The Girl with All the Gifts

“The Girl with All the Gifts” is a hugely cinematic reading experience, set in a post apocalyptic Great Britain.

I guess I was taken in by the opening, as you know something is afoot when a young girl is strapped into a chair with no ability to move her limbs, and then force fed something no normal child would eat or want to eat either.

When you find out that the foreword is written by none other than Joss Whedon himself, and that the author is producing a screenplay at the same time as writing said novel, then it's winner winner chicken dinner.

Though I've not seen “The Walking Dead”, it has that kind of feel to it - atmospheric, dramatic yet personal and touching at the same time.

The novel didn't end how I wanted it to, but it certainly made for an enjoyable and thrill packed read.