Survivor Song

As with every other Paul Tremblay novel I\’ve read, \”Survivor Song\” has a strong opening and quickly fizzles into page after page of cliches. The prologue is easily one of the most tension-filled openers I\’ve read in ages, but Tremblay quickly turns his MC into one of the most annoying characters. I also don\’t know why he needs to make everything cutesy, like \”Rams\” and \”Nat\” and \”Dunks\”. Whatever momentum there was, Tremblay hits the brakes and the novel becomes tedious. VERY tedious. By the time the teenagers are introduced, I half hoped they just killed everyone and it would be over. Tremblay is a good writer, but his stories are… lacking. This is one of his worst. The narrator is fine. It\’s not her, it\’s the material. It\’s hard to not make the most annoying character written since Madame Bovary not sound like the human equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. 18 people found this helpful

When I started reading this book I was amazed at how good it was. It was a different approach to a little different type of zombie. We were not getting the dystopian shoot em up book but a book about ordinary people living with the very beginning of the disease. However at the end that is also what ruined it. We have well-educated people that are basically dealing with zombies but instead of dealing with them rationally in the end by killing them instead to decide to treat them like people with cancer. The difference is the zombies are killing people and trying to kill them but even though they\’re intelligent they are just going to ignore that. The doctor and others also ignore the threats of the person she is helping to all the other people who are not infected. Then toward the end just a deluge of tin foil hat theories thrown in for some unknown purpose. I will return it and I won\’t be looking for a follow-up book. I would be interested in something different from the writer and narrator because I believe they both have lots of potential but the writer just didn\’t reach it in this book. 10 people found this helpful

Save your credit or money! The story is completely babble. It rambles on & the character Natalie is SO VERY ANNOYING! She babbles on & on talking on her phone app while leaving a message for her unborn baby!! Her voice is also extremely annoying! It actually got to the point I stopped listening. It\’s a bunch of junk to be completely honest. The story aggravated me & the narrator just pissed me off!!! She was bad with accents & changing her voice pitch to do different characters! If she just kept her normal voice, maybe it wouldn\’t have been so annoying. It was like dealing with nails across a chalkboard! The story, even after over 50% done STILL failed to get to any kind of point! POOR development & the characters are sad & lost in any kind of development. Did NOT hold my imagination, not my interest. NO I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS STORY!!! NO I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS NARRATOR!! 5 people found this helpful

Just got my pre-ordered copy and listened to it straight through. Another tear-stained white- knuckle visit to the Tremblayverse. Brilliant! 4 people found this helpful

It also totally alienated those who don’t believe official narratives. Pretty let down by the story. Instead of it flowing the author tries too hard to be a wordsmith which just isn’t working with this story. The author also makes it seem like patriotic Americans are also all whack jobs. I certainly didn’t appreciate this aspect. 3 people found this helpful

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