Red Hill
By: Jamie
McGuire
Publisher: Simon
and Schuster
I know the world
ended on a Friday. It was the last day I saw my children…
For Scarlet, raising two daughters alone means fighting
for tomorrow is an everyday battle. Nathan, desperately clinging to a dead-end
job and a loveless marriage, survives purely for his little girl, Zoe. Whilst
Miranda’s biggest problem is driving her sister home from college with their
boyfriends, whilst keeping her new Mini Cooper scratch free.
When news comes of a deadly epidemic, panic seeps into
homes all over the world and chaos ensues… Knowing that they can’t outrun the
danger, they all head for shelter and security at the same secluded ranch- Red
Hill.
When a normal day spins out of control and the world
comes crashing to an end, how far will they go to save their loved ones? Would
you slow down to help a stranger if you were both running for your lives?
Set against the backdrop of a brilliantly realized
apocalyptic world, love somehow finds a way to survive. But what happens when
the one you’d die for becomes the one who could destroy you?
My review
Plot: When the zombie apocalypse breaks out across
the world Nathan, Scarlet and Miranda all end up heading towards the same
place, Red Hill (Miranda’s father’s place). But they all didn’t realise how
hard it would be for them to reach it. On their way there, they each suffer
some loses and come face to face with some difficult situations that even the
most bravest people would struggle with. Finally they all reach Red Hill
thinking that everything would be ok once they reach there, little do they know
that they will suffer some of the worst times in their lives here. Scarlet is
awaiting the arrival of her children, who she left a message for on their father’s
wall saying to come to Red Hill. Despite everything that they go through
Scarlet never gives up hope that her girls are coming.
What I liked about
the book: So I went into this book not really knowing what to expect and I think
that is what I liked about it the most. Because I didn’t really know what to
expect the book was more exciting and when the twists and turns happened I was
expecting them. Also I was so used to the way that Jamie McGuire wrote the
Beautiful Disaster series that Red Hill was a complete surprise as it was
written completely different. And I have to say that I enjoyed it just as much.
What I didn’t like
about the book: Okay so some of you may know this and some of you may not,
but I really struggled to get into this book. It took me until I was about 50
or so pages in and then I couldn’t stop reading it. So I would say the only
thing that I didn’t like about the book was that it took me so long to get into
it, which in a way really was hard to accept as I loved her Beautiful Disaster
series. But in saying that I think that it was because it was a different genre
and had to be written differently due to in not being all lovey dovey.
Favourite
character: I think my favourite character would have to be Scarlet. From
the very start she knew that she had to get to her children and when she
discovered that they weren’t where they were supposed to be she made sure that
she left them a note to tell them where she was going. Scarlet had a
destination in mind and she never let anything get in her way from reaching it.
She also never gave up hope that her daughters were still alive and coming to
Red Hill. Everything she did was for them and she even gave up the chance to
have a real relationship because she felt she was being unfaithful to her
girls.
Favourite
part/quote:
I looked at him,
touched his face, and pressed my lips against his. “I didn’t really understand
when you said the end of the world was the best thing to have happened to you,
and how it was so close to perfect. But now that everyone in our family is
here… and safe… I get it.”
“Our family, huh?”
he smiled.
“They’re finally
here,” I said, shaking my head in disbelief. I smirked when a random thought
popped into my head. “Four girls. You’re outnumbered.”
“I think I can
handle that.”
I laughed once. “I
love you.”
His eyebrows pulled
in, and he smiled like those words made him so happy that it hurt. “Now it’s
perfect.”
If you like these
books then you will love this book:
Rating: 4/5
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