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The Girl with All the Gifts
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Start date
October 1, 2017
Finish date
October 31, 2017
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October 2017 BotM

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Mekerei
Nov 20, 2016 rated it really liked it
"Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class.

When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite. But they don't laugh.

Melanie is a very special girl."


This teaser made me want to read the book. If you enjoy the "Walking Dead" don't think this is similar, yes they are both post apocalyptic, they have "zombie like" beings and the humans who ha
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Shay
Dec 17, 2016 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.
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Denise
Feb 21, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Sep 20, 2015 rated it it was ok
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Jacqueline
Apr 21, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Jan 31, 2017 marked it as to-read
Katie
Apr 03, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: dystopia, audiobook
Helen
Jun 08, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jun 04, 2020 rated it really liked it
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