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Girl with All the Gifts
Girl with All the Gifts | M R Carey
The "USA Today" bestsellerMelanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. "The Girl With All the Gifts" is a groundbreaking thriller, emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end.
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LadyCait84
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Book Scavenger Hunt: Orange ✔️

#HauntedShelf
Team #DeadSerious

OriginalCyn620 🧡🧡🧡 2mo
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Jari-chan
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Soft pick, but I would've loved this a couple of years ago during my zombie phase. I still can't believe that this is a zombie book. But it totally is and it's well done. I felt emotional more than expected, and loved seeing Melanie grow. Carey talks about some existential questions in this book, and we might be closer to experience something similar than we want to admit. What will become of us humans? Where are we going from here?

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iread2much
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this book, which I didn‘t know was a zombie book. It definitely had some I Am Legend vibes but for a new generation.
Melanie and some not so great adults try to make it to Beacon, a city of humans where Melanie might not be welcome but where she might save countless lives.
3/5 I really liked this book until the end - which I I thought was a good ending to the story but was not well explained nor well described.

AmyG I have this book and had no clue it was a zombie story. 6mo
Powered_By_Plants Yes I had the same experience , I also have ‘boy on the bridge‘ sitting on the shelf still to be read , can‘t remember if it‘s a sequel or prequel 😊 6mo
CatLass007 @AmyG @Powered_By_Plants I read Mike Carey‘s Felix Castor series, which was a horror/fantasy thing. I thought it was excellent. This book is on my wish list but I didn‘t know it was a zombie story. I may have to rethink whether I want to read it or not. Fantastical creatures I am fine with, but zombies are just not my thing. 6mo
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TheLudicReader I read this quite a while ago and remember really liking it. 6mo
AnnCrystal 💕🐕💝. 6mo
Hooked_on_books 🐶💙 6mo
iread2much @AmyG it‘s a zombie book more in the style of The Last of Us than say 30 days later. The Last of Us part 1 (video game) came out before this book, but I think the TV show was really inspired by this book. It‘s a good read, I couldn‘t put it down, but the ending is not well done. I hope that‘s helpful! 6mo
iread2much @Powered_By_Plants given the ending, I don‘t know if I‘ll ever read The Boy on the Bridge, but I‘m glad I read this one. 😊 6mo
iread2much @CatLass007 it‘s not super scary zombies, if that‘s helpful. It‘s more focused on the experiences of Melanie, the little girl 6mo
iread2much @TheLudicReader I probably should have read it long ago! But it‘s actually better for me to have read it now I think, as I had to stop reading Zombies during COVID, they were too much. It‘s nice to be able to read Zombie books again. 6mo
iread2much @AnnCrystal 😊🐕💜 6mo
CatLass007 Thank you for letting me know. I‘ll leave it on my list then. 6mo
iread2much @CatLass007 you are welcome 🤗 I hope you enjoy it if you read it! 6mo
CatLass007 Thank you. I just checked and it‘s available via Libby. Which lets me breathe a little more easily knowing that I don‘t have to buy it if I want to listen to it. 6mo
MemoirsForMe 🐶❤️🐶 6mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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This has been on my shelf forever! Anyone read it??

#SpringSkies
#childwpowers

💛✨🖤

Eggs No I haven‘t but it looks 👀 good! 7mo
CaroPi I have! I read it in two days. The less you know about it the better. It has also a prequel book that he wrote after. I highly recommend that you read them in that order 7mo
FlowerFairy Yes! I love this one!!! Was very disappointed in the movie, though. The follow up - The Boy on the Bridge was brilliant as well. This author also writes the Felix Castor series under the name Mike Carey. 7mo
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REPollock I have! Agree with @CaroPi that the less you know going into it the better. 7mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @CaroPi awesome! Thank you! 😊 7mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @FlowerFairy I‘ll skip the movie 🎥 then! 7mo
Kitta I have! I liked it. 4/5 7mo
5feet.of.fury One of my all time favorites! I think about it all the time 7mo
MaleficentBookDragon I really liked it. The sequel not as much. 7mo
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LaraS
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Oct 1 - 15: 10,089
Oct 16-31: 30,534
40,623 Total Points!

Sorry this is cutting it so close to the deadline 😬The tagged book was my favourite read during the #Scarathlon.

@Catsandbooks thank you so much for hosting! I had such a great time! And a virtual high fives to all my teammates on the #BatBrigade 🦇🍁🎃

Catsandbooks Awesome job!! 👏🏼 🎉 🧡🖤🦇 Glad you had fun! 😊 13mo
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LaraS
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I think this was my favourite read of #scarathlon so far. I didn't know much about it going in, and I think that's the best way to read this.

Incredible artwork from: https://nellasbookplanet.tumblr.com/post/633811587712663552/the-girl-with-all-th...

#BatBrigade #Falling4Books #31by31 #spookoween #LittenListen @Read4Life @catsandbooks @thespineview @aperfectmjk

TheSpineView Fantastic! 13mo
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🦇🧡 13mo
Read4life 🍁👻🎃 13mo
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BeckyWithTheGoodBooks
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I‘m not a zombie fan, but I do have this on my #scarathlon TBR. Has anyone read this and what did you think? #scarathlonphotochallenge #zombie #blackcatcrew

5feet.of.fury It‘s one of my all time favorites actually! 13mo
BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @5feet.of.fury ooooooooooh!!!! I will definitely try to read it this month then! 13mo
BookwormAHN I haven't read it but it's on my tbr 🐈‍⬛️ 13mo
TheLudicReader Loved this book. 13mo
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Lizpixie
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#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge #Day18 #Zombie I‘m not a zombie fan at all, I think I‘ve read 2 zombie books in the past 15yrs? I‘ve never watched The Walking Dead either & while this was written well it still wasn‘t for me. #Scarathlon #SpookyGhostClub 6pts

Clwojick I really like zombie graphic novels, but not huge on the actual novels. 13mo
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SaraHasClass
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Pickpick

Holy Moly! As a teacher and a lover of humanity; a fan of a great imagination and story, this book brought it all to me in a heartfelt story of survival in a zombie apocalypse. This is NOT your normal zombie book. It's fascinatingly horrible and heartwarming all at once, this is a unique book. I could not put it down.

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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Nothing says #StayinAlive quite like zombie 🧟‍♂️ apocalypse books 🤪

#BGs #VolumesAndVocals 🎶🌞🌈🌼

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs ❤️🧡❤️ 1y
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REPollock
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Pickpick

This is a grim and fascinating story. It was an interesting puzzle to slowly figure out what‘s happening and I‘m impressed with how the author wrote the book like an onion, revealing layer by layer.

charl08 Beautiful flowers 💐 😍 2y
REPollock Thank you @charl08 ! It was a dead-looking bare vine ever since we bought this house but this year it bloomed! 2y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#Gift 🎁 #DivineDecember 🎄❄️🎁

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 💛 2y
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Lizpixie
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#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Day25 #Zombie I‘m not a huge fan of zombies, either onscreen or in fiction. I think this was the last zombie story I read, and that was more than 5yrs ago. It begins with a girl, kept in a cell & chained at all times & ends with the end of the world. I like the authors storytelling, I just don‘t like zombies!🧟‍♀️ #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter 6pts

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Rissa1
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Pickpick

I don't know if the book makes me sad or I am just having a sad day. I enjoyed the book but the ending was a lot. #Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick

5feet.of.fury One of my all time favorites! 2y
Reggie I don‘t know why but I didn‘t like this book. Gave it to my dad who is a teacher and he loved it. 2y
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Rissa1
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This was supposed to be my post about the week 3 #Scarathlon2022 word game, but I was so excited when my daughter asked to watch Scream with me (she hated scary movies). I loved every second of watching this with her!! #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick

Clwojick Way to go! ☠ 2y
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Rissa1
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@wanderinglynn I recieved my #HHS22 and I am sending mine out today.

wanderinglynn Yay! 🙌🏻🖤🎃 2y
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cwarnier
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#summerbookmarkswap @Pigpen_Reads
This is over the top amazing and I don't deserve it. Thank you so much.
My 2nd grade girls who are into the bookmarks stash enjoyed helping me open it.

Pigpen_Reads I'm so glad this one made it to you! I'm so sorry the other got lost in the mail!! 2y
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DHill
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I almost never reread a book unless it was required for a college class, but the few that impacted me enough to reread on my own are
The Girl With All the Gifts
Station Eleven

#littenswanttoknow @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

5feet.of.fury Girl With All The Gifts is so stunning. That‘s one of my favorites 2y
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Christyco125
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#AlphabetGame #LetterG

“The truth is the truth, the only prize worth having. If you deny it, you‘re only showing that you‘re unworthy of it.”

Thanks for the tag @CaitZ

TheLudicReader I really loved this book. 2y
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yoavshai
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 141.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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LA_Mead
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1. Quiet zombie. 2. The Girl with all the gifts. 3. I think it would start quietly, with some kind of benign illness… #sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz

BookmarkTavern 2 looks like an interesting book! Thank you for posting! 3y
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rsteve388
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TheLudicReader
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Thanks for the tag @Moonprismpower
1. Vampires are hands down my favourite.
2. I always think people are the worst monsters by far, and the tagged book kinda proves it. Also, The Lesser Dead needs more love.
3. I am sure that all the monsters have been written, but how about some love for succubus or incubus?
@ozma.of.oz

Wanna play @DinoMom @ShelleyBooksie ?

Moonprismpower 🧟‍♀️👹😈🤡👻🤖👾🧛🏻‍♀️🧝‍♂️🧜🏻‍♀️🧞‍♂️🧚🏼 3y
Moonprismpower I struggled with this tagged book. I ended up reading most of it then sort of skipping through to the end. I both liked and disliked the teacher. 3y
BookmarkTavern Succubi and incubi would make for some fascinating stories! Thank you for posting! 3y
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Johanna414
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Pickpick

This was VERY different from the last book I read, but just as good in its own way. Unlike any zombie story I‘ve ever read or watched… my sister has been telling me to read it for years, and I‘m so glad I finally did!

LadyCait84 This one has really stayed with me…so thought-provoking! I‘m glad you enjoyed it! 3y
DebinHawaii One of my favorites! 3y
abookishbutterfly I loved this book so much! 3y
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Nessavamusic
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Today‘s #LittensDressedinBlood prompt:

Jawbreaker-a book with a jaw dropping twist.

I don‘t read a ton of thrillers but this one definitely surprised me.

5feet.of.fury This is one of my favorite all time reads. The movie did it a lot of justice too. 3y
MidnightBookGirl This ending has got to be the best and possibly most realistic ending in any zombie fiction! 3y
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Michellesibs
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Melanie is ten years old and lives in a cell. Monday to Friday she is strapped into a wheelchair and is wheeled into class where she learns about Greek mythology, has story time and bonds with her classmates. Saturdays she is confined to her cell all day and Sundays she is strapped into her wheelchair for shower time and is fed grubs. This is Melanie's whole world.

I enjoyed this book so much, it gave me all the feels.

ShelleyBooksie This sounds good! 4y
Michellesibs @ShelleyBooksie It really was, it was such a surprise how much I enjoyed this one. 4y
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EKonrad
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Pickpick

A great entry in the zombie canon - well-paced and perfect ending! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Powered_By_Plants Glad you liked it, I loved this one too 😄 📖 4y
EKonrad @Powered_By_Plants Did you happen to read the second book in the series? Since it‘s not really a continuation of the first one, I wasn‘t sure whether to check it out or not. 4y
Powered_By_Plants No but I‘m sure it‘s on my TBR list, boy on the bridge . I probably will as I loved the authors writing. I remember getting to a chapter and wanting to read another, it was a quick read. Let me know if you do! 4y
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Smrloomis
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I thought this book was excellent but I don‘t know if I can handle the movie. And now I‘m wondering if I should read the second book...

abookishbutterfly The movie was decent, but I definitely preferred the book. I just didn‘t feel the movie had the same depth and Melanie wasn‘t developed in quite the same way, which was the thing that made her so easy to fall in love with in the book. I was dismayed by a few other changes as well. I‘ve yet to read The Boy on the Bridge but I will one day! 4y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I thought the movie was awful! 4y
Smrloomis @Butterflyamore yeah I agree that Melanie was amazing and she‘s ultimately what kept me reading when it came to the characters. I‘m thinking of picking up book 2 soon if I can 🤞🏽 4y
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Smrloomis @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I‘m easily scared so I‘ll probably skip it. I don‘t really know if I could handle the hungries! 4y
Soubhiville I liked the movie. I also enjoyed 4y
Smrloomis @Soubhiville thanks, good to know! 😄 4y
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AFrostCauseReads
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Pickpick

I LOVED this book. It was so smart and well written, and peppered in Greek mythology stories and allusions *chefs kiss* 💋

I have yet to watch the movie, but I‘m a little afraid it won‘t live up to my expectations.

This is a MUST read for fans of zombies and science, and highly recommended for anyone else who just enjoys a well written story with such varying points of view.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I loved it too! One of my all time favorites. 4y
candority I haven't read the book yet, but that picture made me laugh! 😂 4y
NikkiM5 Oooo sounds good. Stacked 👍🏾 and great picture 😂 (edited) 4y
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Read-y_Picker
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Well, this just makes my night! Thank you @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego for the awesome #AllHallowsReadSwap box! Looking forward to reading this one for sure! And who could say no to a handful of bloody eyeballs, especially while racking up some last minute movie points for #scarathlon... PLUS I had a really spooky déjà vu feeling when I first handled the book ?

Thanks to @MaleficentBookDragon for hosting this fun swap!! Happy Halloween ??

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Yay! I'm glad you haven't read that one yet. Enjoy your treats. Happy Halloween! 👀 4y
MaleficentBookDragon Loved that book. 4y
LeahBergen Is that a skull bath bomb? 👍🏻 4y
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Blueberry
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Pickpick

Just finished this for movie/bookclub. The movie pretty much followed the storyline of the book but cut by half the content.

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SomedayAlmost
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Enjoyed this smart zombie movie featuring an excellent young actress (and Paddy Considine & Glenn Close) last night. The ending made me want to read the book for a fuller explanation, but it‘s a well acted, scary watch. #zombies #scarathalon #TeamHarkness @StayCurious #5points

Bookworm54 It‘s pretty close to the book overall, but the book is obviously (better) more in depth. I really enjoyed both :) 4y
MelAlgood One of my favorite books 4y
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Blueberry
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Currently reading.

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Blueberry
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🍂🍁 Our leaves don't change color until November.

🥧 Favorite fall food...Thanksgiving stuffing.

📗 TBR...The Girl With All the Gifts, Heroic Measures, Wow No Thank You.

Tag: @NataliePatalie

#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94

MoonWitch94 Thanks for playing ✨🍂🧡 4y
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Bookworm54
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So, I tried pretty hard with this collage 🤣
My #HalloweenAesthetic is kind of spooky, thriller, creepy vibe but also cosy and filled with Tim Burton characters? :p

#HalloweenStyle #HauntedHollowSwap

wanderinglynn YAS! Tim Burton! 👍🏻 🎃🖤🧡☠️ 4y
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Sparklemn
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This book was a complete surprise to me. I think I picked it up as a daily deal from Audible and didn‘t take the time to review the plot before I dived in. Luckily I‘m a fan of dystopian novels! Can‘t wait to read the sequel.

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ChemistKat
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Pickpick

I watched the movie first, so my experience o with the book may be different than someone who didn‘t. I loved the book as much as the movie. It‘s a zombie tale, but it‘s so much more than a cliche zombie tale. M.R. Carey managed to layer complex thought provoking story into this zombie horror.

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booksavvyreviews
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What is your go to genre? Or better yet... go to trope?

#bookaddict #reader

Darklunarose It used to be PanR, but now I‘m reading a load of non fiction. 4y
booksavvyreviews @Darklunarose any type of non fiction? Or a particular subject? :) 4y
Darklunarose @booksavvyreviews it‘s circling between feminism, racism and new age right now. I‘m reading two books on Australian indigenous issues and one on paganism as I type. 4y
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booksavvyreviews @Darklunarose oh wonderful topics. :) 4y
Darklunarose @booksavvyreviews and really important ones...well the race one is very timely. 4y
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abookishbutterfly
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I really loved how much depth this story possessed and how unique it was, despite embracing certain tropes we‘ve all seen many times before. It was an unexpectedly touching tale with some hard-hitting, frightening ideas at play. The Girl With All the Gifts will stick with me for a long time.

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3439941661

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mollyrotondo
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Mehso-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️ I really liked the beginning and end of this book. It started off really strong and had me really intrigued and excited to learn more about the apocalyptic world of the book. But then it became a “road novel” which makes my eyes glaze over a lot of the time. But the end was worth the journey. And it‘s a quick read. This was my #bookspin book. Still need to read the doublespin book and then work through my bingo board!

TheAromaofBooks Great review!! 4y
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Melanie is a very special girl. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don‘t like her. She jokes that she won‘t bite, but they don‘t laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children‘s cells.

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Powered_By_Plants
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Late night with this one!

Loved it!! Went in blind , had no idea it was a zombie apocalypse . Just one more chapter had to get to the end and what a shocker of an ending , wasn‘t expecting that.

It‘s a yes from me 😁

Readergrrl I loved this novel and it stuck with me for a long time. I have The Boy on the Bridge but I have yet to read it. Maybe that‘s next on my list! 5y
Powered_By_Plants @Readergrrl glad you liked it too, really wasn‘t expecting that ending. Ooh I hadn‘t realised there was another in the series ,thank you , will have to add that to my TBR pile. 5y
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Juliwyant
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Listening to this audio book so I can watch the Netflix show (personal rule: always read the book first). Liking it so far!! Creative take on zombies

Catherine_Willoughby Not with "JoJo rabbit (caging skies)" ? - the book was a complete no . The Movie took the best elements and turned it into a dark comedy of seriousness of WW2 and lost childhood 5y
runswithscissors007 I still think about this book. 5y
Juliwyant I‘m really enjoying it....but some aspects are distressing. I hope the show follows the book & doesnt mess up the story! 5y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Loved the book. Didn't care for the movie. (I always have to read the book first too.) 5y
Juliwyant Finished the book & watched the show today. As usual, liked the book much better. The show is good.....but they changed some things & omitted others. All relatively minor things but just not sure why the changes were necessary....., 5y
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KyrstinElizabeth

Melanie thinks: when your dreams come true, your true has moved. You‘ve already stopped being the person who had the dreams, so it feels more like a weird echo of something that already happened to you a long time ago.

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Kaila-ann
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Haven‘t read a lot of zombie books but this one was enjoyable. Good character development and a good storyline. The ending made me a little sad but overall still an enjoyable read.