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A review by kailafitz
The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
5.0
OHMYGOD WOWOWOOWOWOOWOWOWOWOWWOO
“God is a slick god. Temple Knows. She knows because of all the crackerjack miracles still to be seen on this ruined globe.”
Temple is a fifteen year old girl surviving amongst the 'meatskins' as she calls them, the human population as of now after the zombie apocalypse that started before she came into the world. She doesn't remember much, only hiding when they came for her.
But here she is.
Travelling from place to place for the most of her life, she has become skilled in the arts of survival, in brutally killing the slugs that inhabit the ghost towns and cities, picking up food, finding shelter. She is far more than her fifteen years really, in the way she handles herself. The Earth's state has hardened her, made her another kind of monster that she struggles to come to terms with.
“The world, it treats you kind enough so long as you're not fighting against it.”
When Temple ends up doing something she regrets, but ain't sorry for, she finds herself on the run from Moses Todd. As a hunter, he longs for the chase and it suddenly becomes something more, like an obsession, a meaning to life almost on this desolate plain.
“Truth be told, the inward gaze is something she’s not too fond of. But there are secrets that lurk in the mind, and she doesn’t want any of them sneaking up on her. Sometimes it pays to take a deep look inside even if you get queasy gazing into those dark corners.”
On the move, the little girl comes across Maury, who I take has a disability, and seeing the helpless soul in a predicament, she ends up hauling him along with her. With a mission at hand to help Maury, Temple travels across the land that was once recognised as the States, coming across all types of scenarios that she gets herself into.
As the gamehunt continues between Moses and Temple, it is only a matter of time until she is faced with the dreams of the reality of life as she knows it on the godforsaken Earth.
“Blind is the real dead.”
Wow, this book, was really an awesome read. I wouldn't say it's YA, just the style was something more, the way the story was told. Yes, zombie apocalypse but it's not as ridiculous sounding as that. The Earth is in a state where people have become something else entirely and we get to read from Temple's point of view, a girl who has learned to live on her own, survive and she is such an interesting, intriguing character, I was drawn into her actions and thoughts and how she went about herself.
What she chose to do and what she had to do.
She is shaped by the killing, the loss into a fearless warrior who manages just fine without sympathy or burden.
I loved this book, wow the ending it was just like, a realistic slap to the face for it to end the way it did after all that had gone on through the book. It was a really really thrilling and yet a mature read which delighted me.
"In the midst of a foggy field, the answers are hidden But the impossible journey deems them forbidden. The Reaper of Death, the Angel of Life. They walk together in day and night.”
“God is a slick god. Temple Knows. She knows because of all the crackerjack miracles still to be seen on this ruined globe.”
Temple is a fifteen year old girl surviving amongst the 'meatskins' as she calls them, the human population as of now after the zombie apocalypse that started before she came into the world. She doesn't remember much, only hiding when they came for her.
But here she is.
Travelling from place to place for the most of her life, she has become skilled in the arts of survival, in brutally killing the slugs that inhabit the ghost towns and cities, picking up food, finding shelter. She is far more than her fifteen years really, in the way she handles herself. The Earth's state has hardened her, made her another kind of monster that she struggles to come to terms with.
“The world, it treats you kind enough so long as you're not fighting against it.”
When Temple ends up doing something she regrets, but ain't sorry for, she finds herself on the run from Moses Todd. As a hunter, he longs for the chase and it suddenly becomes something more, like an obsession, a meaning to life almost on this desolate plain.
“Truth be told, the inward gaze is something she’s not too fond of. But there are secrets that lurk in the mind, and she doesn’t want any of them sneaking up on her. Sometimes it pays to take a deep look inside even if you get queasy gazing into those dark corners.”
On the move, the little girl comes across Maury, who I take has a disability, and seeing the helpless soul in a predicament, she ends up hauling him along with her. With a mission at hand to help Maury, Temple travels across the land that was once recognised as the States, coming across all types of scenarios that she gets herself into.
As the gamehunt continues between Moses and Temple, it is only a matter of time until she is faced with the dreams of the reality of life as she knows it on the godforsaken Earth.
“Blind is the real dead.”
Wow, this book, was really an awesome read. I wouldn't say it's YA, just the style was something more, the way the story was told. Yes, zombie apocalypse but it's not as ridiculous sounding as that. The Earth is in a state where people have become something else entirely and we get to read from Temple's point of view, a girl who has learned to live on her own, survive and she is such an interesting, intriguing character, I was drawn into her actions and thoughts and how she went about herself.
What she chose to do and what she had to do.
She is shaped by the killing, the loss into a fearless warrior who manages just fine without sympathy or burden.
I loved this book, wow the ending it was just like, a realistic slap to the face for it to end the way it did after all that had gone on through the book. It was a really really thrilling and yet a mature read which delighted me.
"In the midst of a foggy field, the answers are hidden But the impossible journey deems them forbidden. The Reaper of Death, the Angel of Life. They walk together in day and night.”