First, I read this book because :
#1: It had good reviews
#2: They compared it to Hunger Games
#3: Disney apparently already bought the movie rights and if Disney likes it, its probably epic
#4: My favorite color is green
Okay anyways....
I am kinda worried about why this book was given rave reviews! First of all the plot isn't that unique and it moves like a SLOTH! It was a slow read for me. It was ok, it held my attention, I always knew what was going to happen next, and they always took 100 pages to get to what was happening next. The End!
I gave it 3 stars I think ... which was pretty awesome of me it probably only deserved two. On the plus side its very very PG. Perhaps that's why it got an extra star. PG things deserve extra stars, don't you agree?... I also think this is the only reason why Disney bought it. Because its PG and hopefully they can morph it into something fantastic.
Second, I read this book because:
#1: Zombies
#2: Love Story
#3: Zombies
#4: The lady at Barnes and Noble told me it was EPIC
#5: Zombies
This book starts off AMAZING. The writing style is AWESOME, the plot very authentic, the view point is from a Zombie who falls in LOVE with a human thus refusing the temptations to eat her. IT'S AWESOME OK! .... but then the author I think gets confused or doesn't really know what to do next, got bored, or tired, or just really wanted to end the novel because it just kinda goes downhill. It becomes choppy, super fast paced, and it leaves a lot of open ends. He doesn't do a good job of explaining WHY certain things happen. The ending was just like ... ok, and the world was saved because of love. THE END. It was a PG-13 book. It had violence because #1: Zombies, and #2 Zombies. Enough said. It did have some language too because #1: ITS A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE PEOPLE!
I gave this book 3 stars as well, it probably would have gotten a 5 if it had stayed as good as the beginning and the ending didn't ruin my life. Apparently this too is about to become a film. I have higher hopes for this movie.
My hubby and I read Matched together this past week. I was disappointed, too! I laughed out loud at points because the author liked to repeat herself on certain words, words, words. Like this, this, this.
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We are still going to read the second one when it becomes available at the library, but I don't have high hopes.
Oh! If you haven't read them yet, you should read "The Uglies" books by Scott Westerfield. I love them. Uglies and Pretties are my faves from the series, but they are all good.
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