Since mankind began, civilizations have always fallen: the Romans, the Greeks, the Aztecs…. Now it’s our turn.
Huge earthquakes rock the world. Cities are destroyed. But something even worse is happening. An ancient evil has been unleashed, hooking on to weakness, turning the unwary into hunters, killers, crazies.
Mason: His mother is dying after a terrible car accident. As he endures a last vigil at her hospital bed, his school is bombed and razed to the ground. Everyone he knows is killed.
Aries: A school bus, an aftershock and a crash. Pulled out of the wreckage by a mysterious stranger, she’s about to discover a world changed forever.
Clementine: An emergency meeting at the town hall that descends into murderous chaos. Outside the rest of their community encircle with weapons. How can those you trust turn into savage strangers?
Michael: A brutal road rage incident. When the police arrive on the scene they gun down the guilty and turn on the by-standing crowd. Where do you go for justice when even the lawmakers have turned bad?
Thoughts:
4/5 stars.
Would a book that's not in the future still be considered a dystopia? If so, then this was a dystopia I quite enjoyed.
Though I do hate it when authors have more than one character narrating (for I am a simpleton and like there to only be one narrator. And also, I hate cliffhangers), I thought the use of the different personalities was greatly enhanced the story. It gave us insight to all that was happening, all the different phenomenas that led this world to become a disaster. Pretty much this story followed 4 teens, and with the help of others, their struggle to survive what has happened. While the characters showed different quirks and personalities, they all had one commonality: leadership skillz. Which is something I myself do not posses.
I didn't really follow what was happening with the "people-turned-dark", but I'm concluding that it will be explained in the next one. Other than that, I overall liked her style of writing, and the way she could draw suspense. She also made the characters pretty believable, giving them weaknesses, and sprinkling some naive choices here and there to emphasize how young they were and what they were going through. Though, if I was away from my comfy bed and beloved laptop for even a week, I would have crumbled into oblivion. God, I'm pathetic.
I thought the way she brought the last group together was kind of lazy though. Seriously. They pretty much showed up out of nowhere. On another note, if there is a sequel, I would very much enjoy having a narrator of a country different from America. Like Asia, or something. Bring some spice into it.
All in all, i enjoyed this read. Quite the well.
Oh. Hey. Forgot to mention. If you're looking for a version of how 2012 would look like, this would be a good choice. Just sayin'.
I didn't really follow what was happening with the "people-turned-dark", but I'm concluding that it will be explained in the next one. Other than that, I overall liked her style of writing, and the way she could draw suspense. She also made the characters pretty believable, giving them weaknesses, and sprinkling some naive choices here and there to emphasize how young they were and what they were going through. Though, if I was away from my comfy bed and beloved laptop for even a week, I would have crumbled into oblivion. God, I'm pathetic.
I thought the way she brought the last group together was kind of lazy though. Seriously. They pretty much showed up out of nowhere. On another note, if there is a sequel, I would very much enjoy having a narrator of a country different from America. Like Asia, or something. Bring some spice into it.
All in all, i enjoyed this read. Quite the well.
Oh. Hey. Forgot to mention. If you're looking for a version of how 2012 would look like, this would be a good choice. Just sayin'.
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