pulcotinette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
La morale, la ligne conductrice du livre, est vraiment intéressante et j'aurai aimé qu'elle soit plus mise en avant. Malgré tout, c'est celà que je retenais du film et qui m'a donné envie de lire le livre.
La raison pour laquelle les enfants affams sont imunisés y est d'ailleurs mieux expliquée et plus logique.
J'ai beaucoup apprécié cette lecture, qui m'a donnée envie de lire plus de lire avec une apocalypse zombie d'un point de vue optimiste.
Au niveau du contenu, il y a mention de combats avec des armes à feu et de l'anthropophagie, mais ce n'est pas gore ou détaillé. On parle du sentiment de faim d'un personnage, de façon répétée mais plutôt superficielle. Contrairement à ce dont je me rappelais du film, ce n'est pas un livre d'horreur. On trouve aussi de la comp het (compulsory heteronormativity) en cela que les persos adultes masculin et féminin principaux sont forcément attirés l'un par l'autre.
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Eating disorder
katiemack's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Child death and Animal death
lpogo16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The story could have been edited down. There’s a lot that happens for the shock value or to make comments about other characters.
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Violence, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Gun violence, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping
Spores, Mushrooms, Funguscaptainsillypants's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Blood, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and Gore
blackberryjambaby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Body horror
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Torture, Stalking, Vomit, Abortion, Terminal illness, and Suicide
petit_lecteur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Blood
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and War
skywhales's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
but. i am always a sucker for Getting Creative With It.
see now this isn't the only zombie story to take the route it does (and i mean come on, cordyceps is like Made for this kinda shit. right up there with chronic wasting disease on the "wouldn't it suck like so bad if humans could get this?" chart) but this was a few years back now so i'm willing to assume it was quite novel at the time and for me, a zombie noob, it's still quite novel now. though i know the last of us did something similar because i heard about the last of us everywhere. and i still liked it! especially That Bit at the end. even if i kind of predicted the twist regarding melanie and the other kids being a new kind of zombie.
characters were...well i liked the women the most but isn't that usually a given. melanie was good. i enjoy precocious kids especially if they're somehow Important but can't fully grasp the how or why of it until they start using it to their benefit. helen was fun, even if her whole "i'm trying to stay detached" chapter at the beginning felt kind of pointless, especially considering it never became relevant again. why couldn't she just genuinely be the Fun Teacher who cares about the kids a little too much? it felt so pointless and weird. but whatever. dr. caldwell is always a character archetpye i enjoy at the very least because they're just fun to read about. yay fucked up scientists yay!
Spoiler
her reaction to her blood poisoning and her death was very fitting for her and i liked that she stayed true to her character till the end.Spoiler
any of the "romantic" bits between him and helen made me roll my eyes SO hard.i liked the beginning and ending of the book the most. still don't really think apocalypse fiction is for me, for a multitude of reasons, but i probably enjoyed this more than i'd enjoy most of it. not much else to say--i've read better, but i've read much, much worse.
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Violence, and Child abuse
Moderate: Child death, Gore, and Medical content
blackcoffeedaydreams's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gore, Death, Child abuse, Torture, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Gun violence, Child death, and Violence
lubilu42's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Gore