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| ISBN: | 1453860959 (ISBN13: 9781453860953) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Hollows #1 |
| Characters: | Remy King |
Amanda Hocking
Paperback | Pages: 312 pages Rating: 3.96 | 17802 Users | 1587 Reviews
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I can't decide what was worse: the writing quality or the plot of the book? The writing was rough but mostly functional. Amanda Hocking will never be accused of having pretty prose... or character development, but more on that later. The writing is utterly devoid of any emotion. Things happen and the character reacts -- period. There's no tears, no wibbling, no real internal thoughts. In the aftermath of any event the main character, Remy, shrugs off what went down as necessary and that's all. Hm I guess writing style and character development went hand in hand there. Hocking doesn't have the writing range to make her characters vivid or real.The book starts at a gallop and never really slows down, which usually means a relatively good reads if not for how steadily ridiculous the book got. Zombies invading a government facility sheltering people? Awesome. It removes the character from safety and serves as a nice starting point. Remy ditches one of her two friends in the desert after because that friend has been bitten... okay. I guess the purpose of that scenes was to show us Remy can do what needs to be done, but it didn't really do much for me since she had a bare bones emotional reaction to it. Next Remy rescues a circus lion that might eat her... so if the other scene was meant to show me Remy can do what is necessary this scene is to show me... that Remy huffed a lot of glue before the end of the world and has some sort of brain damage? How do we go from practical, no nonsense to whim of save the animal? I know! Because the author thought a lion pet would be ROCKING.
Sadly, it only gets worse and more cliche from there. The desert Remy is in turns out to be Las Vegas... big eye roll there. This has been done before. Anyway, Remy fights some zombies in a kitchen in a Vegas hotel by lighting them on fire, which does nothing but make the zombies that are trying to eat her flaming zombies that are trying to eat her. It's stupid and it's a novice move. Remy is not supposed to be a novice. I think the author was visualizing this like a movie, which is fine. I have no problem with that technique because I know it makes for vivid scenes for the reader, but I wish she'd spend a little more time working on it so that perhaps the fire was an accident because she makes Remy look like an even bigger idiot than necessary and undermines all the superhero bullshit she's working on setting up.
After the flaming zombies of doom we end up with a cult leader with dozens of underage wives. He spends his time raping a belief in the good lord into them... Oh and somewhere along the way Remy and her friend, Harlow, meet a med-student and a rock star named Lazlo. Yeah. It's all ridiculous. It's like someone on huge prescription uppers and lots of caffeine wrote this book -- someone who had no idea how to develop a freaking character because Remy's got all the emotional resonance of a sock puppet.
Dull, lifeless writing and ridiculous plots make this book a skip. I don't even think it's worth the dollar the self-published author was selling it for. Save yourself some time and pop a zombie movie into your dvd player, watch it at 5x speed so you don't have a chance to care for any of the characters, you'll get the gist of this experience.
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| Title | : | Hollowland (The Hollows #1) |
| Author | : | Amanda Hocking |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 312 pages |
| Published | : | October 6th 2010 by Amanda Hocking (first published September 28th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Zombies. Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy. Paranormal |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 17802 Users | 1587 ReviewsAppraise About Books Hollowland (The Hollows #1)
Holy Hell! This is a short read but it packs a lot of punch. Not since the Alien films have I come across such a strong and incredible Heroine as Remy. Between her and the aptly named lioness, Ripley, whom Remy kind of picks up along her across state venture to find her brother, there is an abundance of totally brutal feminine power. It is no wonder Ripley has such an affinity for Remy...she recognises another with the heart of a lioness.This is a fast-paced, action-packed, tense, gory thrill
My very first zombie book! And i was thoroughly impressed. Although there were several zombie attacks, I'd say this book is more about strangers coming together for survival and the relationships that are made along the way. New families form where others were lost and the world has to start over. Looking forward to the next book in the series! I listed to the audible on this one and the narrator did a fantastic job!
Again and again I'll said that Amanda Hocking never fails to amuse me with her writings!
This was an okay zombie story, but the pace was too slow for me. I found the whole thing with the lion a bit silly, the story seemed quite predictable too.6 out of 10
This is my first Amanda Hocking book. It's my first zombie book as well (I think).I went into this book expecting these things:- a fast read- action-packed- entertainingI got those three things. My expectations were met (and actually surpassed at times) and I found Hollowland to be an exciting, often gory way to pass the time.I expected there to be more typos and grammatical errors, but there weren't too many and they didn't bother me. I expected the prose to be bland and brusque, but
I've been hearing about Amanda Hocking for over a year now, but since I didn't own an e Reader...sobWell, that changed this Christmas, when Santa left a Nook under the tree for me. God bless that fat bastard! (view spoiler)[ Psst. Santa isn't real, so I'm guessing my husband got it for me. (hide spoiler)]Anyway, if you haven't heard of Ms. Hocking yet, I highly suggest you go look her up. It's pretty amazing how well she did without a publisher.Ok. On to the review.This is a YAish book about
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