Rebecca H. (amichai) reviewed on 12/28/2009 + 368 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 7

I wanted to love this book. I had read high praise for Boneshaker, and snagged it as soon as it was available. Good points: visual description of alternate reality Seattle, lots of action, mother and son together in the story. Weak points: characters didn't really grab me. And I guess I'm not much for zombies (what can they do for a story if you don't really care about the characters who may turn into them or be harmed by them? Growl. Munch. Whatever...) One particularly vicious non-zombie killing faded off gratuitously into no further reference. Our protagonists end up purposeless on the last pages, facing big life choices that may get developed later, in another book. (I don't think the brown ink text is anything wonderful for the reading experience, although it is nice looking. Certainly not a reason to pick up the book.) Overall, I have to rate as "liked it slightly."

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