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A review by jenbsbooks
World Departed by Sarah Lyons Fleming
adventurous
dark
tense
4.25
I liked this a lot ... just for me to give a 5*, it needs that little extra something (saving profound quotes, things I'd like to discuss, definitely recommend, want a copy to keep). At 700+ pages, this totally kept my interest, I'm moving on to the next book ... there were a few times I'd mention something in the book to those around me (my book is talking about during the apocalypse, they were happy they'd just stocked up on toilet paper and "butt wipes" ... reminds me of Covid and your comment about wipes/TP).
I've read this author's The City trilogy, and have the Until The End Of The World series on my list and already have them in my Audible library. I seem to recall The City series being duet narration (one male one female narrator, female narrator doing all female voices, male doing all male). This is basic multi-person narration, each narrator handling a POV. There's Rose, Tom, Clara and Craig.
One pet peeve ... the chapters in the table of contents do NOT include the POV, they are just a chronological listing. How hard is it to include the header/POV? If I want to go back and look up something, and I remember whose head I was in, the TOC with POVs listed can be a lifesaver. Looking at book 2, I can see that they have remedied this in that publication. Thank you.
Rose seems to be the main character, with Tom a close second (the most chapters). Clara gets a few, and Craig doesn't even start up until ... well, I don't know, because I can't tell from the TOC and I'm not willing to go through every chapter to look. 1/3 of the way in? It was a bit of a shift to suddenly switch to this guy in California that we (the reader) didn't know, didn't know the connection (had I missed his name being mentioned, I remember Rose wanted to get in contact with her friend but hadn't zoned in on the name to realize he would be a character later on). It was interesting to watch Craig's development.
Pretty gruesome in parts (I mean ... can it NOT be, being a zombie apocalypse?). There is some language (f x 143), some slight sexual content (talk, an interaction, and all types of relationships addressed, gay, asexual).
Text available in KindleUnlimited (which I do have at the moment) and I bought the Audible during a sale. This is an Amazon only ... not available at libraries.
I've read this author's The City trilogy, and have the Until The End Of The World series on my list and already have them in my Audible library. I seem to recall The City series being duet narration (one male one female narrator, female narrator doing all female voices, male doing all male). This is basic multi-person narration, each narrator handling a POV. There's Rose, Tom, Clara and Craig.
One pet peeve ... the chapters in the table of contents do NOT include the POV, they are just a chronological listing. How hard is it to include the header/POV? If I want to go back and look up something, and I remember whose head I was in, the TOC with POVs listed can be a lifesaver. Looking at book 2, I can see that they have remedied this in that publication. Thank you.
Rose seems to be the main character, with Tom a close second (the most chapters). Clara gets a few, and Craig doesn't even start up until ... well, I don't know, because I can't tell from the TOC and I'm not willing to go through every chapter to look. 1/3 of the way in? It was a bit of a shift to suddenly switch to this guy in California that we (the reader) didn't know, didn't know the connection (had I missed his name being mentioned, I remember Rose wanted to get in contact with her friend but hadn't zoned in on the name to realize he would be a character later on). It was interesting to watch Craig's development.
Pretty gruesome in parts (I mean ... can it NOT be, being a zombie apocalypse?). There is some language (f x 143), some slight sexual content (talk, an interaction, and all types of relationships addressed, gay, asexual).
Text available in KindleUnlimited (which I do have at the moment) and I bought the Audible during a sale. This is an Amazon only ... not available at libraries.