Publisher: MacMillan: St. Martin’s Griffin
Series: (Standalone)
Genera: Sci-fi Dystopian/Horror
Subjects: Zombies, survival, schools
Length: 322 pgs.
HC/PB: Paperback
Summary/ product description: “It’s the end of the
world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little
comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all
it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their
former self.
To Sloane Price, that doesn’t sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she’s failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she’s forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live.
But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group’s fate is determined less and less by what’s happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life—and death—inside.
When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?”
To Sloane Price, that doesn’t sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she’s failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she’s forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live.
But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group’s fate is determined less and less by what’s happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life—and death—inside.
When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?”
My Rating: êêê1/2
My Review: I’m slightly disappointed in this book.
Mostly because the main character, Sloane, would rather die than try to
survive. She’s suicidal, depressed because her sister left her with her abusive
dad. When the zombie apocalypse arrives, she think that she took the pills and
this is all a dream and that she’ll be dead soon. When she’s saved by
classmates, it takes them a week to make it to the school when the story takes
place.
The whole story is about they’re survival and who they
can trust. There are zombies outside and they have to keep it that way. The
story doesn’t focus on the zombies. It focuses on the survivors. On people. I
didn’t care much for the characters, but I did like the suspense of their survival.
I did enjoy this book enough to finish it in one day.
It was pretty fast paced, set in 1st person, present tense. It feels
like you’re in the moment.
If you liked any of the books about teens surviving in
a confined space, or the Forest of Hands in Teeth series, you may like this
book. I you like contemporary books about social issues and books about
survival or zombies, then this may be the perfect read for you.
Cover Art Review: Cool and creepy. Looks like the
girl’s neck it getting snapped. I like the red blood got in the corner.
~Haley G
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