Contributed by Tyger, gr. 12 -- March 2017A post-apocalyptic world overrun by pollution and cannibals. A book about surviving the game in which the protagonist Claudia believes she is a pawn being controlled from a faraway Manipulator. Anyone who likes ‘’The Walking Dead’’ TV series, will love this clan survival fiction novel.
The
world Claudia lives in is someone else’s game, and her nightmares are just
memories of life outside of this mind trap. She meets someone who offers her a
deal to get out. Because the book reads like a video game , it builds intrigue
and suspense.
On
GoodReads.com, a reviewer states, ‘’Claudia
Virtue is living every gamer’s scariest fantasy—she’s a sentient puppet in a
live-action, first-person shooter game.’’
Another
GoodReads.com reader says that the novel is “packed with action and twists, The Aftermath is a totally fresh take on
futuristic dystopian novels. It will have you furiously rooting for Claudia to
regain control of her life.’’
Personally
I find the characters a little hard to connect with, as I barely knew anything
about them throughout reading the first couple chapters. It fell flat of
character development and plot progression. The romance is unconvincing and
almost predictable. On the other hand, the novel is extremely fast-paced, the
writing style is easy to follow — and it ends with a cliffhanger.
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