Ed D. (Dex1138) reviewed on 5/17/2011 + 26 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I think this book is going to have people either loving it or hating it. It's not quite like any other book I've read, zombie or not. There isn't a lot of action yet there is a lot going on. Like my favorite zombie tales, this one is about the characters making their way in an altered world and not about the gore. The fact that the outbreak took place many years before the story is interesting but not much about the origin is discussed.
Another reviewer mentioned Huck Finn and I think that's a great comparison. The story is about a teen making her way through some exciting and unsual challenges while having to be more mature and matter of fact about life than she should be at her age.
I was somewhat surprised when I looked at the back cover again after finishing the book to see that's it's aimed at a YA audience. I know my YA self would've liked this book and probably picked it up again later in life as I'm sure there were things I just wouldn't get about the story in my youth. And what I'm saying here is that for a YA book it deals with some slightly more mature themes and relationships between the characters.
The ending was a bit disappointing after going on this journey and it's not necessarily what happens at the end but how it happens. I felt a little cheated, but on the other hand it does allow other things to occur that otherwise could not.

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