The Boy on the Bridge - M.R. Carey

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Title: The Boy on the Bridge (The Girl With All the Gifts, #0)
Author: M.R. Carey
Genre: Dystopian
Rating: 3/5
# pages: Audiobook ~12hrs
Date read: October, 2018

Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived.

Good, but nowhere near as good as "The Girl With All the Gifts". I would recommend having read that one first though (even though this is a prequel), or you'll miss out on some things near the ending.

I don't remember the plot moving as slowly in TGWATG as it did in this one. I do realize that part of that might have been because I listened to this as an audiobook and read the other one, but it still seemed like M.R. Carey was still setting the stage by the time the book was almost over. Possibly simply because I expected more or a climax than what I got. It's definitely more character-driven than plot-driven... and apart from Khan, I found myself pretty indifferent to most of the characters.

I did still enjoy it though, and never really considered giving up on it.