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Amy Norman (1048 KP) rated The Boy on the Bridge in Books
Jul 6, 2020
I would not recommend reading 'The Boy on the Bridge' without having first read, or watched 'The Girl with All the Gifts', as I felt this book relies on you having some knowledge of the current situation.
I believe watching 'The Girl with All the Gifts' gave an added depth, that helped me with visualising the surrounding world.
However, counterintuitively, I believe the author does like to drop his readers blind into completely new situations, where nothing can be assumed as normal, adding to twists/discoveries, and assumes you are intelligent enough to catch up.
This book is also a prequel of sorts, so some may find reading them in reverse order a better experience, the choice is yours!
The book follows a small science expedition, with a miltary escort, through a few narrators.
The characters perspectives are distinctly different, it is a joy to revel in just how different, and well written, they are.
The story itself unfolds with high impact stakes slowly building, and culminating in a fast paced battle for survival, as you would expect from any post apocalyptic zombie story, but perhaps not in the way you would think.
I absolutely raced through this book, it kept me gripped the whole time but it isn't full of action, and deals with the genre, in what I believe, is a fairly fresh way.
I would like to see more books in this setting, but perhaps centered around other parts of the world, and how they have dealt with the situation.
I would highly recommend the series, as they are well written and gratifying in that sense. I enjoyed the variance of characters, and the science was not overwhelming or detracting.
I look forward to reading some of M. R. Carey's books in other genres.