Z for Zachariah

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Summary: Z for Zachariah - Unscientific & Unsuitable
Review: I bought this book for my 14 year-old granddaughter but believe it is unsuitable. For one thing both your Editorial Reviews misrepresent the book as being set after a "nuclear holocaust" but nuclear, biological and chemical weapons were all used and, as the man Loomis says, most people were killed by nerve gas. Also, the author uses the hoary old fiction that a special suit will protect against what seems to be fairly intense radiation, an inclusion which could contribute to the general misunderstanding of radiation and its effects. And last but not least is the scene where Loomis gropes the heroine, an event that could be construed as anti-male.

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Summary: Z for Zachariah
Review: I read this book quite some time ago and could not remember the title until now. It was probably my most favorite school read. I feel it is intriguing with alot of twists and turns, great for any young adult to delve into. They can really get lost in Ann's world. This book is very well written. I, at 19 years of age and a reading level surpassing college, love this book and encourage anyone and everyone who hasn't read it to pick it up.

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Summary: Z for Zachariah
Review: This book is extreemly slow and is too imature and is quite a good book for begginers.
It has only two characters.
It is about a girl left alone in a vally, which has its own wheather, after a terrible nuciar explosion which killed everbody. Untill she meets this guy who is an isane man who wants her to be his slave. He also tries to [physically attack} her.

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Summary: Very EXCITING!!
Review: Look I've read all the other reviews and they are all very accurate, because I gad to read in my 8th grade English class and I completely disliked it but then my brother who is 3 uears younger than I am had to read it in his English class and so I helped him with it and read it again and I found it very compelling especially with what is happening in our world now and it made you really think I believ that Robert O'Brien had a vision and you really have to read it more than once to get it so, just give it a chance you just might like it!!!!!

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Summary: survival of the fittest.
Review: 16-year-old Ann Burden once lived happily on a family farm, in a valley on the outskirts of Ogdentown. A war has made the World radioactive. The valley is unaffected; Ann is the only one left alive and survives by farming. John Loomis, a scientist from Cornell discovers the valley by traveling in the only suit made to protect from radiation. Soon Mr. Loomis's tyrannical nature takes over and Ann finds herself fighting for her life. There is only one valley; Mr. Loomis hoards the safe suit, and no way for Ann to survive unless something is done.

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Summary: Don't even Bother...
Review: I rated Z for Zachariah 2 stars. The book takes place in the future after a nuclear war. "Magically", 16-year-old Ann Burden manages to stay alive, thinking she is the only person left in the world. She encounters another man and he becomes extremely protective as they interact in the valley. In my opinion, it was too slow-paced and focused on details that were irrelevant to the book. It was very unrealistic, especially how Ann was the only person in the valley that just happened to escape the effects of the nuclear war. The writing was monotonous and colorless. The climax was very weak, and I found it hard to relate to Ann at all. The voice from which it was told was dreadfully uninteresting. I'd possibly be interested in reading the book if it were told from Mr. Loomis's view or an omniscient view. I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes repetitive, mind-numbing, and action-lacking books.

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Summary: Z for Zachariah
Review: Hey. I'm a thirteen year old boy, and I too have read this book this year in my English class. I chose this book because I thought it would be a fast paced, exciting adventure; but I was mostly wrong. The beginning starts off with her talking about how everyone is dead, and that she is all alone. This gets very repetitive, and I could have easily stopped reading the book. But, the suspense gathered as the mysterious person (John Loomis) comes closer to her home in the valley. But, once John gets sick and she has to take care of him, the book drags on and on. If it weren't for the ending of the book, then I would have given this book 1 out of 5 stars. I have to say that the plot was very well thought, and very amusing, but the fill in between the beginning and the end is BORING. Hopefully, if I read this book 30 years from now I will like it a little bit more. But for now, this book is nothing special.

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Summary: Z for Zachariah
Review: Z for Zachariah, written by Robert C. O'Brien, is a novel that is difficult to determine whether it is "good" or "bad." This book is about a 16 year-old girl named Ann, who fights to survive in an environment where a man puts her life in danger. What is interesting is how Robert C. O'Brien weaves in his own life experiences in his writing, including his love for nature, which is an element that Ann must rely on for her survival. Although this novel is somewhat slow-paced in the beginning, it picks up as you read along.

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Summary: T for terrible
Review: Z for Zachariah tells of Ann Burdens conflict with the dominating John Loomis. They are most likely the last people on earth, due to a nuclear war. John has a safe suit that can protect him from radioactivity, and he wil kill to keep it. He is very controlling, and tries to control everything, including Ann. This book was very boring for me, the ending was a bit more unprdictable, but how the characters acted didn't make much sense. The whole book was supposed to be suspenseful, but the tone and style used by the author (no foreshadowing, or figurative language) made it very boring. Maybe the ending was better because Rober C O'Briens's wife finished the book after he died. This book could have been much better if the writing wasn't so simple. Bottom line is, this book is terrible, the whole book was a death rattle, ending in rigor mortis ...

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Summary: Okay book
Review: This book did not satisfy my reading requirements for when I read books. I thought the language and writing was to plain and the events were exciting but they came out boring because they were so undescriptive. The book ahd a good plot but the characters seemed less real. Ann seemed a little to mature and smart for being only 16 years old and it seemed kind of weird that the only other person living was Mr. Loomis who was a bad man. I believe that the book had a good start but the writing was just not enough and caused me to become bored of the book part way through.