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

M.R. Carey

Start date: October 1, 2017

Finish date: October 31, 2017

Why we're reading this: October 2017 BotM
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Oct 04, 2015 The Sassy Bookworm rated it did not like it

Shelves: dnf, horror

OK, so I am halfway done with this one, and it just isn't holding my attention. I guess this confirms the zombie drama thing just isn't my thing! ...more

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Jul 04, 2015 Jenifer Jacobs rated it it was amazing

Fantastic! Loved this book. A great listen also - the audiobook narrator was terrific!

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Dec 17, 2016 Shay rated it did not like it

DNF

This really sounded interesting. I am not a fan of the zombie genre. But I was willing to give this a try because it sounded different and interesting. Boy was I wrong. It started out okay but then I lost interest and couldn't stop myself from skimming through it. The teacher annoyed me the most. Only Melanie was interesting for the first couple of chapters. When the base was swarmed I really didn't give a crap what happened to anyone so I decided not to waste my time and just call it quits. ...more

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Dec 17, 2022 Catsalive rated it liked it

Shelves: 2022

An interesting take on the post-apocalyptic zombie theme. I came into it knowing absolutely nothing except that there were zombies because I needed a book with that tag, so I was completely surprised by the whole scenario. It can't say that I really enjoyed it because it's really not my thing at all, but it's quite an intriguing idea. ...more

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