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The Girl With All The Gifts - M.R. Carey
Jun. 13th, 2024 11:23 pmYeah so my confession is that I've put off reading this book for ages because I didn't think I'd like it, I saw someone on my DW reading list posting about hating it, and figured I'd hate-read it so we could hate it together!
.... instead I really liked it; oops. 💀 Stayed up 'til much too late reading it last night, finished it today, and now I'm planning to make Orion watch the movie with me.
This is a book with a Surprise Premise Twist, but it's extremely obvious from the first few chapters what the twist is (actually this is a major part of why I thought I'd hate it, because I had osmosed that the book is mostly about the twist, and it actually isn't). I already knew it going in, but in case you don't want to know, here's what you learn in the first chapter or two: this book is (at least initially) from the viewpoint of a little girl, Melanie. She and the other students at her school are locked up in cells at night, and put in restraints before being wheeled into classrooms where they are taught regular classroom-type lessons and then put back in their cells. They don't have books or toys. Melanie has no memories of anything before this place.
The twist, which I think really isn't a surprise even if you haven't already osmosed it from somewhere: ( Under the cut )
So I thought most of the book was teasing the twist, but it's not, actually! In fact, just a few chapters in, it takes a sharp turn and becomes extremely relevant to my interests.
( Spoilers for the rest of the book )
.... instead I really liked it; oops. 💀 Stayed up 'til much too late reading it last night, finished it today, and now I'm planning to make Orion watch the movie with me.
This is a book with a Surprise Premise Twist, but it's extremely obvious from the first few chapters what the twist is (actually this is a major part of why I thought I'd hate it, because I had osmosed that the book is mostly about the twist, and it actually isn't). I already knew it going in, but in case you don't want to know, here's what you learn in the first chapter or two: this book is (at least initially) from the viewpoint of a little girl, Melanie. She and the other students at her school are locked up in cells at night, and put in restraints before being wheeled into classrooms where they are taught regular classroom-type lessons and then put back in their cells. They don't have books or toys. Melanie has no memories of anything before this place.
The twist, which I think really isn't a surprise even if you haven't already osmosed it from somewhere: ( Under the cut )
So I thought most of the book was teasing the twist, but it's not, actually! In fact, just a few chapters in, it takes a sharp turn and becomes extremely relevant to my interests.
( Spoilers for the rest of the book )