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Aug 18, 2014 10:34

The Girl with All the Gifts
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ayashi August 18 2014, 17:46:25 UTC

1) I liked it a lot and gave it a 4/5. I really wanted it to be longer. I wanted to know more ( ... )

pirate_nami August 18 2014, 18:18:51 UTC

Caldwell did say something about hungries having sex before she died, and I think it's the only thing that makes sense for the timeline and the varying ages of the hungry children... but it's really creepy to think about.

ayashi August 18 2014, 18:22:43 UTC

Hmm you are right with all the different ages. I can't imagine there are too many pregnant women running around in the dangerous wilderness to get infected with the hungry pathogen years after the outbreak started.

eurii August 21 2014, 16:53:16 UTC

yeah I wish the book would have shown a pregnant zombie, if this was really how it was all supposed to go down. It kind of feels like a plot hole without that.

I really hope for a sequel, cause there are so many unanswered questions! Especially agree with you on what this all means for Miss Justineau and I'd love to see how it plays out.

pirate_nami August 18 2014, 18:16:57 UTC

1) I gave the book a 4/5, because it kept me engaged and along for the ride the whole way. My jaw dropped open at the ending, and I've been thinking about it since I finished the book, so it's something that's stayed with me ( ... )

eurii August 21 2014, 16:57:19 UTC

I read a review that said the book was like Pandora's Box as well. It opens very slowly, and you learn little bits as you go.. and then the end it blasts open and you're like WTFFFFF :P

kurai August 24 2014, 16:00:59 UTC

1. I gave it a 4.5 out of 5. :) I was kind of disappointed by the alternating POVs at first (I really just wanted to hear from Melanie, forever XD), but by the end of the book I didn't feel that way as much. I also thought the pace kind of slowed down after they left the base, but that definitely didn't last, and I had a hard time putting it down and it was running through my mind while I was at work ( ... )

ayashi August 25 2014, 16:32:09 UTC

yeah I couldn't tell if the giant wall o' fungus would be disrupting communications or if it was because the city was deadles!

Late, but since this genre is still going, I'll answer ms_geekette August 27 2014, 10:09:42 UTC

1) I'll give the book a 3.5 because I was able to stop a bit past the middle and didn't really pick it back up until a few hours ago. Before that, I was on track for a 4, I guess ( ... )

ms_geekette August 27 2014, 11:44:16 UTC

And FYI for those that wanted to read more, the short story that preceded this book, "Iphigenia in Aulis," is in the anthology An Apple for the Creature.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13543159-an-apple-for-the-creature

From this review, it sounds like it is fairly similar to the beginning of the novel and is probably set on the base, so it sounds like it would not provide any extra details about the ending.

Carey did say on Goodreads that he is writing another novel under the M.R. Carey name (Who By Fire) that he was anticipating releasing in 2015, but he didn't mention if it was related to this one.