Courtney Summers
Paperback | Pages: 326 pages Rating: 3.86 | 13251 Users | 2355 Reviews
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| Original Title: | This Is Not a Test |
| ISBN: | 0312656742 (ISBN13: 9780312656744) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://us.macmillan.com/thisisnotatest/CourtneySummers |
| Series: | This is Not a Test #1 |
| Literary Awards: | The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky (2013), White Pine Award Nominee (2014), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2013) |
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It's the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won't stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn't sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she's failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she's forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live. But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group's fate is determined less and less by what's happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life—and death—inside. When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?Define Out Of Books This is Not a Test (This is Not a Test #1)
| Title | : | This is Not a Test (This is Not a Test #1) |
| Author | : | Courtney Summers |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 326 pages |
| Published | : | June 19th 2012 by St. Martin's Griffin |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Horror. Zombies. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy. Paranormal. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic |
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4 1/2 starsBecause Im a fancy creative post writer, I thought Id start this off with a quote from someone whose opinion I really trust:Can you imagine what she's going to do with zombie survival?!! I bet it's going to be gruesome. :DYou know what? I really do love the sound of my own voice. You are so, so right, me of approximately five months ago.Of course, this is Courtney Summers so the gruesome part of this book doesnt arrive with the zombie apocalypse; it takes place within the grasping,This has been said a few times, but it's certainly worth repeating. This is not really a zombie book. Although it has zombies in it, they are just the constant threat in the book, and they are minimally shown. The gore is quite minimal, too. This is just a warning for others, like myself, who aren't really into gory books, because I wouldn't want anyone to not read this book just because of that. Of course that can go both ways, however, and a zombie fan looking for an all out gore-fest may be
this isn't a zombie book so much as a zombie framing device to explore damage and the difficulties of making yourself vulnerable in front of someone - of communication's pitfalls and the numbing effects of trauma. there are people who believe that trauma builds character. these people have probably never experienced trauma. trauma does not build character, but how someone responds to trauma is the true and most telling test of character.more often than not, trauma leads to a retreat. nobody is a
4.5I owe a huge thanks to Courtney Summers for giving me a second chance to read and review this after my netgalley rejection. It made my day and I'm so glad This Is Not a Test was all that I'd hoped it would be.I'm going to say what I said at the start of my reviews or before I started reading: Feed, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Other Life and even the one I was sure would be the exception to the rule - The Reapers Are the Angels, and that is that zombie novels have never been my thing.
What an outstanding.... odd book. To be honest, I'm not even sure how to rate it. On the one hand, I just want to praise it, recommend it, tell you it's amazing and give it 5 stars.On the other hand, the aspect I didn't like is so macroscopic that I can't give it what it theoretically deserves.This is the first book by Courtney Summers that I have read but rest assured I will soon get my hands on her other ones - one I actually already own, Cracked up to be. There's something really powerful in
"I think it isnt enough to survive for the sake of surviving. Surviving should mean something like it means something to them. And if it doesnt-If it doesnt." Initial Final Page Thoughts. An Exchange of E-Mails between a friend and I. [Censored for spoilery badtimes]Last night.10.49 pm.OMG THIS BOOK.THIS IS A BOOK THAT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT IN CAPITAL LETTERS.[blank] and then [blank] and omg [blank] !!!OMG CATIE. WHAT.... WHAT.... *head implodes*11.06pm.[A reply from Catie, aka, President
"Now is not about gathering courage, it's about staying one step ahead of my fear." Oh my goodness gracious! What did I just read??? I have this basic concept about how any story that has to do with zombies is old and funny. Sorry I dont watch Walking Dead. But I am now completely eradicating that concept from my mind because of this dark but masterfully written prose. This is my first Courtney Summers read and I am instantly and immediately captivated by the unique writing style via her use
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