I'm a little weirded out and I'm not sure why? It was like 'you have to become a sub to save the Earth but we're also going to end all sexual deviancyI'm a little weirded out and I'm not sure why? It was like 'you have to become a sub to save the Earth but we're also going to end all sexual deviancy while trying to blow up this other planet' and also 'i have a lot of issues that need to be sorted out by the cunning use of bondage' which gets really old after a while like just give me some good ole bondage sexy times without the angst during the scenes. Outside the scenes, sure. In the bedroom (or dungeon whatever floats their boats), let's not.
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I'm a little weirded out and I'm not sure why? It was like 'you have to become a sub to save the Earth but we're also going to end all sexual deviancy while trying to blow up this other planet' and also 'i have a lot of issues that need to be sorted out by the cunning use of bondage' which gets really old after a while like just give me some good ole bondage sexy times without the angst during the scenes. Outside the scenes, sure. In the bedroom (or dungeon whatever floats their boats), let's not....more
The amounts of sexism in this book is baffling. It's 2015 can't we be past that already? For fucks sake.
Wifi? Cell phI don't even know where to begin?
The amounts of sexism in this book is baffling. It's 2015 can't we be past that already? For fucks sake.
Wifi? Cell phones? After 90%+ of the population dying? Who the bloody fuck is running the cell phone and Internet companies? N o o n e.
The main characters are far more interested in petty romance drama than surviving. Not even procreating, which would make sense given the demise of so many people and the human drive to carry on the human race, but 'ohhhh no the boy I like is sleeping with someone else she must be a slut' like gag me with a rusty spoon.
I have no idea how I finished this. Willpower. ...more
So I was absolutely not thrilled with this book. Let me be clear. The idea was beautiful. Zombies battering a fence that protects what appears to be tSo I was absolutely not thrilled with this book. Let me be clear. The idea was beautiful. Zombies battering a fence that protects what appears to be the very last of humanity. A secretive government controlling everything. A verboten area. VERBOTEN I tell you. And eventually the zombies get in, because they’re mindless killing machines, and logically everyone dies, and the few people who survive have to go into the forbidden area. Are they really the last survivors of humanity?
Mary doesn’t care. Mary doesn’t give a shit. Mary just wants to see the goddamn ocean, and doesn’t care who dies on her batshit insane quest. Her love? Her betrothed? Her brother? Her sister in law? Her best friend? Her dog? The child that they saved? Who cares? They’re just there for plot and angst.
This book is like a study into watching someone devolve into madness, and not because she lost everyone in her village to zombies. Maybe it was because she lost her mom to zombies, who knows? But Mary isn’t quite sane, and only cares about getting to some mythical ocean that just has to be right next to the forest, coincidently just beyond the last gate.
What I wanted from this book was more about the Sisterhood. More about Gabrielle. More about the path. About the other villages. Not this craziness....more
So, everyone keeps talking about this book and how terrifying it is because 'it could totally happen', and I disagree. I don't think it could happen. So, everyone keeps talking about this book and how terrifying it is because 'it could totally happen', and I disagree. I don't think it could happen. I think an EMP could happen, and I think zombies could happen, but I don't think one could cause the other, but yeah, this is a pretty terrifying book regardless.
Especially the ending.
And honestly, the ending, and really, the last half of the book really cemented for me that if I ever lived through an apocalyptic event, somehow, I wouldn't live much longer because seriously fuck crazy post-apocalypse governments and fuck trying to survive on my own....more
I remember reading this. I remember thinking that it was very much a middle grade book, and something a middle schooler would enjoy, but something thaI remember reading this. I remember thinking that it was very much a middle grade book, and something a middle schooler would enjoy, but something that was... well, oh, here, I found my review on my blog.
"Anyways I read it and I felt like I was reading some weird super young version of Battlestar Galatica and I’m not about that. I was reminded of BSG so strongly that I actually borrowed it from my library, lol.
BUt yeah, the thing that annoyed me was that perfectly capable people all listened to the MC when she literally had no idea what she was doing and actually had really bad ideas like, lets dig into this building to get the clearly dead person out of it?!
I tried to remind myself it was probably for an older middle grade audience or a really young YA audience and seeing a female MC in the center of everything getting listened to and whatnot is… empowering? but it was so fucking annoying."
A copy was provided through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book is not a four star book, just fyi, it's a 3.5 star book, come on GoodA copy was provided through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book is not a four star book, just fyi, it's a 3.5 star book, come on Goodreads, please give us half star ratings!
Anyways. This book was LIGHTYEARS better than The 100.
Wells wasn't a self-entitled prick. Glass wasn't obsessed with making time with Luke.
I almost couldn't put it down, because I wanted to know what happened! Even Glass's POV was fascinating, unlike in The 100. I kind of like that all of this happens in one day (approximately), it makes it much more fast-paced.
The world-building was a lot stronger in this book. Getting to see the Earthborns a little more helped a lot in that respect.
I don't want to say that I'll definitely read the sequel, but I probably will. (I HAVE GOT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN CLARKE AND BELLAMY! AND BETWEEN WELLS AND SAHSA! AND THE FIRST CRASH! AND THE NEXT CRASH!) Okay yeah, I'll probably definitely read the next one, especially if they keep getting better. And I think you should make your way through the first one to get to this one, because honestly, it is way, way better....more
I wasn't far off on my original thought of what it was. I want to say the synopsis is pretty misleading. At least, that first line!
I thought this bookI wasn't far off on my original thought of what it was. I want to say the synopsis is pretty misleading. At least, that first line!
I thought this book was a pretty interesting commentary on the disappearing-bees subject. (#whypeopleshouldn'tfuckwithnature)
It was an interesting read. I liked it. The world-building was a little vague and disappointing, but since we're viewing the world from Fiona's eyes, that's to be expected. I really hope that Cured has better world-building because I love reading about dystopian worlds.
The ending was very quick and confusing. I think I need to reread the last fifty pages or so because I'm still not sure what all went on.
I already have the next book next to me to start reading as soon as I finish this review so I'm not really concentrating on this as much as I should be. That's honestly the best thing I can say for the book, though, is that I am going to read the next book ASAP....more
Ummmm, okay. So this book was not great. I was highly annoyed throughout the entire thing.
It had great potential, but I went from YES SO EXCITED I'VE Ummmm, okay. So this book was not great. I was highly annoyed throughout the entire thing.
It had great potential, but I went from YES SO EXCITED I'VE BEEN DYING TO READ THIS to oh my god what is this pile of trash.
So let's see.
There were way too many POVs. It took me half the book to figure out what was going on and who was who. And I really did not care at all about Glass's point of view until the end, because all she cared about was getting on with it with her ex. And seriously, she's a bitch. She protects her love at all costs, and I mean all costs. The only interesting bit about her POV was when we found out what happened on the ship at the end, with the oxygen.
Wells was so annoying. He was obsessed with Clarke and just so entitled that it was making me sick. Clarke does not owe him anything, no matter what he risked - including wasting precious oxygen on the ship and burning down a fucking tree - to get on Earth with her. No, she is not her property and she does not owe him anything.
I kept waiting for this to turn into a Lord of the Flies situation (and it had so many parallels oh man) because Graham was such a douche.
Clarke was the only one I could remotely stand but even though she was so brilliant and knew a lot about radiation, she still goes and eats the fruit? Like, sure, the animals might be safe, but the fruit? I'm going with not safe.
And the ending is completely ridiculous and not even remotely possible. I don't know if I'll be reading the sequel. I don't have many hopes that it will be better....more
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