After only a few clues, Claudia puts it all together, even asks herself how she didn’t figure this out sooner. Not her personality itself, but how easily she clued into this wild concept we’re thrown in. It didn’t take long for me to grow frustrated with our heroine, Claudia. This concept is really intriguing, but how it was executed could have used a little more… oomph.
In few words: Claudia is a character in a post-apocalyptic game, being controlled by the person playing her (who is most likely a psychopath). It’s very well thought-out with a lot to love for gamers especially, but it did fall flat in character development and plot progression. With a highly unique premise and complex world building, The Aftermath easily stands out in its genre. If they play the game right, they are each other's best hope for survival and a life beyond the only world Claudia's ever known: the terrifying live-action game known as The Aftermath. So when she meets a maddening and fascinating outsider named Declan, who claims to be a game moderator, she must decide whether to join him in exchange for protection and access to the border. And as her world starts to make less and less sense, Claudia begins to realize something terrifying: she is just a pawn in some sort of game, and all of her actions are being controlled from afar by a mysterious gamer. With food and water in dwindling supply, and with danger lurking around every corner, no one can be trusted. Together they must undergo punishing tests of endurance and psychological challenge sometimes with devastating consequences all just to live another day. Since the spring of 2036, when the world changed forever, Claudia and a small clan of survivors have roamed the streets of a very altered Nashville: polluted and desolate, except for the ever-present threat of cannibal Hoarders. In her world, those sorts of things don't exist. Sometimes, I dream that I'm someone else.Ī girl with dark hair who doesn't worry about hunger Published by Harlequin Teen on August 26th 2014 This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Harlequin Teen in exchange for an honest review.
Wednesday, AugReview: The Aftermath by Jen Alexander Posted by Giselle
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