The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Mar 19, 2017 Megan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: europe, international-reads, uk-and-ireland, fantasy, sci-fi, popsugar-reading-challenge-2017, library-loans

Post-apocalyptic zombie novels are not my usual reading fare; however, this was recommended to me and I'm so glad that I decided to give it a try! Set in the not-so-distant future in the UK after a period referred to as the Breakdown, the plot centers around a girl named Melanie being held at a detention center. Each morning, she waits to be collected for class by Sergeant Parks and his subordinates. She and her fellow classmates are restrained in wheelchairs before being taken to their classroo ...more

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Apr 27, 2017 katy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: book-club

This book was truly fascinating. I loved the different take on things, on the idea of what truly makes up humanity and a person human.

Every character had a decidedly different way they'd gotten to where they were, and the idea that some of the characters had even 'run away' to escape another life, that this harsh chemical smelling life was so much better, was incredible. I love the idea of the landscape, of the world 20 years after the plague, the sacrifices made, the fact that some issues, no ...more

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Mar 07, 2015 Sara rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2015-reads

I wanted to love this book, but I just couldn't. At the start of this book, I was intrigued by Melanie's situation. However, after about 100 pages the book changes and becomes downright boring. I didn't find any of the characters to be all that interesting, it was hard to visualize what was happening at times, and the story just became ridiculous. Oh well, at least it was a fast read ...more

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Nov 30, 2015 Anastasia rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, dystopia, 2015

Kudos to MR Carey for writing an interesting, suspenseful, new take on a popular subject, and with complex, strong female characters to boot! I really liked the ending and it was a big part of what made this story fresh.

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Jul 23, 2017 Jill Wolfe rated it liked it · review of another edition

A good (but not great) zombie action story

There was a steady flow of, "Hey, wait a sec..." moments, but if you can get past them, it's not a bad read. The beginning and ending were the best parts. ...more

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