ATTENTION: SPOILER ALERT
If you have not read this book please don't read the review below, it contains massive spoilers. Be content with the knowledge that we rated this book as 7/10 (my personal opinion is that it's brilliant), so please read it and then come back to read this review.
Have they gone?
Phew.
I think we all enjoyed this book, some more than others. It starts off all benign and weird and then just erupts into a massive zombie battle. We loved the fast paced action, the characters were good and Melanie was the perfect character to help us discover the world as she discovers it.
We had a good old debate about the ethics of Dr Caldwell and her approach to scientific discovery. Was she being over-ambitious or truly working for the good of mankind?
There were a few niggling points:
- What was the point of the junkers? Were they only there to cause the base breach and then provide a threat? They seemed a bit random.
- The issue with Beacon was never answered, had it degenerated into a 'Lord of the Flies' environment?
- We thought the sex scenes were unrealistic and unnecessary unless they resulted in a pregnancy, but that would interfere with the ending.
We all liked the ending, the progression of the infection was very logical and was the only way forwards long-term. We had another good discussion about how mutation and evolution sometimes goes backwards to go forwards.
Concept: 6/10
Plot: 7/10
Ending: 8/10
Cover: 6/10
Page Turner: 9/10
Who to slap? Dr Caldwell
Where's the cheese? Sex scenes
Would we recommend? 2/4
Better as a ... film
Add a twist: Pregnant by Parks
Total: 7/10
Our next book will be 'The Ocean At The End Of The Lane' by Neil Gaiman which we'll be reading for the October meeting. Next meeting is at Kate's.
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