I also didn't find myself invested in any characters beyond Sloane. Again, this could've been helped by a longer multi-pov story. Feeling invested in only one main isn't the right scope for a horror story. This "kind" of art is indeed one of humanity, of extreme complication and simplicity. The book defies the term contradiction, explains it, and changes the way you look at it, just as it does to a dozen other day to day terms.

This is Not A Book. It's not. It's a fridge full of food, a laptop, a piano. It's an attempt to get kids to play with the world around them, and it's created by Jean Jullien, the designer and satirist behind the 'Peace for Paris' symbol" – Observer Magazine Yes this book has zombies but PLEASE, if that's not your thing, don't let it keep you from reading it. This is a story rich with emotion because Summers has such a genuine talent for creating memorable, unique characters. A book of six teens where every voice is distinctive and grounded firmly in reality is rare and precious. Hell, that's rare and precious for fiction period. The way these kids relate to one another, approaching with caution, testing for vulnerabilities, seeking approval, acceptance, a safe unconditional embrace, just left me riveted. I can tell you, I WAS IN THAT HIGH SCHOOL with them. I felt their fear and pain. I watched them come together, pull apart, rage and cry ... and I cried with them. Oh yes, there were tears people.A bright, innovative board book that will get children thinking ... Perfect for developing kids' imaginations and cultivating a lifelong love of reading."– The Sun This is Not A Book. It's not. It's a fridge full of food, a laptop, a piano. It's an attempt to get kids to play with the world around them, and it's created by Jean Jullien, the designer and satirist behind the 'Peace for Paris' symbol" – Observer Magazine this is a fascinating character study. six teenagers holed up in a school, barricading the doors against the zombie invasion outside. alliances will form, resentments will fester, desperate hookups and confessions and all-around brokenness will ensue. It took me only one chapter to be hooked. By the end of chapter one, I needed to read chapter two. By the end of chapter two, I needed to read chapter three. By the end of … and so on. This story has a lot going on for how short it is, but it never feels cluttered. We know that Sloane was abandoned by her sister, Lily, but the details of what was supposed to happen and how that has affected her come out slowly throughout the book. The main focus of this book is each person's will to live. Lily was all Sloane had left so once she left her she has none. Sloane wants desperately to just die. I thought the author wrote this very well. We can feel Sloane's desperation and hopelessness, but she never seems emo.

The real subject of [this] wonderfully fresh [take] on fandom is the unabashed, self-aware embrace of joy…[Carvan] considers the way we treat women who feel deeply: ‘When a lot of women love anything, that’s all we need to know about it.’ Subversively important stuff.”– Chicago Tribune

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This book is a snapshot into suffering and despair and humanity and it’s one that’s blown up to such high-definition that it’s difficult to stomach because it’s honest and it’s brutal and it’s real and it’s so intense in its depiction of unbearable human emotions that you just want to gnaw on a pillow and curl up in the foetal position. I was warned that the story was more about the inner workings of the characters, which didn't bother me at the time. I like reading books in which people have to battle their own inner demons. In that aspect, the story was well-crafted. But a zombie book? I really don't think that it was. And something about that fact really frustrated me. Started in April 2019. Thoughts at the beginning are less relevant, so you may want to scroll towards the end of my review....

Okay so I'll wrap this up, because guess what?? I'm leaving because it's snowing like crazy!! I could say a million more things, but I think the truth is in the words-the writing speaks for itself. It's raw. It's gritty. Not everyone makes it. And it's a harsh, cruel reality. I wish I could go on and on and on and on....but there is only so much I can say before I start to give things away. If you aren't sure about dystopians, if you don't like zombies but are willing to give them another shot, if you're on the fence at all, about anything to do with this story, read it. It's amazing. And I am so damn glad I decided to read it. That just goes to show that there is still a chance to make these novels amazing. They can still be harsh and have a little romance and still be amazingly blunt and well-written. I cannot wait to read the novella....I hope it is equally amazing as this book, but if it's only a fraction as good, I'll still die happy. Mucho mejor que el conocido cuaderno de la misma autora ‘Destroza éste diario’. En éste encontramos un conjunto de algo más de 100 propuestas a realizar, todas ellas bastante diversas y, especialmente, extraña. Sloane, a physically and emotionally abused girl, finds herself barricaded inside her high school along with five other students. While they know each other, they aren't friends. They came together because they were the only ones who weren't infected in a town overrun by zombies. The only signal they get on the radio is a recorded message informing them that "This is not a test." The school seems secure, the perfect place for a group struggling to survive. The difference between Sloan and everyone else is that she doesn't care to survive -- and hasn't since before the first zombie appeared.Fine example of engaging a much younger audience in the love of books. We love this!' – Picture Book Blogger Las hay de acción, como sostener el cuaderno lo máximo posible y sujetarlo por con las partes anatómicas que te pide, otras que hacen que desarrolles por escrito cosas muy personales ( una de las parte que más me gustan), como la actividad de ‘ la maquina del tiempo’ en dónde te piden ciertos retazos de tu vida y memorias quizá olvidadas, ‘ Un lugar imaginario’ dónde has de dibujar y explicar tu mundo ideal y su sistema, ‘ esto es un universo paralelo’ en el que has de explicar tu mundo actual pero a la inversa, o sea todo lo contrario, ‘ esto es un sistema’ dónde encadenarás palabras de manera muy curiosa o ‘ Esto es un recuerdo’ en el que tendrás que exponer a modo de lista tu paso y tu huella en el planeta. Además, hay de tipo experimento como: ‘ privación sensorial’( ira a ciegas por la casa, muy divertido) o ‘ Esto es un generador de ideas’(te invitan a combinar cosas y acciones dentro de distinto apartados cotidianos para una conseguir una idea de un producto o concepto; ‘ brainstorm’). His rejection of radical ideas seems to be because they are not optimistic enough. Apparently, hoping that Britain will treat us equally is enough” it's a strange dynamic, but each character brings something different to the group. and as they spend longer together - as much as they begin to look out for one another and become a family of sorts, there is this immense will to live and find their loved ones. and sometimes the want for family and love overtakes all rational thinking and results in dangerous mistakes and decisions.