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ClareR (6256 KP) rated South in Books

Apr 26, 2019

South

Frank Owen | 2016 | Dystopia, Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy

6.5

(2 Ratings)

Book Rating

I do like a post-apocalyptic kind of book, and this delivered in spades. It was written in a completely believable way, beginning with a second American Civil war, that was ended by the North releasing hundreds of airborne viruses that infected and killed those in the South indiscriminately. And those viruses continue to kill.
Vida meets two brothers, Garrett and Dyce, and they travel together in a world where to travel alone is death, to travel or to be outside when the wind blows is death.
I loved the world building in this. There will always be comparisons to Stephen Kings ‘The Stand’ with books like this, but other than viruses and a complete breakdown of society, I couldn’t actually see a comparison.
I’m looking forward to reading ‘North’, which is the final part of this two part series, and seeing where the authors take us.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher, Corvus, for my copy of this book.

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Loz Hughes (80 KP) rated The 100 in TV

Jul 17, 2018

The 100

2014 | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

7.0

(61 Ratings)

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Raises interesting morality questions in a post apocalyptic environment (earth)/in space. (1 more)

Subsequent series develop and enrich the storyline

Very young adult based to start with and quite predictable. (0 more)

Quite teeny to start with in the first series but the second and third start to get more gripping.

I was recommended this series by my best friend and to start with it appeared a bit budget and awkward in parts, but as the episodes and series progressed you developed a feel for the different characters and gained more enjoyment from the storyline itself.
For me I found the morality aspect interesting. Who do you pick to explore a potentially deadly planet? Who gets to survive in space when theres limited oxygen levels etc?
Still following the series since the first one, so I guess its pretty good if im still watching it three years later or so :).
If you like survival, sci fi, and lord of the flies it should appeal.

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Cargo (2017) in Movies

Sep 16, 2018

Cargo (2017)

2017 | Drama, Horror, Thriller

7.3

(18 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Nothing new

The problem with zombie films now is that the whole zombie genre has been done to death (ha). There's far too many zombie films out there and sadly Cargo doesn't add anything new.

Whilst it has a slightly different take on the transformation into a zombie and this is done very well, this is just another apocalyptic zombie film, but this time it's set in Australia. The plot is okay but suffers from the main character doing a number of unexplainable and explicable things - he's got very limited time left, yet seems to thing it's fine to dawdle, faff and sit around doing nothing. Its a shame as Martin Freeman puts in a fantastic performance, he just doesn't have the unique plot to back it up.

I really wish they'd stop making zombie films now. This isn't a terrible film by far, it's just an entirely unnecessary addition to the genre.