medievalwitch's review against another edition
2.0
*I listened to this in audiobook format*
I went into this expecting some terrifying, possibly fun, zombie slaying adventure with a side of romance. What I got instead was an annoying, YA-esque, slightly chauvinistic 'romance' with zombies somewhere on the side. This was a slog for me to get through. It was only eleven hours long, which would usually only take me about a day and a half to listen to/read. But, I found myself tiring of it after only a couple of chapters and was only able to get through it in bursts.
The main character is a really whiny young woman named Regan, who at age 21 acts like she's about 14. Her love interest is her late brother's friend who is about 25 I believe and he acts like he's in his mid 30's and her over-protective dad. Tell me again how this is supposed to be steamy? Like I get they may have lost out on their teenage years because of zombies and therefore may be a little emotionally stunted, but it's not like they never had any interaction with other humans. They were almost immediately accepted into a convenient shelter full of helpful adults before they had much of a chance to be on their own. So why are they like this?
I wanted zombie action. The zombies were very peripheral to the plot and only seen a handful of times. It was disappointing actually, when it turned out they have a shelter that has basically everything they could ever need in a zombie apocalypse. That sucked a little of tension or possibility out of the plot. The plot as it is, a teenager on the run from a ruthless group who want her because she is immune, could have been interesting, but doesn't get started until like, 40% of the way into the book. A huge chunk of the book is dedicated to the 'romance' plot where Regan whines that Kellan treats her like a kid and her acting like a kid. Meanwhile, he steadfastly denies that she should ever get a chance to grow up, learn, take risks and have any sense of agency. She then gets petty jealous that he has female friends and has possibly slept with women before they were even together. Yuck. Boring.
I wish I could say otherwise, but I did not enjoy this book. It was just OK for me. I can see that some people might have enjoyed it wholeheartedly, and I salute them. I can even see that the author is a decent writer. This book just fell unfortunately flat for me.
On the audiobook, the reader, Helen Firth, was very slow and I found myself upping the speed to about 1.5, which I rarely do. She was kind of monotonous, and had a very obvious accent which I believe might have been Canadian if the way she pronounced the word 'sorry' was any indication lol. It was grating and I found myself just turning the audiobook off and switching to the ebook more often than not.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
I went into this expecting some terrifying, possibly fun, zombie slaying adventure with a side of romance. What I got instead was an annoying, YA-esque, slightly chauvinistic 'romance' with zombies somewhere on the side. This was a slog for me to get through. It was only eleven hours long, which would usually only take me about a day and a half to listen to/read. But, I found myself tiring of it after only a couple of chapters and was only able to get through it in bursts.
The main character is a really whiny young woman named Regan, who at age 21 acts like she's about 14. Her love interest is her late brother's friend who is about 25 I believe and he acts like he's in his mid 30's and her over-protective dad. Tell me again how this is supposed to be steamy? Like I get they may have lost out on their teenage years because of zombies and therefore may be a little emotionally stunted, but it's not like they never had any interaction with other humans. They were almost immediately accepted into a convenient shelter full of helpful adults before they had much of a chance to be on their own. So why are they like this?
I wanted zombie action. The zombies were very peripheral to the plot and only seen a handful of times. It was disappointing actually, when it turned out they have a shelter that has basically everything they could ever need in a zombie apocalypse. That sucked a little of tension or possibility out of the plot. The plot as it is, a teenager on the run from a ruthless group who want her because she is immune, could have been interesting, but doesn't get started until like, 40% of the way into the book. A huge chunk of the book is dedicated to the 'romance' plot where Regan whines that Kellan treats her like a kid and her acting like a kid. Meanwhile, he steadfastly denies that she should ever get a chance to grow up, learn, take risks and have any sense of agency. She then gets petty jealous that he has female friends and has possibly slept with women before they were even together. Yuck. Boring.
I wish I could say otherwise, but I did not enjoy this book. It was just OK for me. I can see that some people might have enjoyed it wholeheartedly, and I salute them. I can even see that the author is a decent writer. This book just fell unfortunately flat for me.
On the audiobook, the reader, Helen Firth, was very slow and I found myself upping the speed to about 1.5, which I rarely do. She was kind of monotonous, and had a very obvious accent which I believe might have been Canadian if the way she pronounced the word 'sorry' was any indication lol. It was grating and I found myself just turning the audiobook off and switching to the ebook more often than not.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
jesserose's review against another edition
2.0
*I listened to this in audiobook format*
I went into this expecting some terrifying, possibly fun, zombie slaying adventure with a side of romance. What I got instead was an annoying, YA-esque, slightly chauvinistic 'romance' with zombies somewhere on the side. This was a slog for me to get through. It was only eleven hours long, which would usually only take me about a day and a half to listen to/read. But, I found myself tiring of it after only a couple of chapters and was only able to get through it in bursts.
The main character is a really whiny young woman named Regan, who at age 21 acts like she's about 14. Her love interest is her late brother's friend who is about 25 I believe and he acts like he's in his mid 30's and her over-protective dad. Tell me again how this is supposed to be steamy? Like I get they may have lost out on their teenage years because of zombies and therefore may be a little emotionally stunted, but it's not like they never had any interaction with other humans. They were almost immediately accepted into a convenient shelter full of helpful adults before they had much of a chance to be on their own. So why are they like this?
I wanted zombie action. The zombies were very peripheral to the plot and only seen a handful of times. It was disappointing actually, when it turned out they have a shelter that has basically everything they could ever need in a zombie apocalypse. That sucked a little of tension or possibility out of the plot. The plot as it is, a teenager on the run from a ruthless group who want her because she is immune, could have been interesting, but doesn't get started until like, 40% of the way into the book. A huge chunk of the book is dedicated to the 'romance' plot where Regan whines that Kellan treats her like a kid and her acting like a kid. Meanwhile, he steadfastly denies that she should ever get a chance to grow up, learn, take risks and have any sense of agency. She then gets petty jealous that he has female friends and has possibly slept with women before they were even together. Yuck. Boring.
I wish I could say otherwise, but I did not enjoy this book. It was just OK for me. I can see that some people might have enjoyed it wholeheartedly, and I salute them. I can even see that the author is a decent writer. This book just fell unfortunately flat for me.
On the audiobook, the reader, Helen Firth, was very slow and I found myself upping the speed to about 1.5, which I rarely do. She was kind of monotonous, and had a very obvious accent which I believe might have been Canadian if the way she pronounced the word 'sorry' was any indication lol. It was grating and I found myself just turning the audiobook off and switching to the ebook more often than not.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
I went into this expecting some terrifying, possibly fun, zombie slaying adventure with a side of romance. What I got instead was an annoying, YA-esque, slightly chauvinistic 'romance' with zombies somewhere on the side. This was a slog for me to get through. It was only eleven hours long, which would usually only take me about a day and a half to listen to/read. But, I found myself tiring of it after only a couple of chapters and was only able to get through it in bursts.
The main character is a really whiny young woman named Regan, who at age 21 acts like she's about 14. Her love interest is her late brother's friend who is about 25 I believe and he acts like he's in his mid 30's and her over-protective dad. Tell me again how this is supposed to be steamy? Like I get they may have lost out on their teenage years because of zombies and therefore may be a little emotionally stunted, but it's not like they never had any interaction with other humans. They were almost immediately accepted into a convenient shelter full of helpful adults before they had much of a chance to be on their own. So why are they like this?
I wanted zombie action. The zombies were very peripheral to the plot and only seen a handful of times. It was disappointing actually, when it turned out they have a shelter that has basically everything they could ever need in a zombie apocalypse. That sucked a little of tension or possibility out of the plot. The plot as it is, a teenager on the run from a ruthless group who want her because she is immune, could have been interesting, but doesn't get started until like, 40% of the way into the book. A huge chunk of the book is dedicated to the 'romance' plot where Regan whines that Kellan treats her like a kid and her acting like a kid. Meanwhile, he steadfastly denies that she should ever get a chance to grow up, learn, take risks and have any sense of agency. She then gets petty jealous that he has female friends and has possibly slept with women before they were even together. Yuck. Boring.
I wish I could say otherwise, but I did not enjoy this book. It was just OK for me. I can see that some people might have enjoyed it wholeheartedly, and I salute them. I can even see that the author is a decent writer. This book just fell unfortunately flat for me.
On the audiobook, the reader, Helen Firth, was very slow and I found myself upping the speed to about 1.5, which I rarely do. She was kind of monotonous, and had a very obvious accent which I believe might have been Canadian if the way she pronounced the word 'sorry' was any indication lol. It was grating and I found myself just turning the audiobook off and switching to the ebook more often than not.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
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