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A review by thetbrstack
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
4.0
I picked up this book because I liked the title and the cover. Also, I read the first few lines, and they caught my attention.
It turns out this is an apocalyptic nightmare book (written for teens?) that pits the hungries, people infected with a fungus that takes over their brains, causing them to have a taste for human flesh; the junkers, survivalists who compete with the hungries; and those who are studying the second-generation of hungries.
It's not a bad book. It has just five main characters, so it's easy to keep track of who is who. They are pretty much characters without a lot of depth, so their motivations are simple.
But the main character -- the second-generation hungry, who knows who she is and is discovering why -- is a finely drawn character with charm and intelligence. She might not have all the gifts, but she is picking them up quickly.
It's a nice, easy weekend read.
It turns out this is an apocalyptic nightmare book (written for teens?) that pits the hungries, people infected with a fungus that takes over their brains, causing them to have a taste for human flesh; the junkers, survivalists who compete with the hungries; and those who are studying the second-generation of hungries.
It's not a bad book. It has just five main characters, so it's easy to keep track of who is who. They are pretty much characters without a lot of depth, so their motivations are simple.
But the main character -- the second-generation hungry, who knows who she is and is discovering why -- is a finely drawn character with charm and intelligence. She might not have all the gifts, but she is picking them up quickly.
It's a nice, easy weekend read.