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A review by lolajh
Radio Apocalypse by Kayleigh Gallagher
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
First off, the author was like fucking eighteen or younger when she wrote this???? And that is so fucking amazing. I could never think of being capable of writing a book of this length at that age. It’s truly something admirable and I am so incredibly impressed.
As a book itself, it did fall short slightly in my opinion, mainly because of the ending; it just felt a bit unfinished. What I did like is that I did not at all expect the plot to develop as it did. I knew Rachel and Lauren were going to eventually meet and fall in love, but I didn’t expect Lauren’s whole mindfuck situation going on. I definitely felt like even just one extra chapter could have been provided to see how Lauren’s mind really was after the cave, but oh well. That plot point was definitely quite confusing to read, and I’m still not sure I understand what even happened to her. She got hit with weird monster light and started having visions and turning into light??? Why was Rachel wanting to tear Lauren’s eyes out never revisited??? The monsters were kind of underdeveloped in their whole history and existence and why they have weird angel halos and shootable light beams and weapons and stuff? but that’s okay, they were still very intriguing, and I loved that some of them were nice. Jeremy kinda freaks me out, but Victor is awesome. poor baby
And the setting was sick!!! Post apocalypse, being one of the only humans left alive (maybe???), and having to develop all these skills was so cool. Like all the engineering, building a camera and computer from scratch, the radio stuff, all of it was really cool to read. I’m only slightly iffy about Rachel getting Lauren’s coordinates, that wasn’t really explained much.
Characters were lovely too. Just funny, dorky lesbians in their twenties trying to survive on their own. Overall a fun read!!! Liked it a lot
As a book itself, it did fall short slightly in my opinion, mainly because of the ending; it just felt a bit unfinished. What I did like is that I did not at all expect the plot to develop as it did.
And the setting was sick!!! Post apocalypse, being one of the only humans left alive (maybe???), and having to develop all these skills was so cool. Like all the engineering, building a camera and computer from scratch, the radio stuff, all of it was really cool to read.
Characters were lovely too. Just funny, dorky lesbians in their twenties trying to survive on their own. Overall a fun read!!! Liked it a lot
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail