After hearing Lisa Kimmel rave wildly about this book, I decided to try it. Not normally a zombie person, I thought it would be an interesting change of pace from my usual favorite of historical novels. I am so glad I listened! The world as we know it has changed after an EMP flashed across the sky. Nothing works that has anything to do with a computer chip so good luck trying to travel to get help or eating food that hasn't gone rotten in the grocery stores. Alex was out in the woods, camping and trying to figure life out when the 'zap' as she puts it, happened. She quickly figures out she needs help as a fellow hiker died in front of her, leaving an 8 year old girl behind. So she begins the journey out of the woods and into a world in total chaos.
This isn't your normal Oorg and Aaughr zombie novel. The dead don't continually walk with their arms stretched out. There are some gross scenes but honestly they are few and far between. Alex (and us) learn the world and its rules have completely changed. 'Normal' people can or can not be trusted, rules aren't always the best thing and well, love isn't what it's cracked up to be. The narrator is a wonderful actress. She injects emotion, raw and powerful feelings into her reading and the listener is just sucked along with the riptide. I highly recommend listening over reading but the writing is well crafted. This is a trilogy and while the second one is out, the third won't be published for a while.
6 Degrees of Reading: Enclave by Ann Aguirre, Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, Gone by Michael Grant.
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