After receiving this book in the mail, the cover haunted me. It truly stuck with me and when I finally got the chance to read it, I fell in love with the whole book. It was so amazing from cover to cover that I could hardly believe it.
At first the cover was not my favourite, though it really stuck with me. The eyes haunted me with their black veins and wide crevice in the dry desert-like ground. My other favorite part of this cover is the line of people walking in the distance with the city in the horizon. Something about those people just stuck with me. After a while of seeing this cover, my feelings did change about it because of how well the entire thing came together and how curious it made the reader.
Who was my favourite main character of this book? I simply could not pick. I loved all the characters for how they reacted but more for how they survived and made connections to one another. I also liked how there was variety in the character’s background story and the way they took to the apocalypse. If I had to choose one favourite secondary character out of all those covered in the book, I would have to pick Daniel. My reasoning is that he was so mysterious and popped up at the strangest of times. I cannot wait to see where his character, or any of the characters for that matter, go and how they grow.
This story successfully delivered a hauntingly potent story that kept me thinking long after I had flipped the last page, which contain a huge cliffhanger. The ending left me begging for more to the extent that I just could not stop thinking about it. This book was set in multiple points of view and I found it to really work. I loved all the characters for how realistic their responses to the seeming end of the world were. I could very much relate to all of the main characters especially the female ones. Aires and Clementine were interesting to read about since I could really relate with them in particular, but I also enjoyed that of Mason and Micheal.
This was just such a captivating book, that it is hard to find any flaws to fault it on whatsoever. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes dystopian, apocalypse books or a good, thrilling book. Altogether, this book gets a 5/5 for being a realistic, fresh take on the apocalypse without the use of zombies.
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Great review! I like the sound of this book and just added it to my TBR pile. Thanks for the book recommendation!
I read this book a couple years ago. To this day I still imagine the bus scene while riding public transit. Definitely a good read!
This sounds fantastic. May have to add it to my TBR. I hadn’t even noticed the eyes properly until you mentioned it. Great review πβ€οΈ
There is something quite chilling about the cover – I couldn’t look away from the eyes once you had mentioned them. Great review – this sounds like a good read.
This ones sounds amazing, and the cover is intriguing
I’m intrigued when you say there are not any zombies involved. Going to check it out. Great review hun.
Great review! This sounds interesting.
Lovely review but a cliffhanger ruins it for me – I despise them!
I’m here for dystopian/apocolypse books! The cover is a little unsettling, but I find the eyes more fascinating than creepy. Good review!
Iβm not a big fan of zombies, but Iβm glad you enjoyed it!
Sounds like a great read. Glad you enjoyed it.
I donβt read dystopian, but an excellent review. Iβm glad you liked the book.
Zombies aren’t my thing. but I will be sharing this recommendation with a few people that read Zombie books. Fabulous review.
Great review, this is actually the first time I have heard about this book and it looks and sounds absolutely amazing and great. I’m really glad you enjoy this book fully, thank you so much for sharing your awesome post and for putting this book on my radar.