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I went into The Other Life thinking it was a zombie story, but that’s not exactly right. The Weepers aren’t zombies. They’re more like mutant humans. They’re not undead and can be killed without chopping their heads off. Still, I found them pretty fascinating and didn’t even care that they weren’t zombies.

I like the idea of a disease causing humans to go crazy and change as the end of the world instead of actual zombies. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good zombie story, but it’s interesting to see such a different take on it. The bunkers were an interesting take too. Normally it’s all about how the government collapsed and the world fell into chaos until people could eke out a meager existence and slowly turn into more. In The Other Life, though, they ran away from the problem and hid underground.

Despite my interest in the storyline, The Other Life still didn’t quite do it for me. For one, I didn’t really care for the characters. I couldn’t really connect with any of them. And I know Joshua has been through terrible things, but gosh, that boy is moody. Which leads me to the romance. Or rather, romance? What romance? It was more like: oh look, a boy. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen one of those…..Oh, the boy is moody, never mind…..maybe he’s not so bad…..well, look at that, we’re holding hands, I guess we’re together now.
There was no sweetness or wooing or slowly coming together and I wasn’t such a fan.

The Nutshell: The storyline interested me enough to make me want to read the second book, but it didn’t grab my attention and hold it.

Near Miss