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Miss Lonelyhearts
Crippled with anxiety her whole life, Greta knows little beyond the comforts of her couch, cat, and cush job in Washington D.C. She has one friend in her life, Jack, a man she wants more from but can’t find the courage to take. Though lately Jack’s been aloof… mysterious, and if that wasn’t enough, a virulent plague is infecting the world. In no time the world catapults in to chaos.
There is no time to figure out what or who caused the plague, Greta and Jack must leave D.C. before they too become infected. Their once clean and friendly city is overwrought with aimless, childlike infected and bloodthirsty savages seeking their flesh.
Thrust in to the apocalypse, Greta finally feels free. As she fights off infected and stumbles in to post-apocalyptic life with Jack, her anxiety vanishes. Is this the change that Greta needed to overcome her personal demons or is it too late? Is everything too far gone?
There is no time to figure out what or who caused the plague, Greta and Jack must leave D.C. before they too become infected. Their once clean and friendly city is overwrought with aimless, childlike infected and bloodthirsty savages seeking their flesh.
Thrust in to the apocalypse, Greta finally feels free. As she fights off infected and stumbles in to post-apocalyptic life with Jack, her anxiety vanishes. Is this the change that Greta needed to overcome her personal demons or is it too late? Is everything too far gone?
- GenresZombies
78 pages, ebook
First published February 14, 2013
87 people want to read
About the author
Eva Natsumi
14 books41 followersWhen Eva Natsumi was in adolescence she was diagnosed with a rare and debilitating illness. She realized that she could never do anything the normal way, and that cultured a creative view of life.
She doesn't much care for genres. She writes what she wants to write. They're a little humorous, a lot dark, and mostly about twisted people.
She also suffers from a very serious sugar addiction. You would not want to get in the way of her and a cookie, cake, or anything brownie-related. It could get bloody.
She doesn't much care for genres. She writes what she wants to write. They're a little humorous, a lot dark, and mostly about twisted people.
She also suffers from a very serious sugar addiction. You would not want to get in the way of her and a cookie, cake, or anything brownie-related. It could get bloody.
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July 23, 2013
This is a really different novella. Eva has a very unique writing style which takes us right into the mind of the character. The theme is a bit dark, and I love how her writing works on the mental/emotional level.
All the while I was reading this it felt like I was in a trance. It was the same with her other novella, Drowning Ophelia. This entrancing quality that her writing has is, idk... blows your mind.
All the while I was reading this it felt like I was in a trance. It was the same with her other novella, Drowning Ophelia. This entrancing quality that her writing has is, idk... blows your mind.
July 23, 2013
I'm a big fan of zombie books and movies, but recently much of the zombie material has become more and more derivative. That is not this case with this book. It's a dark zombie short book that's quick and easy to read. If your a fan a zombie's, be sure not to miss this one.
April 14, 2014
Review of Eva Natsumi's Miss Lonelyhearts
3 out of 5 stars
The story opens with Greta, the story's female protagonist, traveling via the metro to work. As Greta waits for her stop, she takes notice of some troublemakers harassing an older woman. Greta intervenes before leaving the subway car.
Once she is at work, the story takes a surreal turn. She receives a call, while talking to her boss, and discovers her father has died. We don't know the cause, but it seems to numb Greta and throw her into an erratic mindset.
It's at this point that I was unsure if the author intended the reader to experience disorientation, or not. Because Greta has severe paranoia and panic attacks, I believe, and requires medication, it is logical that her thoughts might be jumbled at times. She self medicates and says that her, "…pharmaceutical options are deliciously varied". Plus, the reader finds Greta taking some pills right before Greta's thought process falls into chaos. She seems to move in and out of lucidity. I highly suspect it was intentional, because just when the reader thinks things aren't making sense, Greta snaps out of it, and her thoughts are coherent.
We see Greta's personality evolve too. In the beginning, she is heroic and saves an older woman from further pestering. In the middle, Greta becomes dependent on her friend, Jack. Near the end, the dependent, panic-stricken girl shirks off her child-like reliance on Jack, and embraces her earlier persona becoming more like the Greta who defended an ailing woman on the metro.
One line that sums up Greta's emotional state is, "…the idea that one isn't in control of one's own life is terrifying". This admission depicts her turmoil and the war she wages with herself. I enjoyed the setting, Washington, D.C., as reading stories that take place in locations I've visited allow me to see those locales through someone else's eyes.
I liked the overall plot, however, at times, I wanted to be more certain that Greta's puzzling internal as well as external dialogue was intentional.
And the relationship between Jack and Greta perplexed me. Their relationship intensifies and has moments of tenderness, but there were also scenes where their timing seemed inappropriate or unnatural for a couple fleeing from zombies. Again, perhaps this was part of Greta's medicated state, but I wasn't sure and I needed to be sure.
I gave the story three out of five stars because the overall plot is intriguing. Had the author made it obvious that Greta's occasional irrational thought process was drug induced, or written intentionally so, I would have given it three and half. And if Jack's and Greta's timing for their physical interludes had been more natural, or had the author given an explanation of why they chose to be intimate at those particular times, I would have given it four stars.
This is part of a series and some of my confusion could completely be the fact that I started in the middle. It's not a stand alone book. Readers of dystopian and apocalyptic themes may like to try the first book in this series and read from there. It does contain language and violence, so the book is more appropriate for those over eighteen.
You can purchase the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Lonelyhear...
3 out of 5 stars
The story opens with Greta, the story's female protagonist, traveling via the metro to work. As Greta waits for her stop, she takes notice of some troublemakers harassing an older woman. Greta intervenes before leaving the subway car.
Once she is at work, the story takes a surreal turn. She receives a call, while talking to her boss, and discovers her father has died. We don't know the cause, but it seems to numb Greta and throw her into an erratic mindset.
It's at this point that I was unsure if the author intended the reader to experience disorientation, or not. Because Greta has severe paranoia and panic attacks, I believe, and requires medication, it is logical that her thoughts might be jumbled at times. She self medicates and says that her, "…pharmaceutical options are deliciously varied". Plus, the reader finds Greta taking some pills right before Greta's thought process falls into chaos. She seems to move in and out of lucidity. I highly suspect it was intentional, because just when the reader thinks things aren't making sense, Greta snaps out of it, and her thoughts are coherent.
We see Greta's personality evolve too. In the beginning, she is heroic and saves an older woman from further pestering. In the middle, Greta becomes dependent on her friend, Jack. Near the end, the dependent, panic-stricken girl shirks off her child-like reliance on Jack, and embraces her earlier persona becoming more like the Greta who defended an ailing woman on the metro.
One line that sums up Greta's emotional state is, "…the idea that one isn't in control of one's own life is terrifying". This admission depicts her turmoil and the war she wages with herself. I enjoyed the setting, Washington, D.C., as reading stories that take place in locations I've visited allow me to see those locales through someone else's eyes.
I liked the overall plot, however, at times, I wanted to be more certain that Greta's puzzling internal as well as external dialogue was intentional.
And the relationship between Jack and Greta perplexed me. Their relationship intensifies and has moments of tenderness, but there were also scenes where their timing seemed inappropriate or unnatural for a couple fleeing from zombies. Again, perhaps this was part of Greta's medicated state, but I wasn't sure and I needed to be sure.
I gave the story three out of five stars because the overall plot is intriguing. Had the author made it obvious that Greta's occasional irrational thought process was drug induced, or written intentionally so, I would have given it three and half. And if Jack's and Greta's timing for their physical interludes had been more natural, or had the author given an explanation of why they chose to be intimate at those particular times, I would have given it four stars.
This is part of a series and some of my confusion could completely be the fact that I started in the middle. It's not a stand alone book. Readers of dystopian and apocalyptic themes may like to try the first book in this series and read from there. It does contain language and violence, so the book is more appropriate for those over eighteen.
You can purchase the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Lonelyhear...
August 9, 2013
For someone with anxiety Greta does have balls, "why don't you try playing a game next time you want to have some fun. Or shoot up some heroin, whatever, as long as you only mess up your own lives." She also has paranoia, and I thought mine was bad, "no, I mean I'm never going to know of my impending doom because I'm always in pain. There's probably a blood clot in my leg and I wouldn't know. What happens if I get the psychosomia? I wouldn't know." She also gives good ultimatums, "you know I hate to be this girl, the cliche', but if you leave Jack, we're done." Greta said. "I'm not doing this anymore. I'm not going to perpetually be next in line to whatever duty you're manufactured for yourself. We haven't even started and we're already behind. It's just not fair." Ugh and a cliffhanger! I really need to start reading stand alone's the cliffhangers kill me. It was a quick read, and it was well written and I can't wait for the next chapter in the story.
July 23, 2013
Miss Lonelyhearts is an exciting novella about a woman named Greta involved in a zombie apocalypse by Eva Natsumi. This is the third story I've read by the author and I liked this as much as Drowning Ophelia. It has a short preview of the sequel to this at the end, which I'm interested in reading. Worth the time in reading it.
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