booklvrkat's review
4.0
You remember those days during your teenage years where everything was filled with angst and energy and drama, of every sort? Yep. This book nails it.... and then some. A.M. Griffin pushes the edges with this "run for your life" story and adds in all that wonderful romance and narrative that she's good at.
Imagine having to go off to band camp, your senior year of high school, when you don't need the credits and you really have no want to go. That's what happens to Sinta. Her mom drops her off, much to her dismay, and then the world goes haywire. REALLY. Aliens have attacked and her bandcamp mates and a few teachers are running for their lives, literally. Every mile, every city that the crew travels through is filled with something new. Hardly any of it is good. They are fleeing from aliens. Great big lizard aliens. Things that made you scream when you were younger.
With a great big bunch of hope, some major scary plot points and a tiny bit of romance, the author took me on a trip worth writing about, and wanting more.
Imagine having to go off to band camp, your senior year of high school, when you don't need the credits and you really have no want to go. That's what happens to Sinta. Her mom drops her off, much to her dismay, and then the world goes haywire. REALLY. Aliens have attacked and her bandcamp mates and a few teachers are running for their lives, literally. Every mile, every city that the crew travels through is filled with something new. Hardly any of it is good. They are fleeing from aliens. Great big lizard aliens. Things that made you scream when you were younger.
With a great big bunch of hope, some major scary plot points and a tiny bit of romance, the author took me on a trip worth writing about, and wanting more.
jasmyn9's review
5.0
Amazing. That is the best way to describe Against the Darkness. It was a brilliant mix of coming of age, science fiction, and alien invasion apocalypse. Sinta was a very well built character and you can't help but love her. She has plenty of flaws for readers to relate to, but has such an inner strength and fortitude that you admire her at the same time. Watching as she turned from the bratty teen arguing with her mother into a formidable survivor was great. I enjoyed watcher her recover from her mistakes and was thrilled that she didn't make them over and over again.
Now the aliens - we don't see too much of them, but they are this constant threat lurking everywhere. And I really mean everywhere. The first time you actually see them as a reader is incredibly intense and brilliantly written.
There is a sort of love triangle, but the players all know where they stand with each other so it didn't really bother me. Sinta is pretty sure who she wants, and even the times that it doesn't work out well for her, she sticks to it. She's not the type to change her feelings easily.
There is one scene where I was afraid something beyond horrible was happening, but thank goodness it didn't - I think you will all recognize it when you get there as the kids were all rescued just in the nick of time. I had a hard time putting this down and I loved the world that A.M. Griffin created. Familiar, but at the same time strangely transfigured by the alien invasion.
*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*
- See more at: http://hotofftheshelves.blogspot.com/2014/09/review-against-darkness-cimmerian-moon.html#sthash.1y94CrO0.dpuf
Now the aliens - we don't see too much of them, but they are this constant threat lurking everywhere. And I really mean everywhere. The first time you actually see them as a reader is incredibly intense and brilliantly written.
There is a sort of love triangle, but the players all know where they stand with each other so it didn't really bother me. Sinta is pretty sure who she wants, and even the times that it doesn't work out well for her, she sticks to it. She's not the type to change her feelings easily.
There is one scene where I was afraid something beyond horrible was happening, but thank goodness it didn't - I think you will all recognize it when you get there as the kids were all rescued just in the nick of time. I had a hard time putting this down and I loved the world that A.M. Griffin created. Familiar, but at the same time strangely transfigured by the alien invasion.
*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*
- See more at: http://hotofftheshelves.blogspot.com/2014/09/review-against-darkness-cimmerian-moon.html#sthash.1y94CrO0.dpuf
nogenreleftbehind's review
5.0
Amazing. That is the best way to describe Against the Darkness. It was a brilliant mix of coming of age, science fiction, and alien invasion apocalypse. Sinta was a very well built character and you can't help but love her. She has plenty of flaws for readers to relate to, but has such an inner strength and fortitude that you admire her at the same time. Watching as she turned from the bratty teen arguing with her mother into a formidable survivor was great. I enjoyed watcher her recover from her mistakes and was thrilled that she didn't make them over and over again.
Now the aliens - we don't see too much of them, but they are this constant threat lurking everywhere. And I really mean everywhere. The first time you actually see them as a reader is incredibly intense and brilliantly written.
There is a sort of love triangle, but the players all know where they stand with each other so it didn't really bother me. Sinta is pretty sure who she wants, and even the times that it doesn't work out well for her, she sticks to it. She's not the type to change her feelings easily.
There is one scene where I was afraid something beyond horrible was happening, but thank goodness it didn't - I think you will all recognize it when you get there as the kids were all rescued just in the nick of time. I had a hard time putting this down and I loved the world that A.M. Griffin created. Familiar, but at the same time strangely transfigured by the alien invasion.
*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*
- See more at: http://hotofftheshelves.blogspot.com/2014/09/review-against-darkness-cimmerian-moon.html#sthash.1y94CrO0.dpuf
Now the aliens - we don't see too much of them, but they are this constant threat lurking everywhere. And I really mean everywhere. The first time you actually see them as a reader is incredibly intense and brilliantly written.
There is a sort of love triangle, but the players all know where they stand with each other so it didn't really bother me. Sinta is pretty sure who she wants, and even the times that it doesn't work out well for her, she sticks to it. She's not the type to change her feelings easily.
There is one scene where I was afraid something beyond horrible was happening, but thank goodness it didn't - I think you will all recognize it when you get there as the kids were all rescued just in the nick of time. I had a hard time putting this down and I loved the world that A.M. Griffin created. Familiar, but at the same time strangely transfigured by the alien invasion.
*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*
- See more at: http://hotofftheshelves.blogspot.com/2014/09/review-against-darkness-cimmerian-moon.html#sthash.1y94CrO0.dpuf
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