Dark Inside (Dark Inside, #1)

Jul 18, 2012 karen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: jury-duty-book, why-yes-i-ya, upstairs-neighbors

yesterday i was in a discussion with some dude about teen fiction, and why it is so damn compelling and why we were lately reading it to the exclusion of all other literature,despite our grown status, and his reason was because of the instant gratification of it - that the pacing is such that it can generally be read in one sitting and you want to keep reading it. and it doesn't mean that it is mindless, like a lot of adult page-turner fiction, but that it is frequently too exciting to stop read...more

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Mar 30, 2012 Emily May rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dystopia-utopia, ya-na, 2011, annoying, wtf-sexism

For me, what rescued Dark Inside from getting an extremely negative review was the fast-paced action and adventure, weird creepiness and what Tatiana likes to call "compulsive readability". The book had many faults, which I will go into, and it was on the whole not a great work of dystopian fiction.

Basically, there's this earthquake one day and suddenly people everywhere start acting weird... becoming possessed by a violent rage, turning on their families and friends, searching the streets for...more

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Apr 16, 2013 Kat (Le Pauvre Cœur) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: october-2012, amazing-love-interest, blew-me-away, wizard-angst

4.5 Stars.

Update: Fuck it, FIVE STARS!

THAT WAS FREAKING AMAZING.

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An earthquake has destroyed most of the world.
Humans have been consumed by hatred and anger and have become the monsters that they truly are.
Surviving has never been this difficult.

We follow the perspectives of four kids.

Mason, whose mother has just died and he's fighting the madness inside of him.
Aries, who was caught in the earthquake that killed her best friend but was saved by a mysterious stranger.
Michael, narrowly avoiding...more

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Nov 20, 2011 Michelle, the Bookshelf Stalker rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was soooo disappointed in this book. I love good, graphic novels where the blood is bloody, the bones are crunching, and the terror is terrifying! The book started off with a natural disaster (earthquake), some weird spooky supernatural stuff, and 4 protagonists that starred in our show, I mean book. The 4 characters see some seriously creepy stuff and basically, they don’t know whom to trust, were to go and what the hell is going on. Great setup right? Yup. It was soooooooo good. And then….....more

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Nov 06, 2012 Reynje rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dual-or-multiple-pov, read-2012, welcome-to-the-apocalypse, young-adult

3.5 stars

Here’s the thing about me and horror: it’s not so much the content as the source that bothers me.

Which is not to say I’m not terrified by scary things, because I am. Absurdly so. But always in the back of my mind is the question: where did this come from? It has always been much more disturbing for me to know that someone, somewhere, came up with whatever horrific scene is playing out on screen or on the page. That even the most unrealistic scenrios were born in very real places, and t...more 3.5 stars

Here’s the thing about me and horror: it’s not so much the content as the source that bothers me.

Which is not to say I’m not terrified by scary things, because I am. Absurdly so. But always in the back of my mind is the question: where did this come from? It has always been much more disturbing for me to know that someone, somewhere, came up with whatever horrific scene is playing out on screen or on the page. That even the most unrealistic scenrios were born in very real places, and the most horrible things we can imagine were spawned in the human mind.

So if you ask me what I find truly terrifying, I guess I would say human capacity for evil. I find that idea infinitely more disturbing than say, a zombie apolocalypse.

And this is why Dark Inside worked for me as a genuinely scary story, because it’s about humanity unleashing their own evil upon the world. While this is immediately apparent in an obvious sense, as a suddenly released evil takes over much of mankind and causes them to become killing-machines, there is also a more subtle form. As those not overtaken and turned into “monsters” are forced to fight for their survival, they are also faced with situations in which their moral compasses are no longer effective. Previously unthinkable actions become necessity. And fear causes even the most well-intentioned do abhorrent things.

Dark Inside is told through five perspectives, which sounds unwieldy, but actually works fairly effectively for the story. Mason, Aries, Clementine and Michael are four teenagers battling to stay alive after the murderous rage (apparently instigated by a series of massive earthquakes) appears to have taken over most of the population. Their dawning cognizance of what is happening around them, and their reactions to it, essentially forms the bulk of the story; each of them trying to survive and navigate their way to relative safety. The fifth perspective, “Nothing,” gives a voice and context to the darkness enveloping the majority of humanity, while remaining eerily evasive and difficult to get a handle on.

This is a grim, violent book that doesn’t pull punches, particularly when it comes to individual characters’ actions. But it’s not just the brutality that’s depicted, occasionally the most shocking thing about this story is the choices the characters’ make, and then the consequences of those decisions. It’s not a predictable book, in that Roberts doesn’t shelter her characters, and she compels the reader to question them. They do unsympathetic things. They may or may not be or remain “good” people. There’s an intensely unsettling atmosphere about the novel, on the basis of this uncertainy around some of the characters, and it makes for fast reading.

While at a surface level this reads like an action-based novel, (which it is), I was surprised by how much Roberts was able to develop the characters in a limited amount of page time. Given the number of narrators and the rapid progression of the plot, a considerable amount of insight into each of the teenagers is provided, particularly through the choices they make to survive. Granted, it does at times feel very much as if this novel is laying the foundation, establishing the characters to be further developed as the series continues, but the charactersation is done well. The novel is written in the third person (with the exception of “Nothing”’s voice), yet Roberts manages to keep the characters distinct. It would have been easy for the viewpoints to blur in a novel of this pacing, but their storylines are substantial and fleshed-out so that they remain unambiguous.

Dark Inside sets itself from much of the apocalyptic YA fiction of late because it doesn’t adhere to the tropes and developments common to those novels. This book feels unpredictable, and almost unapologetic in its confronting content. There are no guarantees made, no assurances that things are going to turn out as expected. (By expected I mean as dictated by a lot of current apoc/dystopian YA – goodness prevails, love interests survive blah blah blah).

I’m curious to see where Roberts is taking this story, and while there’s a measure of closure at the end of Dark Inside, there are more than enough questions left unresolved to make me pick up the sequel.
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Sep 24, 2011 Aly (Fantasy4eva) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: pleasantly-surprised, action-packed, dark-and-gritty, fast-paced-and-engrossing, received-for-review, uk-bookish-love, swap

Well well, don't we have a bit of a stunner here. I started DARK INSIDE without any expectation, but I've been left completely surprised by just how wonderful this book is. And hey, it's hell of a fast read. Have I ever mentioned how much I love my fast paced reads? They totally rock my world, and DARK INSIDE is no exception.

After a series of earthquakes people completely turn on each other. There is no regret, no remorse. If the earthquakes haven't done you harm then these people will make sure...more Well well, don't we have a bit of a stunner here. I started DARK INSIDE without any expectation, but I've been left completely surprised by just how wonderful this book is. And hey, it's hell of a fast read. Have I ever mentioned how much I love my fast paced reads? They totally rock my world, and DARK INSIDE is no exception.

After a series of earthquakes people completely turn on each other. There is no regret, no remorse. If the earthquakes haven't done you harm then these people will make sure they finish the job. All we know is that for some unexplained reason people have flat out started going on killing spree's. Sparing not even their own families or children.

Let me tell you now. Although I found it pretty bearable, this will not be a easy read for some. Many innocent people die, and it does get graphic at times. Basically it's far from pretty.

But it's more than worth it.

We are lead into the lives of four particular teenagers. Clementine, Aries, Mason and Michael. But there is a mysterious fifth under the name "nothing". Although it wasn't much of a mystery who this was. As we watch on, each will struggle with their own inner demons and guilt. Let's just say they haven't survived until now without having to kill a person or two. But this is the perfect example of survival of the fittest. You either hide in a corner and wait for a bagger to find you, or think quick and come up with a plan.

What the four will go through is horrific. Each will face their own journey and battle to stay alive whilst the so called *baggers* roam the streets. The freaky thing about the baggers is that they aren't necessarily all easy to tell apart. Although many of them are sloppy in their killings, some are more intelligent than others and can hold a conversation without you even suspecting. These are the ones that you really need to look out for. With rations scarce, the majority dead, hospitals, doctors and policemen practically nonexistent, there is no choice but to solely rely on yourself. No one is to be trusted, not even yourself.

There were so many moments where my heart would be beating furiously and I would be an anxious mess. When I think of a premise like this, this is exactly what I expect from a novel. Something gritty, a little gory to add a touch of realism. I got that from DARK INSIDE, and the fact that there were so many creepy/horrific moments really helped build the perfect atmosphere.

The story poses a strong question. Are we our own greatest enemy? Will the day come where we have so much power that we get carried away? I mean isn't that the reality of today? Isn't it us human who do most of the killing. May it be the environment, animals or each other. Will the time come when things go so out of hand that we destroy each other completely? DARK INSIDE makes you ask this very question, and as questionable some aspects of the book may be, you can't help but wonder - what if? As the story progresses and each character faces their own struggles, they are forced to question what or who is evil or good. Can you determine either and does it even matter anymore?

Although I grew frustrated by some the characters reckless decisions and mistakes, I found myself feeling guilty for judging them, because, for example: as much as Michael' cowardly tendencies cheesed me off, who's to say how I would have reacted if I was in their situation? Most likely, I would have not lasted as long as they have managed to. You see, each of them bring something important to the table, and it's enough at least to keep them alive, and that's what counts - no matter what their flaws. The ending is quite abrupt and leaves as many questions lingering as I had in the very beginning. Is there going to be a sequel? I would sure love one, but there is also something wonderful in leaving us readers with that big hovering question mark - in not knowing what happens to them in the world they are now living in.

For all you hopeless romantics, romance was pretty much non - existent. Oh there were feelings between certain characters, but it pretty much settled and stayed put around that line. So yeah, very tame and whatnot, and for some that may be a let down but it didn't bother me. It made sense actually and gave the book more of a realistic feel. I mean, where do you find time to make out/other things and such when creepy people are trying to kill you and the world is basically ending. So many books count on romance that it's refreshing to see that a book can hold it's own and the readers interest thoughout without it. Doncha think, eh.

Is is apparent that I loved this book?

Some who have read the book may not share my enthusiasm, but I, for one, thought it was pretty darn fantastic.(less)

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Sep 27, 2012 Jord¥n rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: readers who have a strong stomach

Shelves: young-adult, dystopian-apocalyptic, pretty-awesomness, reread

Update 9/27/12
Even better the second time around! Now I can finally read Rage Within :D

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Can I please give this book more than five stars??? Please please please!?!?!

First off I wanna point out this is not a zombie book. There are no brain eaters in here. Just because people are killing other people in a crazy way doesn't mean they are zombies -_- I don't know how some people think of this as a zombie novel....

Just from glancing at t...more

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Oct 25, 2011 Sarah ~Slow reader, or slowly reading? ;) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: badass-alert, top-notch, ebook, demons, arc, dystopian, horror-and-or-thriller

4.5 stars :)

This book is not for the faint-hearted. The scenes in this book are extremely violent, heart wrenching, and completely fucked up. And I loved every minute of it!

I went into this novel thinking it was going to be your typical zombie-apocalypse story. But it wasn't. The creatures in this book are not zombies. They are humans. And they are seriously terrifying.

As earthquakes seem to break out across the world, so does violence. People -ordinary citizens like police officers, mothers, fa...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Beth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011-reads, december-2011, all-shook-up, disappointment, everyone-loves-it-but-me, loved-the-premise, all-downhill-from-there, couldn-t-put-it-down, could-have-been-better, great-expectations, mehhh, mixed-feelings, nothing-special, oh-my-god-shut-up, wanted-to-love-but, whiny-girls

2.5 stars

"Dark Inside" and I got off to such a good start. It's the kind of book that I have a great love/hate relationship with: the premise is so chilling and frightening but in an addictive, fast-paced way, but, like most people, I'm terrified of something so huge and inexplicable happening to my friends and family on a mass scale. In the opening chapters, "Dead Inside" lived up to its potential, with a hurtling, nauseous description of the four main characters getting into accidents, having...more 2.5 stars

"Dark Inside" and I got off to such a good start. It's the kind of book that I have a great love/hate relationship with: the premise is so chilling and frightening but in an addictive, fast-paced way, but, like most people, I'm terrified of something so huge and inexplicable happening to my friends and family on a mass scale. In the opening chapters, "Dead Inside" lived up to its potential, with a hurtling, nauseous description of the four main characters getting into accidents, having their schools blown up, being randomly attacked and their families dying brutally. Like most people, this is pretty much all of my worst fears packed into several horrifying setpieces. As you can see, I read this long book in one day, probably my fastest read of the year, but, despite the fairly good pacing and the wince-inducing occurrences, looking back on the plot, I can't help but think that it's all a little...boring.

Don't get me wrong. It isn't, at first. At first, it's fucking terrifying. Law and order breaks down totally, utterly and immediately in a realistic and making-me-rock-backwards-and-forwards-in-my-chair way. Good people die badly. People turn on each other in the most vicious ways possible. And while I know that YA couldn't really go all-out with the nasty violence and that it would have all felt like overkill by the end of this book and I don't object to some off-screen action - Greek tragedy shows us that sometimes what happens out of the audience's sight is far more awful than anything a writer could pull on them - it all becomes more than a bit samey by the end of "Dark Inside." That, of course, makes me a horrible person, because a pregnant woman gets dragged away in the beginning and a little boy is almost murdered in the middle. Buuuuut it's all dampened by the fact that we know nothing about these people. Nothing. Not their names, not their families, not even their fate! By the end, it felt like shock value over substance.

Although, in all fairness, Roberts treats all her characters the same, even her main ones. Maybe it's just me, as an English person (we prefer our mundane names over here), but "Clementine" and "Aries" (especially the latter) bugged me throughout. Third person is effective in these kind of novels because it allows for a greater sense of world-wide breakdown (which is sort of used well within the narrative), and gives unpredictability (which really wasn't). We don't know much about these characters, and even what we do know is pretty stock. Mason (who I will mess up with Michael liberally throughout this review; I really struggled with which was which) suffers from archetypal Survivor's Guilt because his mother's death is what caused him to escape the bombing of his school in which all his friends died. Daniel is the hot, brooding, unlikeable boy with A SECRET!!! Clemetine has someone to live and look for. Aries is our archetypal moron. Third person, which could have been perfect for this novel, was used monotonously and repetitively so that none of the rhythm of the fight scenes were really felt.

Most of the characters were passable on the scale of Moron-->Genius scale. Mostly everyone was unrealistically lucky rather than totally moronic, with one very large exception: Aries. At first, she was understandably terrified and out of it. That is all fair enough. (I would be such a shivering, dribbling wreck in the sort-of-but-not-really zombie apocalypse that I can relate.) But, later in the book, when Aries is supposed to have got more clued up on survival tips to the point where she's actually the leader of her little group - right up until Daniel, the ~~prick~~ brooding hot boy who sort of saved her life by telling her to go to the high school at the beginning. Given what a mess she was, I can sort of understand being indebted to him. To me, the debt would have cleared once Aries risked her own life taking care of him for two days (a lifetime in the apocalypse). But oh no no. Apparently this not-very-special act of life-saving earned Daniel Aries's undying devotion, despite the fact that he is very shifty, has a habit of abandoning her and doesn't seem all that trustworthy. This gets to the point where she endangers all their lives - including her entire group's - by refusing to leave Daniel when he's essentially telling her to get the fuck out? He didn't want her, but ooohhhh noooo, Ariel thinks because she likes being in a group so much that Daniel will like it to. Ummm, what? Has she not seen what can happen to survivors in this apocalypse? Does she really want to pair up with a guy who doesn't seem all that fond of her? I can only assume by the description of her stroking his cheek and her heartbeat quickening that he is the Obligatory Love Interest. Shudder.

The thing is, the plot is nonsense. We don't know why this virus/disease/personality disorder/THING has come over these people, or why it only affects some people. And that's okay. It fits very well for the book to evoke the chaos and confusion that can come with true, absolute ignorance, and fits so well with Roberts' horror mould of things that are beyond our control (total? EVERYTHING). It's totally fine. But accepting that the entire plot is based around very unlikely contrivance comes, to me, with the unspoken promise that the rest of your plot will concern very likely events. Roberts is good at this to begin with, what with society crumbling in an inevitable, horrible way, but, as time goes on, she seems to throw any mini semblance of logic to the wind in an attempt to craft surprises. For example: to begin with, the virus seems to be more or less uncontrollable, a brain-eating disease that takes away everything about you, including your free will. Then suddenly it's possible for some people to retain their (amazing) intellect and articulation, despite the fact that these zombies are supposedly governed by nothing but pure bloodlust-rage. Why? Who the hell cares. It just makes a good twist. My next point is a fine line to walk but it did bug me that every single one of the survivors'...survival skills were based on 99.9999999999% (more often than not, 100%) luck. Of course a massive degree of luck is required to survive any major disaster, and I could forgive all of the luck that happened in the immediate aftermath of the apocalypse, but afterwards, it was stretched to breaking point. Aries's team manages to collect an amazing amount of supplies, including stuff like bicycles, despite the fact that most of the zombies seem to be at least a little logic and capable of plotting, as the killing technique of most of them seems to be surrounding buildings and setting them on fire, to either burn everyone inside or catch them as they ran out. If the zombies are at least pretty smart - and some of them are shown to be incredibly so - why wouldn't they burn down all the supply shops to kill off any remaining humans? Well, because then it wouldn't be possible for Roberts' characters to survive. I swear this pattern repeats itself about a thousand times in the novel:

1. Get attacked by 'bagger'
2. Fight off 'bagger'
3. Do something incredibly stupid
4. Amazing luck and/or the 'bagger's' amazing stupidity facilitate escape that previously seemed totally impossible.

This leaves "Dark Inside" with a grand total of Not Much Plot At All. I sort of think I should stop reading books that are going to be the first in a series/trilogy. Because, I'm sorry, this was not a story at all. This was a thorough exploration of the jumping-off point for a story, i.e. the beginning, so this wasn't even a novel. It was a third of a novel. I have no idea what the next book will be about; sure, we left our characters hanging - not the cliffhanger kind - but I can't see where "Dark Inside" could next go except for a lot more of the "walking for miles and miles" and "repetitive fight scene" combination. There is no intrigue, no sequel hook, no real reason why I should read on except for the world-building (which was good!) and the fate of the characters (who were skimmed over, bland and not remotely interesting enough to pull me back in). Ultimately, nothing really happened. Oh, sure, there were a lot of fight scenes, and lots of minor secondary characters got killed off. But I honestly can't think of one plot thread that I am excited to read about in the next book, or one revelation of importance that could tie the 'arc' (this is a trilogy, right? Surely it has to have an arc of some sort?) together.

The most annoying thing about all of this is that the best moments of "Dark Inside" come when Roberts injects a cold syringe of substance into her ass-kicking plot. Twiggy, a Sociology professor turned zombie, theorises that the virus comes about because of the '"push-button" generation', and the innate frustration and repressed loathing - both of self and particularly others - are freed by the virus, but that they were also there are all along, as a product of urban rage and hatred. Twiggy's speech about how all great civilisations destroyed themselves from within eventually, and now it was our turn, was chilling and amazingly fascinating. Maybe it's a little trite, but that kind of widespread emotion is a dark and almost endlessly interesting place for a YA zombie novel, of all the things, to mine. Best of all, it's amazingly plausible; in a hyperbolic, science-fictiony way, there it's a wild but not stratospheric leap between road rage/the race of people who will kill each other over something as mundane as Thanksgiving turkey and the rage-fuelled automatons that mostly populate "Dark Inside." It's just a shame that this dark gem is hidden inside such a bloated, monotonous plot.(less)

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Sep 24, 2011 Jamie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

“We would not go gentle into that good night.”

5/5

Wow-za.

I haven’t read many apocalyptic books in my time. Frankly the prospect scares the hell out of me, so why would I want to read about it? But I just happened across Dark Inside in my local bookshop and thought, why not? It looks good, looks all action-packed and has an awesome cover. So I bought it.
It was one of the best things I have ever bought.

I have to start off by saying that this book is tense. And I mean it. You know when you’re watchi...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Ashelynn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: recommend

This review appears on Gypsy Book Reviews.

So, basically, Dark Inside is the scariest book I’ve ever read and I now want to crawl into a hole and hide forever. If you read Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick, you will like this book—and if you were one of those who thought Ashes would have been better had the second part not be so drastically different from the first part, you will freaking LOVE Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts. Seriously.

Okay, so, here’s the deal: there’s five points of views. Nothing (who scares...more This review appears on Gypsy Book Reviews.

So, basically, Dark Inside is the scariest book I’ve ever read and I now want to crawl into a hole and hide forever. If you read Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick, you will like this book—and if you were one of those who thought Ashes would have been better had the second part not be so drastically different from the first part, you will freaking LOVE Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts. Seriously.

Okay, so, here’s the deal: there’s five points of views. Nothing (who scares the crap out of me), Mason, Aries, Michael, and Clementine. They’re all told in third person, except for Nothing who tells his/her story in first person. And basically Nothing is crazy and his/her last chapter scared the ever living crap out of me! Just what s/he says (the first sentence especially) twists everything I knew about Dark Inside and if there isn’t a sequel, I’m going to throw a fit. But I think there is, so YAAAY!

What’s really scary is the crazies, the Baggers. Whatever you want to call them. They kill for fun, they kill for the game, they kill because they can. Most of them are quiet. Like I said, most of them are quiet, and that’s how you distinguish them from others—except for the ones who act normal and talk and will kill you when they can. You can’t trust anybody in this story, yet I want to live in it. Dark Inside ranks high on the favorite books list. Like oh my god, so brilliant. Love this freaking book.

Also, it’s all about survival. There’s none of that “OMG we’re the last people on earth, let’s be in love!” Okay, there’s some romance, but not a whole lot because the focus is on survival. And avoiding the baggers. Which is the same, but holy crap, they’re scary, I have to repeat myself.

Each main character has their own personalities and voices. In the very beginning, I had a problem distinguishing their voices and wondered why there were four POVs (five if you count Nothing, but you know it’s Nothing because s/he talks in first person). It makes sense at the end. I also liked that Roberts spread out each teen; like Clementine is from Midwest USA and Michael’s from Montana and Mason from Canada, I think?

Also I want to point out that there is a three-week gap in this book, but I think Roberts handled it very well and I didn’t feel as if I missed anything major.

One last thing: Read this book during the day, unless you can handle the baggers at night. Mwahaha.(less)

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Nov 04, 2012 Annmarie Ager rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-reviewed

Earthquakes rock the earth places crumble to ash and people are killed within a blink of an eye but the worse is still to come. Evil has been set free and is changing people into something dark. Killers and hunters ready to tear you apart.

Four teens Mason, Aries, Clementine and Michael each in different places fighting to stay alive and to keep the darkness out there souls. Will they live through the horror that awaits them at every corner.

In the course of the book you manly follow four charact...more

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Sep 07, 2011 Misty rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: recieved-for-review, own

This book really dives into the action and had me on the edge of my seat, heart racing, from start to finish. It really makes your think about kind of person you'd be if the world was in an apocalyptic disarray and what you'd do to survive, as it follows four different characters on their journeys.

The book isn't sugar-coated either, terrible things happen that I didn't guess that made it feel realistic and though I suspect a supernatural element to 'the baggers' I think it really shows people ca...more

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Jul 28, 2011 tonya. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, arcs, dystopian-utopian-post-apocalyptic, meh, ya

In a time when the YA market is so saturated with dystopia that it has all but become blase, Dark Inside offers a new and unique spin on the genre. (Though to be honest I don't even know if dystopia is the right descriptor to tag this with, but it's what the publisher called it so we'll go with that. ;)

For starters, rather than set sometime in the future after the apocalyptic event, Dark Inside is a contemporary novel, set at the advent of the shift. This is not a story that builds a new world o...more In a time when the YA market is so saturated with dystopia that it has all but become blase, Dark Inside offers a new and unique spin on the genre. (Though to be honest I don't even know if dystopia is the right descriptor to tag this with, but it's what the publisher called it so we'll go with that. ;)

For starters, rather than set sometime in the future after the apocalyptic event, Dark Inside is a contemporary novel, set at the advent of the shift. This is not a story that builds a new world out of the rubble of the old, but rather tells the story of how our current world breaks down. And the way it breaks down is people turning on people. Not through world wars or a military coup or nuclear weapons as with so many other dystopians, but with a dark and insidious voice that infiltrates and overtakes the majority of the population, turning them into psychopaths bent on killing anyone in their path.

There's a metaphor here, and a good one I bet, but unfortunately the way in which Dark Inside was written is so distracting, I can hardly grasp it.

The story is told in third person limited narration style, through the eyes of five different people. Five. In a three hundred and change page book, that doesn't give me much room to get to know anyone, especially when there is a larger issue in play. I never felt I knew any of the narrators well enough to become emotionally invested in what happened to them, and had a hard time keeping track of who was who. And while their stories did eventually intersect, it was not until the very end of the book and by that point, I was just ready to be finished.

I don't know if this is a series, but given the way it wrapped up I assume is has to be. It was not a cliffhanger, but it was very anticlimactic.

Aside from those major issues, I found there to be too many coincidences and conveniences that allowed characters to escape or hide or remain undiscovered. Dialogue felt flat and trite in many instances, and the narrator's voice never shifted between the characters--and also never felt like an authentic teenage voice.

In my opinion, this would have been a much better read if it had focused on one single character and had been written in first person. It needed the immediacy and the intimacy of being inside someone's head and going through the horrors with them.

A very generous three stars for a great concept and a very poor execution.
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Jul 12, 2011 Giselle at Book Nerd Canada rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites, own

The world has had enough. It wants to rid the earth of humans. One day an earthquake rips across the world and causes mass casualties. The enemy in this book is not vampires, werewolves, or ghosts. It is the people themselves. The Evil that creeps into each and every person’s mind causes normal human beings to rip and tear their own flesh and blood.

Each chapter is dedicated to four Canadian teenagers: Michael, Clementine, Aries and Mason. We follow along as each character is torn between being n...more

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Sep 11, 2011 SJH (A Dream of Books) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own, for-review, young-adult, dystopia, thriller

I actually missed out on a lot of the hype surrounding 'Dark Inside' which meant that when I received a copy of the book for review I wasn't initially sure if it was going to be my sort of thing. But I like to give everything a try so I picked it up and found that from the very first page I was well and truly hooked on the exhilarating and heart pounding apocalyptic story that debut author Jeyn Roberts had woven. This is definitely one of those books that will make you not want to leave the hous...more I actually missed out on a lot of the hype surrounding 'Dark Inside' which meant that when I received a copy of the book for review I wasn't initially sure if it was going to be my sort of thing. But I like to give everything a try so I picked it up and found that from the very first page I was well and truly hooked on the exhilarating and heart pounding apocalyptic story that debut author Jeyn Roberts had woven. This is definitely one of those books that will make you not want to leave the house until you've finished it. It's a story that will make your palms sweat and your heart race!

It actually reminded me quite a bit of 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy which is one of my favourite adult novels and is another one of those books which defines the word gripping.

A series of earthquakes have caused total devastation across America. They've also let loose something which is causing people to suddenly be struck by an uncontrollable rage which leads to them murdering and killing everyone around them. The story is told via four main characters who have survived the initial quakes and are now attempting to survive in a changed world where death lurks around every corner and where no one can be trusted. Sometimes in books which have multiple narrators you occasionally get a weak link or a character that you're not quite so keen on. In 'Dark Inside' I found each of the teenagers narratives enthralling and all of them sharply defined and brilliantly characterised. Clementine, Mason, Aries and Michael are each left to struggle against odds which are clearly stacked against them as they try to stay alive. There's also the enigmatic, mysterious and handome bad boy Daniel who may well hold the key to the horror which has struck America and the sweet and charming Chickadee who will touch your heart.

The fact that there appears to be no reason for the murderous intent which is driving people, makes it even more shocking as it's hard to understand or explain. The teenagers have to do some extraordinary things to ensure that they're not caught by the evil 'Baggers' who are vicious and bloodthirsty and whose only purpose is to catch and then kill people. I enjoyed the gradual convergence of the teens stories and the way in which they started to operate as a team and not just as lone survivors.

As I'm not really a fan of the horror genre, I thought that I might find this book too scary. However, although my stomach was in my mouth for the majority of the story, I lived every second along with the characters and I felt bereft when it was over. This is truly an oustanding novel by a very exciting debut author which blew me away and is without a doubt one of my favourite books of the year so far. Jeyn Roberts is currently working on the sequel to 'Dark Inside' and I for one can't wait! I'm going to be counting down every second until it's release. This is definitely the book to get all those reluctant teen readers to read!
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Oct 22, 2012 Elena rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Nach einem verheerenden Erdbeben kämpft sich Aries durch die zerstörten Straßen. Clementine ist die Einzige, die ein Blutbad in der Gemeindehalle überlebt. Durch einen Bombenanschlag auf seine Schule verliert Mason all seine Freunde. Michael entkommt in letzter Minute dem Amoklauf von zwei Polizisten. Sie alle müssen um ihr Überleben kämpfen und dabei geht die größte Bedrohung nicht von den zerstörerischen Erdbeben aus. Sondern von einer dunklen Kraft, die Menschen in Ungeheuer verwandelt und Ja...more Nach einem verheerenden Erdbeben kämpft sich Aries durch die zerstörten Straßen. Clementine ist die Einzige, die ein Blutbad in der Gemeindehalle überlebt. Durch einen Bombenanschlag auf seine Schule verliert Mason all seine Freunde. Michael entkommt in letzter Minute dem Amoklauf von zwei Polizisten. Sie alle müssen um ihr Überleben kämpfen und dabei geht die größte Bedrohung nicht von den zerstörerischen Erdbeben aus. Sondern von einer dunklen Kraft, die Menschen in Ungeheuer verwandelt und Jagd auf Nichtbefallenen machen lässt. Es ist fast unmöglich ihnen zu entkommen, denn sie sind ein Freund, ein Familienmitglied, ein Kind - ihre Tarnung ist perfekt.

Die Postapokalypse wird aus fünf Perspektiven geschildert: Aries, die mit einer Gruppe Mitschüler versucht sich in Vancouver durchzuschlagen. Clementine, die sich auf die Suche nach ihrem Bruder Heath macht. Mason, der betäubt von Schmerz ziellos durch die Gegend fährt. Michael, der zusammen mit anderen versucht zu überleben. Und das unbekannte Nichts, dass erst nach und nach Hinweise auf seine Identität preis gibt. Über sie allen schwebt die Frage: Gibt es noch Hoffnung für die Menschheit?

Meinung

Es passiert selten, dass mich ein Buch so packt, dass ich mir dafür die Nacht um die Ohren haue und es in einem Zug durchlese – “Dark Inside” hat es geschafft! Statt in einer fernen Zukunft Jahrzehnte nach der Katastrophe anzusetzen, passiert die Apokalypse im heute und die Charaktere erleben sie hautnah mit. Das gibt der Geschichte eine unglaubliche Dynamik, denn durch die Augen der Protagonisten beobachtet der Leser, wie die altbekannte Gesellschaft auseinanderbricht und der reine Überlebenskampf beginnt. Die sogenannten Hetzer sind keineswegs dumpfe Zombies, sondern zu List und Tücke fähig. Dass sie größtenteils noch sehr menschlich wirken und sich als Nichtbefallene ausgeben können, gibt den Grausamkeiten ihren besonderen Schrecken. Jeyn Roberts spart dabei nicht an schonungslosen Beschreibungen, sondern schildert die Gräueltaten der Infizierten detailliert.

Die vier namentlich bekannten jugendlichen Protagonisten eint ihr Überlebenswillen und doch sind sie sehr unterschiedlich. Aries ist eine geborene Anführerin, die schnell über sich hinauswächst und ihre Gruppe trotz aller Widrigkeiten zusammenhält. Sie fühlt sich vom geheimnisvollen Daniel stark angezogen, der ihr mehr als einmal das Leben rettet – ahnt aber, dass von ihm auch Gefahr ausgeht und akzeptiert sein regelmäßiges Untertauchen. Ihre Perspektive gefiel mir am besten. Clementine wirkt zunächst ziemlich ungeschickt und naiv, so dass sie den Häschern nur durch Glück entkommt. Doch ihr Glaube daran, dass ihr Bruder Heath in Vancouver noch lebt, gibt ihr sowohl Kraft als auch ein Ziel und lässt sie überleben. Ihr Standing gegenüber mir verbesserte sich im Laufe der Geschichte im gleichen Maßen, wie sie erwachsener wirkte. Mason ist nach dem Verlust seiner besten Freunde und seiner Mutter extrem instabil und bewegt sich auf einen sehr schmalen Grad. Seine Perspektive war daher fraglos die interessanteste, bietet er doch interessante Einblicke. Michael bildet nach dem Amoklauf mit einem Fremden eine Gemeinschaft bis es zu einer fatalen Fehleinschätzung kommt. Er ist ein sympathischer Kerl, aber insgesamt mochte ich ihn am wenigstens.

Doch die spannendste Figur bleibt das Nichts. Erst nach und nach wird deutlich, dass es sich um eine Person zu handeln scheint – doch wer ist sie und was für eine Rolle wird sie in der Geschichte spielen? Überhaupt bleiben nach einer schockierenden Entdeckung am Ende jede Menge Fragen für den zweiten Band offen: Warum wurden nicht alle Menschen befallen – gibt es einen Grund dafür oder ist es reiner Zufall? Gibt es wirklich Hoffnung für die Verbliebenden oder ist diese eine Fata Morgana, die im zweiten Teil sich im Luft auflöst? In diesem Buch wird nicht mit den bekannten Kniffen gewöhnlicher Postapokalypsen gearbeitet und so bleibt viel Spielraum für Spekulationen. Damit hat Jeyn Roberts bewiesen, dass das postapokalyptische Genre noch jede Menge Erzählpotenzial bietet. Wenn ich ein Buch aus diesem Bereich im Zukunft empfehlen soll, wird es ohne zu zögern dieses Buch sein!

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Eine actiongeladene Apokalypse mit Zombiefaktor, die einen im Atem hält. Nacht-durchles-Gefahr!(less)

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Mar 05, 2012 Alyssa Udall rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopian, bad-really-bad, teen-fiction

This book is a grim, violent, but mostly empty post-apocalyptic novel that disappoints throughout.

Because the narrative is split between 4 different points of view, the reader is forced to read the beginning of the novel 4 separate times. Each narrative shows a different story with different characters, but each is equally grim and disturbing.

However, what Dark Inside fails to do is to make its grim and disturbing content actually matter. There is little significance to be found when characters...more

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Nov 17, 2012 ☆Jessie☆ (Ageless Pages Reviews) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Dark Inside was a number of firsts for me. It was the first zombie~~ish/esque~~ apocalyptic novel I've read. It was the first horror novel I've ever willingly completed (I gave Stephen King a try when younger. I think my delusional line of thought was: "go big or go home." I guess you could say I "went home". . . but I digress.) This is also the first time in a long time that I have enjoyed being scared (and disturbed) so much. Unfortunately, all is not...more

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Aug 16, 2011 Kirsty (overflowing library) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Dark inside is a harrowing dystopian novel set in the near future. It is fast paced and creepy and one of those books which will continue to play on your mind long after you've finished reading it.

The book starts dramatically switching between four main characters on the day on which the world went crazy. Earthquakes are happening in multiple locations around the world and people are going crazy killing their neighbours, friends and family for no apparent reason. From the outset both the tone an...more

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Aug 16, 2011 Jade Walker rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Original review at http://inkscratchers.blogspot.com/

With so many dystopian and post-apocalyptic books out on the young adult market, it really does take a lot to pull something new out and impress me. Dark Inside was one of those books that had a fantastic synopsis but I was worried that it wouldn't be unique because the whole 'people suddenly going crazy and murderous' has been used so much in movies.

On the surface, Dark Inside was totally amazing, the plot was amazing and the execution was a...more Original review at http://inkscratchers.blogspot.com/

With so many dystopian and post-apocalyptic books out on the young adult market, it really does take a lot to pull something new out and impress me. Dark Inside was one of those books that had a fantastic synopsis but I was worried that it wouldn't be unique because the whole 'people suddenly going crazy and murderous' has been used so much in movies.

On the surface, Dark Inside was totally amazing, the plot was amazing and the execution was absolutely perfect. It was one of the most thought-provoking, scary and unique apocalyptic novels that I have ever read and I zoomed through it in about three hours. Looking deep down there were a few issues, which I'll mention in a minute, but these issues didn't make me enjoy Dark Inside any less. I just feel as though I should mention them as I am, after all, reviewing this book and not just writing a post gushing about how amazing it was.

The plot was unique, I wouldn't actually call it dystopian or post-apocalyptic because the apocalypse happens during this book (but I'll tag this review as that because I don't know what else to put it under), and it isn't quite zombies because these aren't rotting, hands out, "braiiiins" zombies, they are something much more terrifying - normal human beings who have been taken over by the dark inside of them, intelligent human beings who are strategically ridding the world of those that haven't turned murderuous and that is what makes the book as scary as it is.

My issues with the book were few, and I would like to mention that in no way did they ruin this book for me. I found that because the book was switching between five characters, with little difference in the narrative voice, I didn't relate or connect with any of them as much as I felt that I could have and I feel that we should have focused on two of them, (Aries and Mason, the two with the strongest narrative).

There were also a lot of events that seemed unrealistic, such as Aries's group not being found, which were essential to the plot but I felt was too 'lucky' to be realistic. This wasn't such a big deal because our characters all had their share of good luck as well, so it evened it out.

Overall, I absolutely loved Dark Inside. It was totally unique and had me holding my breath in fear until the very last page, despite not being able to connect with the characters I was totally dragged into the storyline. I am so excited for the sequel. I would recommend this to dystopian fans and thriller fans.

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Oct 09, 2011 Isamlq rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-galley

i'm half tempted to start this with a "dear heath, i just met your sister and boy, was i impressed. come to think of it, the people with her were not half bad!" but instead, here's a shout out to S&S: thank you! dark inside is chock full of AWESOME, in fact it has pulled me out of my 2-2.5 reading funk of the last couple days.

there be blood. there be gore.
and there be many a cruel act, yet i could not tear myself from it. it's a very engrossing book, very readable and not your typical end of...more

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Apr 04, 2011 David rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Soon, in the near future, earthquakes, tsunami’s, chaos. Four lives in the balance: Mason, Aries, Michael, Clementine. Each one has a story of survival, not just from nature, but from evil itself. Evil possesses the form of everyone they now meet. No one can be trusted. They’ve all lost someone they care about, they all have felt pain. The evil was here all along, but finally the earth had enough and the killing began right after the earthquakes ended. No one is safe anymore; no one can sleep in...more

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Oct 08, 2011 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: People who like action and post-apocalyptic visions

Recommended to Sara by: Publisher

Shelves: ya-guy-or-girl, futuristic, near-future

Dang, I wanted to like this book more than I did. I have the feeling that it's the first of at least a trilogy, but there's no sign of the other books. If there aren't going to be other books, the ending of this one is completely inadequate to the storytelling requirements of the book.

Aside from that, there are too many characters whose names start with the same letter, the locations aren't well-enough identified at the beginning of the book, and while some needs (food and water) are addressed,...more

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Apr 01, 2011 Stuart Smith rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Dark Inside runs in the same vein as I am legend and Stephen King’s The Cell. These books all depict an apocalypse of sorts where the Earth looses technology and all semblance of organization and is plunged into chaos and survival mode. Roberts creates a shocking horror fest. Not even youth is safe from nail biting horror and this book aims at some unsettling fears while making the reader question the darkest corner of their soul and mind. I asked - If this were to happen would I be one of the B...more

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Sep 04, 2012 Tiffany Mahaffy added it · review of another edition

This book did not leave my hands from the first chapter on. I mean I could seriously not even think about letting it out of my sight. The end is here but it's not just the earthquakes that are taking down people, it's other people. Regular people, the ones you grew up with. Something inside is snapping and we are becoming the most dark and evil forms of ourselves. The part of us that we ignore and hide away in our daily lives and it is dominating us and bringing an end to the human race as we kn...more

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Dec 11, 2011 Jessica Bronder rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

We start the story with a huge earthquake on the west coast that frees a darkness that makes the evil thoughts in people come to light. Most people turn into crazed, murderous people that came to be called Baggers. The few people that remain themselves are most likely killed by the Baggers although a few have managed to survive.

The story follows four teenagers; Mason, Aries, Clementine, and Michael. After Mason’s mother dies he is afraid of the emptiness and rage in him. He decides to go to Van...more

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Nov 28, 2011 Megan McDade rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I gave this book 5/5 Stars on my blog http://readingawaythedays.blogspot.com

In Dark Inside a earth shattering earthquake causes death and devastation across the world. Something is released when the earthquake happens. Something murderous. People start to savagely turn on each other, murdering each other for the fun of it. "No one can be trusted, not even yourself."

The story is told from four teenagers perspectives. Michael, Aries, Mason and Clementine must fight for survival and discover how th...more I gave this book 5/5 Stars on my blog http://readingawaythedays.blogspot.com

In Dark Inside a earth shattering earthquake causes death and devastation across the world. Something is released when the earthquake happens. Something murderous. People start to savagely turn on each other, murdering each other for the fun of it. "No one can be trusted, not even yourself."

The story is told from four teenagers perspectives. Michael, Aries, Mason and Clementine must fight for survival and discover how they strong they each can be.

Each person's story starts with tragic loses due to the effect the earthquake has on humanity. Mason's mum is killed in a road rage accident. His friends are killed when people blow up his high school, while he is rushing to be by his mum's side. After the tragic events and with the world going crazy, Mason decides to travel to the one place he felt happy and safe, Second Beach in Vancouver, where he had visited with his mum. Along the way Mason must try and fight the "rage" from taking over him.

Clementine is at a town meeting with her parents when the other town residents go crazy and start murdering everyone at the meeting. Clementine's parents tell her to run and she does even though she doesn't want to leave her parents. Her parents are killed in the massacre and so Clementine decides to travel to Seattle to see if her brother, who is there for college, is still alive. She knows it would be what her mum would want her to do.

Micheal sees at first hand the violence and rage that has gripped humanity. Micheal and his friend are driving home when they see a man driving his car erratically, trying to knock another man of his motorbike. The man succeeds and even when the man is lying in the road died, the car driver, stops, gets out and violently continues to punch and kick the died man. The police arrive and intervene, however they then turn on the man and shot him in the head. This leads Micheal to join a group of survivors and try to survive by leaving the city.

Aries is on a bus journey with her best friend on the way to rehearsals for her school play when the earthquake occurs and the bus crashes. Her best friend is killed instantly and with the help of another survivor she manages to get to her school safely where she meets some of her fellow classmates and they start the journey to fight for survival.

Each character encounters bumps on the way to their ultimate destination that knocks their strength and confidence at surviving but though strength and willpower, they decide that they will fight and survive and ultimately fight the rage.

Overall I loved Dark Inside it was an intense, gripping and powerful story that shows the best and worst of humanity. I can't wait for the next book in the series!

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May 19, 2013 Sharons Bücherparadies rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In diesem Buch werden vier verschiedene Geschichten von Jugendlichen erzählt, die sich dann zusammen finden. Bei jedem von ihnen geschehen mysteriöse Dinge, an verschiedenen Orten. Aus Menschen werden brutale Bestien und Mason, Aries, Clementine und Michael versuchen einen klaren Kopf zu bewahren und dem Bösen aus dem Weg zu gehen. Sie versuchen alles um zu überleben.

Das Buch war einfach nur blutig und brutal. Jede Seite steckte voller Spannung und ich konnte es kaum aus der Hand legen. Die Auto...more

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Apr 25, 2013 ♥ Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-na, dystopian-post-apocalyptic, love-love-love

I picked this book up on a whim; I read the little excerpt on the back of the book & decided to take a chance on this, so I purchased this yesterday at my local bookstore. Thankfully, I got more than my money’s worth. And it feels damn good.

So to start: when it comes to dystopia/post-apocalyptic novels, I’m not too concerned on the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, & WHYs (although some readers may be). I’m more focused on the HOWs. I want to know HOW the main characters will ultimately handle ad...more I picked this book up on a whim; I read the little excerpt on the back of the book & decided to take a chance on this, so I purchased this yesterday at my local bookstore. Thankfully, I got more than my money’s worth. And it feels damn good.

So to start: when it comes to dystopia/post-apocalyptic novels, I’m not too concerned on the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, & WHYs (although some readers may be). I’m more focused on the HOWs. I want to know HOW the main characters will ultimately handle adversity, and overcome the obstacles they’re faced with. I like reading about the survival aspects, the friendships, the bonding, the chaos, the internal struggles, etc. And ever since I read This is Not a Test I’ve been obsessed with the Breakfast Club style storytelling and gathering of teens during a post-apocalyptic event. And although some readers may be discouraged with the multiple (specifically, 4) shifts in POV, I found it easy to follow & more dynamic.

Also, in This is Not a Test the zombies served as more of a metaphor. In this book, the “darkness” that cannibalizes humanity, is a much darker, self-reflexive, and critical look at society. Metaphor or not, the deterioration of humanity, the struggle for morality, the hunger, the fear, the chaos, in combination with the natural disasters and the quiet nothingness that drowns these four unique characters, completely drew me in, and kept me captivated until the very last page.

The story starts off fast paced – with random bombings in schools – news speculations questioning if these were planned, terrorist attacks spiraling into all out PANIC. Then, in the West Coast, there’s an earthquake with a magnitude of over a 9.5 – which kills millions, which ensues in further panic and overall chaos. But mostly, normal human beings are all of a sudden being transformed into their darker selves – darkness has taken over them, and they’re exacting rage on others unaffected. They start brutally murdering groups of people, and the whole world as we know it, has gone to shit. CHAOS reigns with darkness lurking in every corner. Is it contagious? How will these characters survive this? Why did the author choose to focus on these specific four teens? WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

I think this book affected me more in a way, because the characters weren’t dealing with JUST natural disasters (although that in itself is scary enough), or supernatural beings, or the plague, or zombies, or a totalitarian-like crazy government/state, or computers and machines – they were battling themselves; the dark parts of themselves and the dark side of humanity.

Maybe it’s just because I’m on a YA-DYSTOPIA/POST-APOCALYPTIC rampage/high. But I’m dying to find out what becomes of the group of 4 teens that started off in completely different locations, with their own fears, issues, and hopes. Now, they’re joined together – their fears, issues, and hopes have merged and they will have to find a way to survive the crazies, the natural disasters, the hunger, the quiet, and the darkness – even from within.(less)

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