Melissa B. (dragoneyes) - , reviewed on 12/2/2022 + 813 more book reviews

I can't remember how I came across this book but the synopsis intrigued me so I bought it. Then it sat on my shelf for a long time. It wasn't until a friend requested it that I decided to read it. I am so pleased that I did and so sad that I didn't do it sooner. A couple of things that steered me away was the title of the book and the cover art. It just sounded and looked kind of ridiculous so it didn't really pull me to it. It wasn't until I read the book that the reasoning for both the title and the cover are revealed.
This book starts out as a journal from a woman, Kaylee, who is caught in the library in which she works during an invasion of some type. All she knows is that people/creatures dressed in brown suits are killing humans left and right. She barricades herself inside and gives us day to day updates on what goes on. This is done quite well. I felt Kaylee was very real and could relate to her. The second part of the book was after the invasion... much later. In this part, survivors find Kaylee's journal and decide to embark on a quest to find as much information as they can about her. In this part we learn what happened after, we also learn about who/what the invaders were. Lots of info to tie everything together.
Most of the book I loved. There were a few times that it would run on and get too detailed. I ended up skimming those areas but they were few and far between. The other part was the abundant commas and periods throughout the journal part. I'm not sure why this was done? To make it look more realistic? I do not feel that Kaylee would be the type of person to not know her punctuation. She seemed quite intelligent. Both of those issues were minor. Definitely an A+ read.

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