mandyireadindie

I really wanted to read This is Not a Test, like really bad. I mean if you know me any bit at all...you know I love zombies. I love the books, the shows, I even just love scouring over Pinterest looking for stuff on zombies. So when I saw This is Not a Test I knew I had to read it. I even slipped it in earlier than scheduled. The cover screams at the readers...READ ME! It's gorgeous! But it's what I found between the covers that got me. And not in a good way.

Let me explain before the masses come and try to spear me like one of the living dead in the story. I just could not connect with Sloane, the girl whose Point of View we get throughout the book. The girl is depressed the entire time. I am talking the entire freakin time. And it brought me down with her. I get that she was abused by her dad, and I guess I am just insensitive towards her, but the girl didn't try to get better. Usually I quit reading stories once I don't connect with the characters. But I couldn't. I had to know what happened to all the kids. Did they make it out of the school alive? Were they infected? Did help find them?

And so here I am continuing on...reading the story...and it's just not any better. I wasn’t crazy about Summers’ writing at all. And found it sometimes jumbled. There are several sentences I had to reread due to lack of understanding. Not understanding on my part, but with what the author was trying to portray. I hate that. If I have to reread a sentence it takes away from the story for me.

I get that a lot of people loved it and have seen reviews of others raving about the ending. But me? Yeah I was not impressed. I think I was even more confused when I got to the ending. When I read a zombie book…I want a zombie book. This was all about Sloane finding herself and deciding on if she really wants to die or not. And to me, quite frankly…I was bored. Hope you will give it a try and see if it is for you. Unfortunately it was just not for me.