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juushikaTitle: The Girl with All the Gifts
Author: M.R. Carey
Published: London: Orbit, 2014
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 430
Total Page Count: 203,295
Text Number: 599
Read Because: reviewed byrachelmanija, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Melanie is an unusual child, not just for her extraordinary intelligence but because of the role she plays in the zombie apocalypse. I need to learn to trust my instincts and avoid zombies stories even when they're supposed to deviate from convention. Melanie has a unique PoV, and her relationship with Justineau is complicated and rewarding, but the rest falls into every predictable pitfall. The zombies are a little different, but stock supporting characters and predictable pacing flatten the worldbuilding; the ending is thematically coherent, but was more memorable in I Am Legend. There's some strong imagery and effective violence, but the clunky writing is plagued by thesaurus abuse. These simply aren't the tropes or genres for me, and it shows—but I wouldn't recommend it.
Author: M.R. Carey
Published: London: Orbit, 2014
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 430
Total Page Count: 203,295
Text Number: 599
Read Because: reviewed by
rachelmanija, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County LibraryReview: Melanie is an unusual child, not just for her extraordinary intelligence but because of the role she plays in the zombie apocalypse. I need to learn to trust my instincts and avoid zombies stories even when they're supposed to deviate from convention. Melanie has a unique PoV, and her relationship with Justineau is complicated and rewarding, but the rest falls into every predictable pitfall. The zombies are a little different, but stock supporting characters and predictable pacing flatten the worldbuilding; the ending is thematically coherent, but was more memorable in I Am Legend. There's some strong imagery and effective violence, but the clunky writing is plagued by thesaurus abuse. These simply aren't the tropes or genres for me, and it shows—but I wouldn't recommend it.
