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The First Days (As the World Dies, #1)
by Rhiannon Frater (Goodreads Author)
by Rhiannon Frater (Goodreads Author)
Felicia's review
bookshelves: 2011-read, kindlepurchase2011, physical-owned, signed-copy
Jan 06, 12
bookshelves: 2011-read, kindlepurchase2011, physical-owned, signed-copy
Read in August, 2011
Bought for Myself
Overall Rating 5.00
Story Rating 5.00
Character Rating 5.00
NOTE: I picked this up because of Ashley, The Bookish Brunette. She was right this book sticks with you and that is a good thing!
What I Loved: Realism! I wish there was a way to accurately describe just how realistic The First Days truly was. From the moment the story begins until the Epilogue, everything read like a true account of what it was to run into the Zombie Apocalypse. It brought up a million questions: What would you do? How would you react? Could you make it through? Could you do what was needed to survive? Each character (major and minor) gave you a glimpse into so many facets of surviving that sometimes you forgot this was a work of fiction. There were small fractions of humor mixed into the story but it was macabre and gut-wrenching overall. I was literally trying to read faster to figure out who was going to survive, how they were going to do it, and how this little society was going to grow. This was a read in one day book with very little "take a break" time.
Why I Gave it a 5? As you noticed I just skipped the What do I Like and Complaints section! I just loved every minute of this story. I will read it again before Fighting to Survive comes out on Nov 8, 2011. Just an absolutely fantastic read! This is tied with A Discovery of Witches as my favorite read of 2011 so far!
Overall Rating 5.00
Story Rating 5.00
Character Rating 5.00
NOTE: I picked this up because of Ashley, The Bookish Brunette. She was right this book sticks with you and that is a good thing!
What I Loved: Realism! I wish there was a way to accurately describe just how realistic The First Days truly was. From the moment the story begins until the Epilogue, everything read like a true account of what it was to run into the Zombie Apocalypse. It brought up a million questions: What would you do? How would you react? Could you make it through? Could you do what was needed to survive? Each character (major and minor) gave you a glimpse into so many facets of surviving that sometimes you forgot this was a work of fiction. There were small fractions of humor mixed into the story but it was macabre and gut-wrenching overall. I was literally trying to read faster to figure out who was going to survive, how they were going to do it, and how this little society was going to grow. This was a read in one day book with very little "take a break" time.
Why I Gave it a 5? As you noticed I just skipped the What do I Like and Complaints section! I just loved every minute of this story. I will read it again before Fighting to Survive comes out on Nov 8, 2011. Just an absolutely fantastic read! This is tied with A Discovery of Witches as my favorite read of 2011 so far!
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