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hyperashley's review
3.0
This is the second book in the Am13 series. I liked the first one so I thought I would enjoy this one as much but unfortunately I did not. It was really difficult for me to get into this one and to stay focused on what I was reading. I normally love the whole apocalyptic, zombie thing but this one just didn't do it for me. Lockdown is book one and it is the beginning of the spread of the zombie virus.
First of all there some contradictions that annoyed me in this book. Mainly the zombies, they are supposed to be mindless killing machines but they weren't. At least all of them were not because when it was from a zombies POV they were not mindless. So did all zombies have thoughts or just the one that I got to know?
I love how simple the zombies are though, I feel like so many books try to be so complicated. I like when it's just simple "mindless" zombies. Sometimes you want a more classic style zombie apocalypse and this book delivered that.
Alyssa was what I pictured myself to be during a zombie apocalypse. She is the girl that has watched many zombie movies and tv shows and thinks she is prepared. Just as I kind of do though I have a feeling I'll have a rude awakening if that ever happens. Ethan and his OCD is another very believable character. I think it's because he had such a real thing going on with him. Dr. Jones was freaking amazing and I wanted more of him. I thought he had the most interesting parts and made me want to keep reading.
I still really like this series even though it lost a little of my interest in this one.
First of all there some contradictions that annoyed me in this book. Mainly the zombies, they are supposed to be mindless killing machines but they weren't. At least all of them were not because when it was from a zombies POV they were not mindless. So did all zombies have thoughts or just the one that I got to know?
I love how simple the zombies are though, I feel like so many books try to be so complicated. I like when it's just simple "mindless" zombies. Sometimes you want a more classic style zombie apocalypse and this book delivered that.
Alyssa was what I pictured myself to be during a zombie apocalypse. She is the girl that has watched many zombie movies and tv shows and thinks she is prepared. Just as I kind of do though I have a feeling I'll have a rude awakening if that ever happens. Ethan and his OCD is another very believable character. I think it's because he had such a real thing going on with him. Dr. Jones was freaking amazing and I wanted more of him. I thought he had the most interesting parts and made me want to keep reading.
I still really like this series even though it lost a little of my interest in this one.
pixiejazz's review against another edition
4.0
Forgotten is book two in the AM13 Outbreak series, and it features brand new characters who weren't in the first book.
Forgotten switches between the viewpoints of Ethan, a young man suffering from OCD and anxiety, and Alyssa, a young woman who is determined to live through the insanity that is the zombie apocalypse. Ethan happens to be related to Leah, the main character in book one, but Alyssa is unrelated to anyone from the first book.
Unsure of what to do, where to go, or how to continue surviving in such a messed up world, Alyssa spends her days trying to find safe places to stay while also keeping an eye out for the mysterious E, who has been leaving messages around the city. Eventually she meets up with a group of people, and together, they all do whatever it takes to get through this nightmare unscathed. Are they successful? Well, you won't get any spoilers from me.
Ethan, on the other hand, is on the verge of a breakdown. He can't deal with the insanity going on in the world anymore. Stranded and left behind after making it to the airport, where others were told to congregate so they could make it to safety, Ethan decides to end it all. If he has no one left in his life, he doesn't want to live. Or does he...?
I found Forgotten to be very well fleshed-out (excuse the pun) and intense. Alyssa gets more screen time, if you will, but even the scenes with Ethan add their own special boost to the story to make it more intriguing. I found myself a little more invested in whether or not Ethan would survive, if he would give up, or if he was the mysterious E who Alyssa was looking for.
I did enjoy Alyssa's character, and the characters she meets up with later on in the book. They're all characters you want to root for. You want them to survive.
Forgotten, overall, is a really great read. I give it 4.5 stars, and I'd definitely recommend it. Well worth the read.
Forgotten switches between the viewpoints of Ethan, a young man suffering from OCD and anxiety, and Alyssa, a young woman who is determined to live through the insanity that is the zombie apocalypse. Ethan happens to be related to Leah, the main character in book one, but Alyssa is unrelated to anyone from the first book.
Unsure of what to do, where to go, or how to continue surviving in such a messed up world, Alyssa spends her days trying to find safe places to stay while also keeping an eye out for the mysterious E, who has been leaving messages around the city. Eventually she meets up with a group of people, and together, they all do whatever it takes to get through this nightmare unscathed. Are they successful? Well, you won't get any spoilers from me.
Ethan, on the other hand, is on the verge of a breakdown. He can't deal with the insanity going on in the world anymore. Stranded and left behind after making it to the airport, where others were told to congregate so they could make it to safety, Ethan decides to end it all. If he has no one left in his life, he doesn't want to live. Or does he...?
I found Forgotten to be very well fleshed-out (excuse the pun) and intense. Alyssa gets more screen time, if you will, but even the scenes with Ethan add their own special boost to the story to make it more intriguing. I found myself a little more invested in whether or not Ethan would survive, if he would give up, or if he was the mysterious E who Alyssa was looking for.
I did enjoy Alyssa's character, and the characters she meets up with later on in the book. They're all characters you want to root for. You want them to survive.
Forgotten, overall, is a really great read. I give it 4.5 stars, and I'd definitely recommend it. Well worth the read.
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