Helpful Score: 1
This book had a lot of potential but ended up not living up to it. It had some great elements mixed in... a religious cult and a pandemic that was ending the world. Of course, the cult leaders claimed the pandemic was caused by the "outsiders" and their wicked ways. This sets off a crazy chain of events.
The chapters go between 2 main characters, Agnes and her younger sister Beth. These young ladies feel the hardship of the cult especially when women are nothing and have no say in anything. Agnes is devote while Beth is the opposite.
The book had some great aspects. The cult was like a lot of ones that you read about. The make up of the pandemic was pretty original and kind of creepy. Agnes was a good main character to follow along with. There were some things that took away from the book as well. The religion was pretty heavy handed throughout the book. While this didn't bother me a whole lot, it did wear on you after a bit. There was also Beth. She started out okay but once an egg got thrown in her face she kept changing personalities. It wasn't just a bit, it was major back and forth through the book. I ended up hating her chapters and didn't want to read them. It did get better at the end. The last thing that I would say brought the score down was it was a bit too long. Probably could've had a 100 pages shaved off of it. There was a point where I struggled to continue since it seemed to go on and on.
All in all it was a pretty good book and I enjoyed reading it.
The chapters go between 2 main characters, Agnes and her younger sister Beth. These young ladies feel the hardship of the cult especially when women are nothing and have no say in anything. Agnes is devote while Beth is the opposite.
The book had some great aspects. The cult was like a lot of ones that you read about. The make up of the pandemic was pretty original and kind of creepy. Agnes was a good main character to follow along with. There were some things that took away from the book as well. The religion was pretty heavy handed throughout the book. While this didn't bother me a whole lot, it did wear on you after a bit. There was also Beth. She started out okay but once an egg got thrown in her face she kept changing personalities. It wasn't just a bit, it was major back and forth through the book. I ended up hating her chapters and didn't want to read them. It did get better at the end. The last thing that I would say brought the score down was it was a bit too long. Probably could've had a 100 pages shaved off of it. There was a point where I struggled to continue since it seemed to go on and on.
All in all it was a pretty good book and I enjoyed reading it.
