Review: The Weepers
Apr •
8 •
2012
Title: The Weepers
Series: The Other Life # 1
Genre: Young Adult-Dystopian
Author: Suzanne Winnacker
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Book: ARC sent by publisher
“3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days since I’d seen daylight. One-fifth of my life.
Sherry and her family have lived sealed in a bunker in the garden since things went wrong up above. Her grandfather has been in the freezer for the last three months, her parents are at each other’s throats and two minutes ago they ran out of food.
Sherry and her father leave the safety of the bunker and find a devastated and empty LA, smashed to pieces by bombs and haunted by ‘Weepers’ – rabid humans infected with a weaponized rabies virus.
While searching for food in a supermarket, Sherry’s father disappears and Sherry is saved by Joshua, a boy-hunter. He takes her to Safe-haven, a tumble-down vineyard in the hills outside LA, where a handful of other survivors are picking up the pieces of their ‘other lives’. As she falls in love for the first time, Sherry must save her father, stay alive and keep Joshua safe when his desire for vengeance threatens them all.”
I can not express how much I love this book! How much I love dystopian books in general. I knew that once I started this book that I was a goner. There was no way I was going to put this book down.
So what did me fall in love with this book? The plot line. It is just filled with pure awesomeness that I was blinded by it. I loved that once I started this book, the reader is filled with what is happening with the world. Counting down time, the reader meets the family and see the struggles. I adored that the plot line is filled with page turning events that leave you reader faster. My heart raced as I gasped my way through the book.
The love interest is great in this book. I love reading characters when they are finding themselves in one another. So much lost, and so many people scared, to fall in love in such tragedy is beautiful! I loved that their love is not fake but strong.
One other thing that grabbed me is the title and how the book relates to it. I never thought that a title could be so molding to the book. I really loved that in spite of what is going on in the world, that people could sit back and well talk. Ms. Winnacker is an amazing writer. The way she capture the characters, the world, and the other lives, left me in love!
The Other Life is a book you want on your shelf. It is life changing, eye opening, amazing book. One that you will want to read over and over again!
I give it 5 BITES!
Happy Reading!
I got this for review and the cover kind of threw me off for a bit. Your review makes me want to try again. 🙂
Thank you for the lovely review! <3
Sounds like a really good read. Definitely need to move it up in the reading pile. Great review.
Oh I love the sound of this. Thanks for the review
ooOoOo I remember stopping everything and reading this one. I wanted more when it was over with, can’t wait for the 2nd one. Great review
Wow! And I haven’t heard of this one before. I do enjoy a good dystopian and this sounds like it fits the bill! Thanks for bringing it to my attention!!
What a twist at the end, huh? I’m glad you enjoyed it! It’ll be interesting to see where the story goes next.
Wendy @ The Midnight Garden