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Feb 17, 2009
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Post-apocalyptic nightmarish story, my favorite genre!
I'm not at all surprised that this novel was nominated for the prestigious Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. The story is engrossing and suspenseful the entire way. As others have noted, the ending was anti-climactic, but for me it didn't detract too much from the overall enjoyment of a great dystopian experience. Something called "The Despair" has overtaken the entire world, causing feelings of great sadness and hopele ...more
I'm not at all surprised that this novel was nominated for the prestigious Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. The story is engrossing and suspenseful the entire way. As others have noted, the ending was anti-climactic, but for me it didn't detract too much from the overall enjoyment of a great dystopian experience. Something called "The Despair" has overtaken the entire world, causing feelings of great sadness and hopele ...more
Started out really promising with a great premise. Some disease or force was causing a great despair and people were committing suicide in droves. More and more everyday until only about 10% of the population remained. Then the Collectors would show up and take the bodies and nobody knew why. Until Norman, and Pops, and Zero set out to find out if rumors of a cure were true. And then it all just started to fall apart, things happened, and then more things happened, and finally there was an endin
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Was totally into this book. Completely invested in it. Until the end. Grumble. Grumble.
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Jul 03, 2012
Amber
marked it as to-read
