prude I admit it) I found really gross and slightly disturbing.. But besides the insta love thing, I just found it incredibly hard to like and relate to the characters and the constantly switching POVs was confusing. Even the 'bad' guy is kinda lame and even though they do explain about why he is the way he is I found it stupid and petty and lame and he seemed kinda two-dimensional and to boring to be the villain.
Besides all that the plot was pretty predictable for the most part and kinda boring.
So, If you like books that are confusing, with no back-story, crappy characters and you like being bored to death, I totally recommend this book. But I wouldn't read it again and I probably wont read the others when they come out, partly because I didn't love this one and partly because I don't see how there can be another or what exactly it would be about.
Love this book! Although I find it does not relate to the discription (ignore my awful spelling) on the back of the book