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The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)

M.R. Carey

Start date: March 1, 2016

Finish date: March 31, 2016

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Feb 25, 2016 Catie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2016, fiction, horror, book-club, science-fiction, scott-and-catie, dystopia, tea-and-tales, jo-rodgers-recommends, zombies

This book isn't something I would normally pick up; science fiction and zombies isn't my usual cup of tea. But, when my book group Tea and Tales picked this for our March 2016 read it went on my TBR.

I'm actually so glad that it was chosen forcing me to branch out of my comfort zone! I do watch the TV series The Walking Dead with my boyfriend, so a lot of the zombie action and drama played out in an apocalyptic setting was familiar. And yet, the writer came up with a very clever and completely a ...more

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Jun 15, 2015 Bekah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-own-physical, library-borrowed-2015, hauled-in-2015

Wow! This book...I just...wow! I am not going to say a single thing, because everything is a spoiler. Go into this story blind, honestly. You will be grateful you did. It is all so unexpected and shocking and heart-breaking. My brain feels like it has been overloaded. Melanie is probably one of my favorite characters ever, so clever and self-aware and logical. I just wanted to hug her so many times. But that wouldn't be a smart move. ...more

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Dec 11, 2014 Beth Bonini rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, dystopia

Melanie is the smartest girl in the class, but she doesn’t understand why she and her fellow students are kept locked in their wheelchairs all the time. She doesn’t know why they never go out into the world they read about in books. Dr. Caldwell sees Melanie as the key to saving what is left of a ruined world, but she expects to find her truths on an operating table – and Melanie has other ideas. This post-apocalyptic thriller was written for adults, but mature teen readers will find it an excit ...more

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Apr 26, 2016 Bah Humpug rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction-literature, scifi, 2016, ebook, library

This was such a fascinating and interesting spin on a well-worn genre. There were parts in the middle that lagged for me a little bit, and also parts where I wanted to shake the characters for being so stupid at times. Plus, I sensed where the ending was going about halfway through and have mixed feelings about it. A great and engrossing read.

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Feb 15, 2015 Tanya rated it really liked it

What a fantastic book! I am very picky about the Sci-Fi books I choose to read, as this isn't the typical genre that I gravitate to. That being said, this was excellent and I throughly enjoyed it. It was such an imaginative, terrifying and intriguing book that I could not put down. This isn't your typical zombie story. I didn't see the ending coming but it was absolutely perfect in it's own strange and unique way! ...more

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