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The Blurb On The Back:
Melanie has a gift for us all. But it’s a secret.
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her ‘our little genius’.
Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don’t like her. She jokes that she won’t bite, but they don’t laugh.
Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children’s cells. She tells her favourite teacher all the things she’ll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn’t know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.
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The Verdict:
M. J. Carey’s standalone horror novel riffs on post-apocalyptic themes and the zombie genre. It’s a story about family and belonging, shown particularly through the relationship between Melanie and Miss Justineau but it also asks looks at how far some people are prepared to go in the name of science and personal glory, although I wished that there had been more about Dr Caldwell to flesh out her mindset. I also wished that there had been more of what had happened at Beacon (which only gets alluded to). That said, I did really enjoy the book and am really looking forward to seeing what Carey does next.
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS will be released in the United Kingdom on 14th January 2014. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her ‘our little genius’.
Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don’t like her. She jokes that she won’t bite, but they don’t laugh.
Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children’s cells. She tells her favourite teacher all the things she’ll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn’t know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
M. J. Carey’s standalone horror novel riffs on post-apocalyptic themes and the zombie genre. It’s a story about family and belonging, shown particularly through the relationship between Melanie and Miss Justineau but it also asks looks at how far some people are prepared to go in the name of science and personal glory, although I wished that there had been more about Dr Caldwell to flesh out her mindset. I also wished that there had been more of what had happened at Beacon (which only gets alluded to). That said, I did really enjoy the book and am really looking forward to seeing what Carey does next.
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS will be released in the United Kingdom on 14th January 2014. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
