The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) in Around the World in 80 Books

Jan 09, 2017 Stil de scriitor rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Cartea este un thriller distopic cu o acțiune extrem de bine pusă la punct și alertă. Tema cărții este una fantastică, iar titlul ne prezintă unul dintre personaje, pe Melanie, care are niște aptitudini speciale. Într-o societate distrusă de un virus puternic, flămânzii (un fel de zombie) sunt cei care extermină și distrug omenirea.

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Jan 10, 2015 Sunflower rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction-read-2015, e-books

Brilliant! post-apocalypse story with a twist and some moral dilemmas. The kind of book that you could stay up all night finishing.

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Jan 04, 2021 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2021, england, horror, dystopian, zombies

Melanie is a 10 year old girl who is kept in a cell. She's brought to class each day strapped to a wheelchair. Her favorite teacher is Ms. Justineau. Gradually we learn more about what's going on and as events unfold Melanie along with four others are on the run. The story alternates between the perspectives of the five main characters. I had an idea of the initial twist but didn't predict the end which was nice. An interesting spin on this genre. ...more

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Feb 03, 2015 Susan rated it it was amazing

Five stars because this is a book I absolutely couldn't wait to get back to reading when I was busy with something else. A post-apocalyptic story set in England, and, as one reviewer put it: Takes hold of you and doesn't let go! ...more

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Oct 03, 2014 Sam rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1-contemp-literary, 8-fantasy-scifi, young-person-protag, reviewed, read-2015

What an enjoyable read this was. I’m no connoisseur of zombie fiction, but other Goodreaders are saying that The Girl with All the Gifts is doing something fresh in this genre. Joss Whedon loves it and the author, Mike Carey, writes for Marvel Comics, if these tidbits mean anything to you. All I know is that this is a wholly entertaining story that made me stay up late and wake up early to gobble it all up. It’s as simple as that.

What this book does well:

--The characters feel real and are likeab ...more

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Mar 05, 2016 Jo rated it it was ok

The first 10 pages are great, but the story went downhill from there. The premise makes no sense. "Station Eleven" is a much better post-apocalypse novel. ...more

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