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54th out of 82 books
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112 voters
Sleepers
by
Jacqueline Druga (Goodreads Author)
A normal spring morning cascades into a nightmare world for Mera Stevens as 1.8 billion children simultaneously fall ill and then vanish from the face of the earth. Her son, Jeremy, is one of them.
Increased natural disasters, onslaught of disease and other phenomena throws the world into chaos as it balances on the brink of extinction.
With communications down, Mera gathers...more
Increased natural disasters, onslaught of disease and other phenomena throws the world into chaos as it balances on the brink of extinction.
With communications down, Mera gathers...more
Kindle Edition, 226 pages
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Sleepers was going to be a 4 star book for me, since I really loved the first three quarters of the book. Of course there were the usual grammar errors and things like that, all of which can be easily overlooked, since it didn't make it hard to read like some do. Anyways, there was a lot of realistic loss, with all the children in the world dying, including some sad scenes where our main character lost her youngest. Being a mother, it was pretty hard for me to read some of those scenes without c...more
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I cannot even begin to list all the things wrong with this book. At least 3/4th of the way through the author drops the end of the world by God thing. This is a blessing and improves the book immensely. End of the world caused by a virus brought by people for the future is a little out there but would have been just fine as a plot vehicle if the author had only started there instead of throwing it in at the last moment. The number one most annoying thing about this book is the main heroine. For...more
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I snagged this book either when it was free or very low priced (although it is still only $2.99 at Amazon as of 5/10/12) and I had no idea what it was about or what to expect. I do not usually read post-apocalyptic fiction and about laughed myself off the couch when I realized that I was reading a zombie story. BUT, as I've done quite a bit since I started downloading ebooks, I kept an open mind.
The book is filled with typos and grammatical errors; even my 7th grader could have done a better jo...more
The book is filled with typos and grammatical errors; even my 7th grader could have done a better jo...more
I would love to give Jacgueline Druga's "Sleepers" 5-Stars. The story was original, well paced, kept my interest and had a very satisfying ending. The problem is self publishing. Not a bad thing in itself, but this book really needed a proofreader. Dozens of instances of grammatical errors, incorrect tense being used, the awful "I couldn't care less" and more. It was so bad, that I nearly gave up, but by that time, I was two-thirds of the way in and really wanted to see where the story was heade...more
This book is not what I expected. I liked it at first, the post apocalyptic world with sleepers was familiar and somewhat comforting. Though, once I got further into the book, I realized it had a heavy religious theme going on. Along with the religion being a big part of the story, the storytelling felt very adolescent like, and typos were in good supply.
Once the survivors reached a sanctuary, it became disjointed to me. All of the sudden, the apocalypse wasn't Caused by the Rapture, but was cau...more
Once the survivors reached a sanctuary, it became disjointed to me. All of the sudden, the apocalypse wasn't Caused by the Rapture, but was cau...more
I flat out love End of the World by Disease books but I was so disappointed with this one. The ending was flat out horrible and I didn't really like the part leading up to the end either, the SPOILER ALERT time travel thing really threw me off and the part about the daughter was sad, then she came back as one of them and I flat out hated it, I know this sounds bad but I think I would have liked it better if she had died at the jail then at the top of the hospital with her mom.
I made it to 12% but I just couldn't continue reading beyond that point. The plot was mediocre for the most part, but what really annoyed me was how many times the protagonist brought up religion within the first couple of chapters. It just got old and it eventually got to the point where I wanted to scream "Who the hell cares about your religious views?! This is a zombie book, not bible study!" I'm glad that I'm not the only person that had such an issue with it.
Another TEOTWAWKI winner from J. Druga. Every book of hers that I have read I have loved. Each time a new one comes out, I devour it in one night. (much to my chagrin when it's time to get up for work the next morning). Sleepers is another great book in a list of great books. If you are a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction you should add all of her books to your 'must read' shelf. My only request would be---please write faster!!!
This was definitely a case of you get what you pay for. Sigh. Someone could've at least edited out all the dang typos!!
I really didn't like this book.It was just all wrong. I wanted to throw my kindle when it was done.
Another good post-apocalyptic novel by this author. I'll definitely read more of hers in this genre.
one your alive, next your dead, some wake up as a sleeper and hell bent on killing you!
A nice twist on the zombie genre. I would have given it four stars, but the author really needs a proofreader.
Full of typos and grammatical errors, but I did really enjoy the story. Thought the reason for apocalypse was pretty out there, but it did keep me interested.
Closer to 4 than 3 - good zombie book, kept me coming back for more. I hope there is a sequel.
Great book.. if you love zombies!
Couldn't finish it.
This could have easily been a 5 star book, easily. However, the ending was the worst ending I have ever read. I actually said "You gotta be kidding me" when I hit 100% done and there was no more. I was very disappointed.
Never expected this to be so good. Couldn't stop reading until I finished. Usually I figure it out but not this time!
May 05, 2013
Alexandra♡†
marked it as to-read
Apr 28, 2013
Jami
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Isa Crowe
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Alison
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