A review by egbella
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
2.0
I picked up this novel thinking it looked like an intriguing dystoptian-esque survival story, but I should have done better research beforehand. Essentially, it's a zombie book with a few admittedly clever twists. But between the sporadic but severe swears, HUGE amount of gore, and the jarring plotline changes in the second half of the book, I didn't enjoy it much.
To her credit, Bick's writing style and characters are engaging, and I didn't want to put the book down for the first half of it because I was so sucked into the chilling storyline. So it's not that her writing was necessarily poor (although it went downhill fast around 50%), just that it's definitely not the kind of content I want to fill my head with. I won't be continuing the series, especially as I've heard that the amount of gore skyrockets.
To her credit, Bick's writing style and characters are engaging, and I didn't want to put the book down for the first half of it because I was so sucked into the chilling storyline. So it's not that her writing was necessarily poor (although it went downhill fast around 50%), just that it's definitely not the kind of content I want to fill my head with. I won't be continuing the series, especially as I've heard that the amount of gore skyrockets.