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It's flu season, but it's no ordinary flu. In After the Ending, billions of people contracted a new strain of H1N1, and simply dropped dead right before Christmas. Zoe and Dani are two of very few survivors. Zoe's brother, Jason, is in the Air Force and told her to head toward the base, while he goes to find Dani who had been sick but was one of the lucky ones. Now, they're all headed toward Colorado, but it's slow going without proper transportation and with "crazies" roaming around trying to kill them.

I quite enjoyed After the Ending. There's something about apocalypses brought on by disease that I can't get enough of. In this case, it's just a horrible flu. Or is it? No one's really sure if this was just a case of the virus evolving or if someone created it and let it out. All they do know is that the survivors are developing abilities or losing their minds. Zoe can sense people's emotions and see their memories, while Dani is telepathic. They also run into people who have manipulative powers and are quite dangerous. I actually really loved Dani's ability, since she's kind of a demented Disney princess, since it also works on animals. She's able to call hoards of critters to her to do her bidding. Awesome.

After the Ending is kind of slow and repetitive in places. It covers about four months of traveling. Zoe's group managed to get some cars started and siphoned fuel, while Dani and Company are on horse back. Needless to say, it's slow going for both groups. I was a bit annoyed that Dani and Zoe get caught in the same psychotic romance, love triangle kind of thing. There's a hot guy in each of their groups, and of course there's a woman who's been with the group longer who apparently has dibs on them. Then said women go totally crazy and try to kill Dani and Zoe for trying to steal their man. I don't have a problem with this plot thread on its own, but I didn't like how it was a main source of conflict for both main characters. It was like I was reading the same thing twice.

In the end, I enjoyed After the Ending. It ends on a bit of a weird cliffhanger, so I'm curious to see where that goes. But most importantly I want to know more about this virus! It was seeming more and more likely that it was intentional, due to all of the amazing abilities that are cropping up, and I want to know who and why!


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After the Ending Lindsey Fairleigh Lindsey Pogue 9780988715417 Books Reviews

I like the concept of this story. A virus kills most of the people on earth and DOESN'T turn them into zombies. The people who survive develop special powers, such as the ability to heal faster, the ability to read minds, the ability to communicate with animals, etc.

Now, for the actual book. People get sick and die, but it seems like humanity goes quietly into that good night because there's very little panic, few incidents of "bad" behavior, and no dead bodies laying everywhere around.

The survivors seem to have it pretty good. They always have a place to stay. They always have plenty of food and water. There are hardly any incidents of violence where guns have to be used. It's a very clean apocalypse.

And all the people are beautiful. Dani, coming from the west coast and Zoe, coming from the east coast, are gorgeous and beautiful and tiny and petite and have hair down to their waists, which would be very inconvenient in the apocalypse. They meet up with other survivors to head to Colorado Springs where, supposedly, there is a colony of survivors.

Dani, who had been dying on the previous page, is rescued by Jason (Zoe's brother) and his army unit. He, of course, is absolutely gorgeous and Dani always had a crush on him. They had off to Colorado. Along the way, most members of their group develop special talents. Dani can talk to animals. Cool, huh. They also run into "Crazies". I guess these people didn't get a special talent and went crazy instead. Who knows?

Zoe, who also had been dying on the previous page, is rescued by a former boyfriend and they head to Colorado. Her special power is to read peoples' minds and memories. Zoe is rescued by another army unit and they stop at Fort Knox for the winter and meet a guy named Jack, who is, incredibly gorgeous. Of course he is.

There are so many descriptions of men's bodies, their abs, buttocks, arms, other interesting areas, etc. that it gets ridiculous. Ok, so I guess the virus only spared gorgeous men and beautiful women, too, along with making them psychic.

There's a bunch of jealousy stuff and injuries, which just slow both groups down from getting to Colorado. It takes forever for Dani and Jason to hook-up, even though they comes close about a hundred times. Zoe and Jack almost do it at the end of the book, but are interrupted by someone screaming.

I must say these men have incredibly self-control. They turn down these gorgeous women over and over again. Is that their special power? Stupid.

One funny thing Dani mentions she's going to call Zoe and Jason tells her the phones don't work. So she just happily says, "I'll email her" because somehow WiFi is still working and continues to do so through much of the book.

The two groups meet up near the end of the book (with help from their psychic connection). It would have to be pretty awkward with everyone reading minds and Zoe able to see Dani sleeping with her brother (yuck).

Both groups also seem to get drunk a lot and there's never any mention of anyone keeping watch. Of course, each group has a wonderful dog that alerts them to danger, so why bother staying sober or posting a sentry? There are also people who gained bad powers and they have to be wary of them. Really, they do. They are very bad.

So, the premise for the book--good. The content of the book--completely unrealistic, filled with dumb characters doing stupid things, lots of sexual tension, but not much sex, so it's basically a soap opera in the apocalypse. Someone gets pregnant, too and the baby grows at an unnatural speed. I might have to read the next book just to see if the baby claws its way out of its mother and what its special power turns out to be. I know it will be one really beautiful baby.
It's flu season, but it's no ordinary flu. In After the Ending, billions of people contracted a new strain of H1N1, and simply dropped dead right before Christmas. Zoe and Dani are two of very few survivors. Zoe's brother, Jason, is in the Air Force and told her to head toward the base, while he goes to find Dani who had been sick but was one of the lucky ones. Now, they're all headed toward Colorado, but it's slow going without proper transportation and with "crazies" roaming around trying to kill them.

I quite enjoyed After the Ending. There's something about apocalypses brought on by disease that I can't get enough of. In this case, it's just a horrible flu. Or is it? No one's really sure if this was just a case of the virus evolving or if someone created it and let it out. All they do know is that the survivors are developing abilities or losing their minds. Zoe can sense people's emotions and see their memories, while Dani is telepathic. They also run into people who have manipulative powers and are quite dangerous. I actually really loved Dani's ability, since she's kind of a demented Disney princess, since it also works on animals. She's able to call hoards of critters to her to do her bidding. Awesome.

After the Ending is kind of slow and repetitive in places. It covers about four months of traveling. Zoe's group managed to get some cars started and siphoned fuel, while Dani and Company are on horse back. Needless to say, it's slow going for both groups. I was a bit annoyed that Dani and Zoe get caught in the same psychotic romance, love triangle kind of thing. There's a hot guy in each of their groups, and of course there's a woman who's been with the group longer who apparently has dibs on them. Then said women go totally crazy and try to kill Dani and Zoe for trying to steal their man. I don't have a problem with this plot thread on its own, but I didn't like how it was a main source of conflict for both main characters. It was like I was reading the same thing twice.

In the end, I enjoyed After the Ending. It ends on a bit of a weird cliffhanger, so I'm curious to see where that goes. But most importantly I want to know more about this virus! It was seeming more and more likely that it was intentional, due to all of the amazing abilities that are cropping up, and I want to know who and why!