Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey, Mike Carey

Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)

by M. R. Carey and Mike Carey

'ORIGINAL, THRILLING AND POWERFUL' - Guardian
'HAUNTING, HEARTHBREAKING' - Vogue
The phenomenal word-of-mouth bestseller that is now a BAFTA Award-nominated movie

NOT EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite. But they don't laugh.

Melanie is a very special girl.

Emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end, THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS is the most powerful and affecting thriller you will read this year.

'A great read that takes hold of you and doesnt let go' - John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

*Return to the world of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS in M. R. Carey's stunning new novel THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE - out now!*

Reviewed by pamela on

5 of 5 stars

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I will write a more detailed review another time but for now know that this book is brilliant. It feels like Zombie fiction has finally come of age, with a maturity and gravitas that so many other clunky horror offerings fail to deliver.

This novel will make you question your ethics, what defines your humanity and indeed highlight what a real possibility the end of the world is. With a great many similarities to Richard Matheson's 'I Am Legend' it raises questions of just what it means to be human.

If I could re-read this just to experience reading it for the first time again I would. It was wonderfully written, and a recommendation to everyone, as it truly transcends it's genre.

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