The Last One : A Novel

from angiestahl

Creative and unique twist on apocalyptic fiction that fuses a reality-type survival show with an all-too-real pandemic viral outbreak. The book alternates between the real-time perspective of the main character, Zoo, and a fellow pandemic survivor she meets up with (Brennan) and flashback reality...

from bnbookgirl

I am surprised how much I enjoyed this book. I dislike reality tv and I dislike dystopian themes. However, the way this novel is written I found the scenario quite intriguing. It was very interesting how the reality show skewed the view of what was really happening as I am sure the ones currently...

from adpaton

Give any TV Reality Show half a chance, and you will be hooked: 'In the Dark' is the standard 'Survivor' style product in which 12 strangers compete for the million-dollar prize - except there is no time limit to this show. It ends when there is only one competitor left - and Zoo is determined it...

from BraveNewBks

3.5 starsWhat if you were alone in the woods as part of a Survivor-inspired reality show when the next plague hit? Yeah, it's a weird premise that veers between viable and forced, but even when it's slightly less than believable, it's still enough to keep you reading. The focus changes fluidly, f...

from melissarochelle

Read from May 20 to 22, 2016 I flew through this book and not because it's action-packed. Sure there's action, there's competitions, there's survival. But that's not what drives it, there's wonderfully compelling writing and storytelling here. From the beginning we know there's a deadly virus spr...