Survivor Song: A Novel
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Okay, so. Maybe this is just me having way too high expectations for a book that is relatively short and initially I rated it 3 stars. Now, that I've had time to think about it some more, there's more and more things I didn't like about this book. First of all I think the idea and the world building around this mutated rabies virus is a really good idea and has a lot of potential. Oof, where do I even start? I didn't like or understand both our main characters. Natalie was alright, I assume. I wouldn't say I loved her but I definitely had some sympathy for her, some understanding and admiration. The fact that her whole personality wasn't "I don't care if I live, just save my baby" but that it was evident that she herself wanted to live but was able to recognise that it was too late overall made her somewhat relatable. And that's basically all there is to her - her character was so flat to me and the intention of me rooting for her just failed. I came to terms with her dying during part one. It was just so obvious that when she actually did die, I didn't really care? Maybe that's my bad. Well. Ramola. She's probably the least likeable character to me within the whole novel. Not because I think she's a horrible human being (maybe, yk, partly), but because I think she as a character makes no sense. I get the whole "I wanna be independent, financially stable and travel the world"-attitude and I would've loved her character development if there would have been any. Her whole inner conflict about taking care of Nats baby was so... I don't even know. Unnecessary to me? I don't even think it's the fact that this conflict existed, it's more the way that it was portrayed and ultimately resolved. Your best friend is dying, her husband is dead and she's leaving a child behind. How can you be so emotionally distant that the thought that you could do it doesn't even cross your mind? You're a doctor, how does the thought that you could help your best friend deliver her baby only cross your mind when it's basically already too late? I understand what Tremblay tried to do with her as a character but it just didn't work out for me, it just seemed to flat and one sided to be understandable or even believable. The whole "Oh, she's already dead and I pray someone else will still take the baby so I don't have to!" I got it before but that she still pulls through with the avoidance and the fear after she died is just.. man. No. I don't know. Another issue I have with this book is that I don't know if it's really.. Horror? This may sound stupid and I'm sure there's a lot of arguments to prove that it indeed belongs into the genre of horror, but to me it felt more like an. Apocalyptic thriller that was supposed to make us feel horrified due to the circumstances of Nats and Rams? The few instances of them coming into touch with infected just aren't really that gripping, it never feels truly horrifying. Maybe because you already know that Nats is going to die and Rams has plot Armor? Now, I know there really aren't a lot of good things I could say about this book. So let me give you the reason why I rated this book 2/5 atleast. Josh and Luis. Did I think they were incredibly likeable characters? Mostly. What really got me was their end - they are teenagers that appear for maybe 70 pages, but they got a more tragic , heartbreaking end than our MC. They basically sacrifice themselves and Rams or Nats never pay them another thought after they parted ways, eventhough both ladies knew Josh got bit. Really nice, innit? Tremblay kind of struggled to capture proper Teenagers within these two, but he still did a better job in building their characters and making them likeable than he did with both main characters over 320 pages. Their deaths and friendship was the only thing that touched me and made me root for them during the entire book and was the only arc I could actually somewhat enjoy.
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Beiträge
Okay, so. Maybe this is just me having way too high expectations for a book that is relatively short and initially I rated it 3 stars. Now, that I've had time to think about it some more, there's more and more things I didn't like about this book. First of all I think the idea and the world building around this mutated rabies virus is a really good idea and has a lot of potential. Oof, where do I even start? I didn't like or understand both our main characters. Natalie was alright, I assume. I wouldn't say I loved her but I definitely had some sympathy for her, some understanding and admiration. The fact that her whole personality wasn't "I don't care if I live, just save my baby" but that it was evident that she herself wanted to live but was able to recognise that it was too late overall made her somewhat relatable. And that's basically all there is to her - her character was so flat to me and the intention of me rooting for her just failed. I came to terms with her dying during part one. It was just so obvious that when she actually did die, I didn't really care? Maybe that's my bad. Well. Ramola. She's probably the least likeable character to me within the whole novel. Not because I think she's a horrible human being (maybe, yk, partly), but because I think she as a character makes no sense. I get the whole "I wanna be independent, financially stable and travel the world"-attitude and I would've loved her character development if there would have been any. Her whole inner conflict about taking care of Nats baby was so... I don't even know. Unnecessary to me? I don't even think it's the fact that this conflict existed, it's more the way that it was portrayed and ultimately resolved. Your best friend is dying, her husband is dead and she's leaving a child behind. How can you be so emotionally distant that the thought that you could do it doesn't even cross your mind? You're a doctor, how does the thought that you could help your best friend deliver her baby only cross your mind when it's basically already too late? I understand what Tremblay tried to do with her as a character but it just didn't work out for me, it just seemed to flat and one sided to be understandable or even believable. The whole "Oh, she's already dead and I pray someone else will still take the baby so I don't have to!" I got it before but that she still pulls through with the avoidance and the fear after she died is just.. man. No. I don't know. Another issue I have with this book is that I don't know if it's really.. Horror? This may sound stupid and I'm sure there's a lot of arguments to prove that it indeed belongs into the genre of horror, but to me it felt more like an. Apocalyptic thriller that was supposed to make us feel horrified due to the circumstances of Nats and Rams? The few instances of them coming into touch with infected just aren't really that gripping, it never feels truly horrifying. Maybe because you already know that Nats is going to die and Rams has plot Armor? Now, I know there really aren't a lot of good things I could say about this book. So let me give you the reason why I rated this book 2/5 atleast. Josh and Luis. Did I think they were incredibly likeable characters? Mostly. What really got me was their end - they are teenagers that appear for maybe 70 pages, but they got a more tragic , heartbreaking end than our MC. They basically sacrifice themselves and Rams or Nats never pay them another thought after they parted ways, eventhough both ladies knew Josh got bit. Really nice, innit? Tremblay kind of struggled to capture proper Teenagers within these two, but he still did a better job in building their characters and making them likeable than he did with both main characters over 320 pages. Their deaths and friendship was the only thing that touched me and made me root for them during the entire book and was the only arc I could actually somewhat enjoy.