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Fans of The Hunger Games will eat this up! --YA Book Reads
One of the best teen books I've read! --Leanne Ryan, Waterstone's children's bookseller
One of the best teen books I've read! --Leanne Ryan, Waterstone's children's bookseller
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The Other Life: who we were before the virus. How we'll never be again. It's been 3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days since Sherry has seen daylight. When things went wrong up above, she was sealed off from the world in a bunker with her family. But when they run out of food, Sherry and her dad must venture outside. There they find devastation, desolation...and the Weepers: savage mutant killers. When her dad is snatched, Sherry joins forces with gorgeous but troubled Joshua - an Avenger, determined to destroy the Weepers. But can Sherry keep her family and Joshua safe, when his desire for vengeance threatens them all? The seeds of first love are sown amongst the death and destruction of a nightmare future in this incredible debut novel. Beautifully formed and gut-wrenchingly gripping, it's essential reading.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
First of all I have to mention that this books is really creepy, actually far to spooky for me. While reading I was super-tense and felt as if I would have an heart-attack, any minute, repeatedly. So, now that we established that I'm a wimp let's talk about the book.
Very often the cover of a book grabs my interest, here, in this case, it was the synopsis, Don't get me wrong I still adore the cover but being stuck for over 3 years in a sealed bunker sounds horrible and I was curious what the author would make out of this interesting premise. To me, the portrait of a family on edge was very convincing. They run out of food, they haven't heard from anybody in months and they don't know what's going on. There is a lot of tension going on, people snap at each other and even small incidents result in strong emotions.
Sherry, from whose point of view we experience the whole story, counts a lot. She especially counts days; days without soap; days without sun; days without her grandfather... It's a bit OCD, but it actually mirrors very accurately her mental state. If you don't do anything else then waiting and nothing new ever happens, you start doing strange things to occupy your mind.
The scary part of the book started when Sherry and her father leave the bunker after they run out of food. From this moment onwards I was on edge. I was expecting something to jump on them any second as it isn't clear what happened in the 3 years in between. Only slowly more facts come up and you start to see the whole picture.
Joshua, the boy who saved Sherry from the mutants after her father vanished, is a fascinating character. He is very cynical, practical, helpful and has far more life and survival experience then a teenager should ever have. He takes Sherry under his wings and shows her the safe place, where a few surviving humans live. I was majorly surprised that Sherry wants to search for her father who was taken by the mutant monsters. It's very admirable but, hello, these are brutal, cannibalistic and blood-curdling zombies. And she wants to go to their places and save her father? Joshua's and Sherry's quest is nerve-wrecking and intensely emotional. And the whole time I was asking myself: What happens when they find Sherry's father? They are still in an apocalyptic and hostile environment!
There are a few more supportive characters at the safe place, who give more depth to the end-of -the-world-we-know scenario. I liked the "normal" human interactions, things that weren't immediately connected to survival: like having dinner all together; Sherry's more then friendly interest in Joshua and his reaction. After all they are still teenagers, and what do you want to life for, after all.
The book starts very slow-paced, but soon the speed increases and will draw you into the story. Though these characters are going through very different situations then we do in our normal life, it was very easy to relate to their sorrows, fears and joy. I also very much appreciated that there is closure to this book. Obviously this story isn't over yet, but there is no massive cliff-hanger threatening your sleep. But be aware that there is a major twist at the end which caught me completely unprepared and may even make me read the next book. Although I will suffer again, I'm pretty sure. Overall this was a very convincing, enthralling and emotional debut and if you love dystopian and zombie literature, it's the right book for you.
* ARC courtesy of the publisher *
Very often the cover of a book grabs my interest, here, in this case, it was the synopsis, Don't get me wrong I still adore the cover but being stuck for over 3 years in a sealed bunker sounds horrible and I was curious what the author would make out of this interesting premise. To me, the portrait of a family on edge was very convincing. They run out of food, they haven't heard from anybody in months and they don't know what's going on. There is a lot of tension going on, people snap at each other and even small incidents result in strong emotions.
Sherry, from whose point of view we experience the whole story, counts a lot. She especially counts days; days without soap; days without sun; days without her grandfather... It's a bit OCD, but it actually mirrors very accurately her mental state. If you don't do anything else then waiting and nothing new ever happens, you start doing strange things to occupy your mind.
The scary part of the book started when Sherry and her father leave the bunker after they run out of food. From this moment onwards I was on edge. I was expecting something to jump on them any second as it isn't clear what happened in the 3 years in between. Only slowly more facts come up and you start to see the whole picture.
Joshua, the boy who saved Sherry from the mutants after her father vanished, is a fascinating character. He is very cynical, practical, helpful and has far more life and survival experience then a teenager should ever have. He takes Sherry under his wings and shows her the safe place, where a few surviving humans live. I was majorly surprised that Sherry wants to search for her father who was taken by the mutant monsters. It's very admirable but, hello, these are brutal, cannibalistic and blood-curdling zombies. And she wants to go to their places and save her father? Joshua's and Sherry's quest is nerve-wrecking and intensely emotional. And the whole time I was asking myself: What happens when they find Sherry's father? They are still in an apocalyptic and hostile environment!
There are a few more supportive characters at the safe place, who give more depth to the end-of -the-world-we-know scenario. I liked the "normal" human interactions, things that weren't immediately connected to survival: like having dinner all together; Sherry's more then friendly interest in Joshua and his reaction. After all they are still teenagers, and what do you want to life for, after all.
The book starts very slow-paced, but soon the speed increases and will draw you into the story. Though these characters are going through very different situations then we do in our normal life, it was very easy to relate to their sorrows, fears and joy. I also very much appreciated that there is closure to this book. Obviously this story isn't over yet, but there is no massive cliff-hanger threatening your sleep. But be aware that there is a major twist at the end which caught me completely unprepared and may even make me read the next book. Although I will suffer again, I'm pretty sure. Overall this was a very convincing, enthralling and emotional debut and if you love dystopian and zombie literature, it's the right book for you.
* ARC courtesy of the publisher *
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really liked The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker! Right from the very first page, the story and the characters really grabbed me, especially the main character, Sherry. I found it really interesting seeing this new world from her perspective, seeing the way in which her family copes and watching as Sherry adjusts to this new environment. And at the same time, the beginning of each chapter is laid out as a snippet of the other life, the one that Sherry used to lead.
A life that no longer exists, as for the past 3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days, Sherry and her family have been living in a bunker away from the world and away from the disease that has swept across Los Angeles. It began as a strain of rabies which has turned its victims into Weepers - deadly monsters whose aim it is to hunt and kill.
When Sherry's family is forced out of the bunker when their food runs out, Sherry is confronted with a whole new world. A Los Angeles that is nearly empty and lifeless. And as she sees sunlight and rain for the first time, Sherry also has to deal with the fact that her father has been captured and the only person that can help save him is Joshua, a troubled boy on a mission to destroy every last Weeper.
I really enjoyed this story, I found Sherry and Joshua to be interesting characters who I wanted to find out more about. I found this population-free LA to be an image that has stayed with me, the Weepers to be suitably horrifying and creepy and dangerous. And while at times, things felt a little convenient - in that Sherry meets this bad-ass Weeper killer at the exact right moment who happens to also live with a knowledgeable scientist who knows plenty about the rabies epidemic and is able to answer questions about Weepers - I was still able to move past that quickly and connect to the story. I liked the tenuous beginning to this relationship between Sherry and Joshua, I found it to be quite sweet. There was plenty of danger and edge-of-my-seat action that had me furiously turning the pages!
The ending to The Other Life is especially surprising and makes me feel very differently about everything. This is a fun and interesting debut novel and a good start to a new zombie series!
A life that no longer exists, as for the past 3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days, Sherry and her family have been living in a bunker away from the world and away from the disease that has swept across Los Angeles. It began as a strain of rabies which has turned its victims into Weepers - deadly monsters whose aim it is to hunt and kill.
When Sherry's family is forced out of the bunker when their food runs out, Sherry is confronted with a whole new world. A Los Angeles that is nearly empty and lifeless. And as she sees sunlight and rain for the first time, Sherry also has to deal with the fact that her father has been captured and the only person that can help save him is Joshua, a troubled boy on a mission to destroy every last Weeper.
I really enjoyed this story, I found Sherry and Joshua to be interesting characters who I wanted to find out more about. I found this population-free LA to be an image that has stayed with me, the Weepers to be suitably horrifying and creepy and dangerous. And while at times, things felt a little convenient - in that Sherry meets this bad-ass Weeper killer at the exact right moment who happens to also live with a knowledgeable scientist who knows plenty about the rabies epidemic and is able to answer questions about Weepers - I was still able to move past that quickly and connect to the story. I liked the tenuous beginning to this relationship between Sherry and Joshua, I found it to be quite sweet. There was plenty of danger and edge-of-my-seat action that had me furiously turning the pages!
The ending to The Other Life is especially surprising and makes me feel very differently about everything. This is a fun and interesting debut novel and a good start to a new zombie series!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hmmmm...
I think, possibly... I'm going to have to stop reading Young Adult/Teenage books for my zombie type fixes.
The Other Life was quite a short read. 314 pages done and dusted in a day. I liked the idea of the book. I can't imagine how you would cope with the thought that the World was ending - how do you even begin to plan for that, to get your family safe, calculate your provisions. Seal yourself underground with them... not go INSANE!
For me the story really began when Sherry and her father had to leave the bunker in search of food, this is when the most interesting characters in the whole book came into play. The Weepers. Former humans infected with some mutated rabies disease turning them into.... what came across to me, as a kind of highly intelligent half zombie, half werewolf. Their name given because of the constant milky tears they weep. The scenes they were in were quite simply amazing. I loved them. Gruesome, scary and in one instance for me, heart in mouth... But they were so few and far between. As with most YA books I've read lately - the majority of the plot seemed to be over taken by a sappy romantic sub plot which kind of dwarfed the amazing, amazing Weepers. It all happened to soon, hey - maybe that's what happens in an end of the World as you know it scenario.But you know, when your Dad has been dragged off by monsters, you haven't eaten properly in goodness knows how long, the rest of your family is potentially starving to death or being eaten... is romance really the top of your agenda? Really?
Aaargh and pah!
Again it seems a story that could have been so, so good just stumbled short for me. This is the start of a series and to be honest, I'm not fussed either way to see if anyone survives or not.
If you like Young Adult fiction with the focus on the romance and the (so cool) beasties as a kind of afterthought, this might be a great book for you.
For me? A disappointment.
I think, possibly... I'm going to have to stop reading Young Adult/Teenage books for my zombie type fixes.
The Other Life was quite a short read. 314 pages done and dusted in a day. I liked the idea of the book. I can't imagine how you would cope with the thought that the World was ending - how do you even begin to plan for that, to get your family safe, calculate your provisions. Seal yourself underground with them... not go INSANE!
For me the story really began when Sherry and her father had to leave the bunker in search of food, this is when the most interesting characters in the whole book came into play. The Weepers. Former humans infected with some mutated rabies disease turning them into.... what came across to me, as a kind of highly intelligent half zombie, half werewolf. Their name given because of the constant milky tears they weep. The scenes they were in were quite simply amazing. I loved them. Gruesome, scary and in one instance for me, heart in mouth... But they were so few and far between. As with most YA books I've read lately - the majority of the plot seemed to be over taken by a sappy romantic sub plot which kind of dwarfed the amazing, amazing Weepers. It all happened to soon, hey - maybe that's what happens in an end of the World as you know it scenario.But you know, when your Dad has been dragged off by monsters, you haven't eaten properly in goodness knows how long, the rest of your family is potentially starving to death or being eaten... is romance really the top of your agenda? Really?
Aaargh and pah!
Again it seems a story that could have been so, so good just stumbled short for me. This is the start of a series and to be honest, I'm not fussed either way to see if anyone survives or not.
If you like Young Adult fiction with the focus on the romance and the (so cool) beasties as a kind of afterthought, this might be a great book for you.
For me? A disappointment.
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Published 1 month ago by keren
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Weepers were neither animal nor human. They were something else. Something wrong
When an outbreak of rabies occurs, people are told by the government to hide in bunkers... Read more
When an outbreak of rabies occurs, people are told by the government to hide in bunkers... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Suzanne Finnegan
"If it's not their death it's ours"
In the hopes of finding a new zombie novel with potential sequels (I'm not usually a fan of stand-alones) I thought I'd struck gold with "The other life" and I think I did - the... Read more
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Excellent Read
The Other Life was an excellent read and I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The pace was good and the plot keeps you hooked and wanting to read more. Read more
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an amazing book!
I absolutely loved this book! Everything about this book- the words,the story-line,the way the story is presented, i just loved it! Read more
Published 2 months ago by amyleann
Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic/Zombie + a hint of love too!
MY REVIEW
This book falls into the Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic genre with a little hint of love and an original take on zombies too. Read more
This book falls into the Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic genre with a little hint of love and an original take on zombies too. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sanz
Could Have Been Better
2.5*
Reading the synopsis for 'The Weepers', it sounds like it should be exactly my type of book, but for me it did not live up to its expectations. Read more
Reading the synopsis for 'The Weepers', it sounds like it should be exactly my type of book, but for me it did not live up to its expectations. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Angela
interesting
The Other life is set in the near future. After an outbreak of Rabies people were made to live in underground bunkers to keep them safe on advisement from the military. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Kirsty at the Overflowing Library
Don't let the zombies put you off or you'll miss out on a great story!
The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker is one very clever, trickster of a book. Not ONCE did it mention the word ZOMBIE and even when we find out that effectively the rabies virus has... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lynsey Newton @Narratively Speaking
The Other Life
Sherry and her family have spent over 3 years living in their underground bunker and it has been months since they last had any contact with the outside world. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Sarah Gibson
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