On the Back
of the Book
Flight 301 from Paris to
London disembarks seven minutes late after a passenger is taken ill on board.
Within weeks, the killer disease he was carrying has wiped out almost all of
the world’s population. As power, water and food supplies fail, cities become
open graves and nature lays waste to civilisation.
The survivors must start
again in a post apocalyptic world: Abby moves through this new, dark age searching for her son; Jenny wanders aimlessly through
the countryside after fleeing London: she encounters Greg, a resourceful engineer,
and together they form a community.
But with no law and no
order, they face terrible dangers – not just the trials of day-to-day life but
also the deadly threat from other survivors...
Pre Read
Thoughts
This
is a book that I’ve tried to read a couple of times before and never got very
far with. I’m not quite sure why that is but I thought I’d give it another go
as it’s nearing Christmas and I need to get my TBR pile down to make way for my
new books. I bought the book after I saw the TV show and liked it enough to get
the book. I couldn’t find this in my town but a bus trip to Llandudno and I found
it in the WHSmith that’s there. I paid £6.99 for it but I’m sure you could find
it cheaper online. The cover is just some characters from the show and
therefore doesn’t really tell you much about the actual story. I actually like
the synopsis as it gives you an insight into possible events and I can’t wait
to settle down and read the book.
Post Read
Thoughts
In
the end Survivors turned out to be an interesting read with some thoroughly
fascinating ideas of what could become of the human race if we were struck down
by a pandemic. The book had a nice, steady
pace to it that showed all the struggles of living in a world where none of the
things we take for granted are available. The ending shocked me. I know that a
happy ending wasn’t possible but the brutality of it struck me. The book was
riddled with spelling errors and this really annoyed me because aside from that
the writing itself was decent. Didn’t editors exist when this book was first
published?
The
characters are quite an assortment and the diversity of them just proves what
an interesting predicament the virus left the world in. My favourite character
was Abby Grant. I love how she knew what she wanted to do and how that made
other survivors look up to her. If I’d been in that situation I definitely
would’ve needed an Abby. My least favourite character was Tom Price. He was
lazy and didn’t really help the group that much. His constant chatter and
stories also really wore me down and I wanted to give him a good slap. There were
other members of the group that were allowed to grow as characters a bit but I don’t
want to ruin it for those of you who want to read this.
Overall
I liked this. It was really different from the TV show so it offered an
alternative insight into what life could be like without tainting my love of
either representation. The ending of the book wasn’t to my taste and the fact
that the spelling was a bit dodgy are the only things that dampened my
enjoyment a bit. I’m not sure if I’d read this again but it’s certainly got me
thinking.
My Rating
3 stars – I thought it was good – and you
know how I feel about a book being good. I want more than that from a book. I’d
recommend this to people who like dystopians but want something different to
what the public seem to be lapping up right now.
A Final
Note
especially an immature one as they might not like some of the content.
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