Same plot almost exactly!

[Chip]

I thought this was a sequel but the plot is just like The Girl With All the Gifts! I liked the first book but am disappointed the author writes the same book with a different title. I would think she could have been a little more creative.

[Elisabeth]

It's the same world, but several years later and entirely different characters. And a different ending, for sure.

[Roland]

I kinda see where Chip is going though, I thought there would be more new discoveries, settings and developments, but I think many general themes, settings and even details are re-used from the first book. So even though the plot is different, many of the other things feel the same in my opinion.

[Nils]

And IMO the worst part is that he basically changes the ending of the first book to make it an extremely contrived Happy Ending.