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Lizzi Lewins (73 KP) rated Surviving the Evacuation: London in Books

Jan 10, 2019  
Surviving the Evacuation: London
Surviving the Evacuation: London
Frank Tayell | 2013 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
8.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
A different type of Zombie novel
Contains spoilers, click to show
This is the first book in the series following the zombie apocalypse. Seen through the eyes of one lone survivor recording events in his journal as he tries to make it out of an infested London. Have to admit I was a little unsure at first but after the first couple of pages I couldn't put this down. Even in the slower sections it's a great read. If you want to read something a little bit different but still with plenty of Zombies this is the book
  
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David McK (3600 KP) rated Cast Away (2000) in Movies

Jul 29, 2020  
Cast Away (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
2000 | Action, Drama
6
7.7 (24 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Modern day Robinson Crusoe tale (from the year 2000, and without a Man Friday) in which Tom Hanks time obsessed FedEx courier Chuck Nolan is the sole survivor of a plane crash somewhere in the Pacific, and finds himself washed ashore on the island of Lian Yu...

(sorry, sorry, that's the name of the island that Oliver Queen spent 5 years on in TVs 'Arrow')

Slightly slow getting started, maybe, and also perhaps a bit on the overlong side. I have to say, however, that Wilson steals all the scenes he's in!
  
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tapestry100 (306 KP) rated The Great Divide in Books

Jul 26, 2017  
The Great Divide
The Great Divide
Ben Fisher, Art by Adam Markiewicz | 2017 | Comics & Graphic Novels
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A dark and gritty near future dystopia where a mysterious plague has fallen on mankind, where the slightest contact of bare flesh will cause immediate death for one of those being touched, but there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to who lives or dies. On top of that, the survivor also then carries around in their head the persona of the person they killed. This can sometimes cause madness in the survivor, but some can coexist with their new passenger. Of course, with no physical skin-to-skin contact possible, sex is off-limits but brothels survive, with watching, no touching, rules in place. Isolation becomes the means of survival, but with that isolation also comes the end of the human race. That is, until two unlikely allies possibly discover the cause of the plague, and possibly a means to undo it.

The Great Divide is definitely not for the lighthearted. This is a very grim look at humanity and what happens when all means of physical contact is stripped away. It is a violent, sexualized dystopia that Ben Fisher and Adam Markiewicz give us, but it is still a story about the resilience of the human spirit.