Z for Zachariah

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Summary: A good, suspenseful book
Review: I read "Z for Zachariah" for a school novel that our teacher recommended. The book started off a bit slow for me, but as I read on It got a bit more interesting because i wanted to find out what would happen next. I reccomend this book to all ages from about 11 to 40.

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Summary: A must read type book
Review: Z for Zachariah is a book that deals with what it would be like to be the last person left on earth. After a nuclear war there is only one person left a 16 year old girl named Anne. Somehow the radiation passed over her home that sits in a small valley. When one day she sees smoke of in the distance, she realizes that she is not the only left. From there the book explodes into a fast action plot. Should she trust the scientist in his "safe suit" because he is the only person left with her? Even after he swims in the contaminated river and starts acting different, meaner? I recommend this book to people of all ages. Its makes you feel like you were right there and keeps you sitting up at night to finish the book to see how it will it.

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Summary: Z for Zachariah, great book
Review: The novel Z for Zachariah kept me interested every chapter. It takes place after a nuclear war in a valley which had not been affected by the radiation that had destroyed the rest of the world. Ann Burden, the main character, is the only one left alive in the valley, but then a man in a plastic suite comes. Before he gets to her home, she goes away to a cave on the mountains and spies on him to learn what he was like. After a few days, Ann notices he is sick, so she comes down and takes care of him. She learns his name is John Loomis and that the suite he was wearing was to keep the radiation away. To be able to keep alive, Ann works on the fields next to her home, milks the cows, and gets canned food from a store. Mr. Loomis starts to become more demanding of Ann as he improves and notices that he will be able to live through his terrible sickness. Ann discovers that he is not really being that good to her. Then, something unexpected happens, which dramatically changes the story.

I thought this book was really good. Even though the idea of the novel seems kind of simple, Z for Zachariah is worthwhile reading because there is always something going on and it is quite realistic. It is pretty easy to read and understand and there is not much confusing about it. I thought the end was well done, and a sequel should be written. It is written in a diary type form, where Ann is the one who writes the diary entries. One thing I do not like about it is that the short summary on the back of the book tells what happens at the end, which kind of spoils the plot. I would really recommend anyone to read Z for Zachariah, it is really worth it.

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Summary: "Z" a read again, post-apocalyptic, SF novel
Review: "Z for Zachariah" is a fantastic read. It is a well crafted, post-apocalyptic SF thriller, hiding as a young adult book. Easily equal to some of the finest science fiction being written during this decade.

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Summary: Gripping story line, yet content laked in quality.
Review: This story had a lot more potenial, because I felt it built to anti-climax, in nearly every chapter. For instance in one chapter it started like this:- "I am in terrible trouble. Mr Loomis shot me." The author takes two more chapters till they desribe what happened. By the time I got to the part of the shooting, it had kind of lost it's ability to capture my attention.

If the book had got to the point a lot quicker I would have classified this book in an above average range.

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Summary: this book was alright
Review: I thought that the beginning of this book was dull and stupid. Yet so far I havent finished it but as I see it now it is very suspensful and alright.

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Summary: I love this book.
Review: I love to read this book! I read it for over 10 times! If it wasn't for my teacher, who let me borrow this book, I wouldn't have read it in the first place. I really recommend you get this book, or give it to someone for a gift.

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Summary: Radiation, Cesium 137, and suspence make this book a 10!
Review: What more can I say than that?! In my opinion, the best edge-of-your-seat thrillers and suspence novels are written about the aftermath of the much predicted World War III. Read only if your view of the future is bleak and dark.

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Summary: Excellent adolescent book
Review: I am a grade 7 teacher in Toronto and I believe this to be an excellent and provocative novel for my students. It introduces a number of themes and predicaments that inspire a great deal of critical thinking. I was wondering if there was anyone out there that may have any comprehension qustions or assignments that they could share with me? Fraser Kidd([e-mail])

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Summary: Z for Zacharia is the best book I have ever read!
Review: Z for Zacharia is written so well, you could just as easily be there, experiancing the story right alongside with the heroine (Ann). O'brien wrote this peice in such a manner that once you pick it up, it is simply impossible to put it down. This is definately the book to curl up with on a cold winter day!