[HJC]⇒ Download Gratis This Is Not a Test A Novel Courtney Summers Books

This Is Not a Test A Novel Courtney Summers Books

Download As PDF : This Is Not a Test A Novel Courtney Summers Books

This Is Not a Test A Novel Courtney Summers Books

his is Not a Test centers around the main character of Sloane; it's the end of the world and she has ended up with five other students in Cortege High School. Although they have secured the building, the walking dead are still pounding on the doors, trying to get in. Once you are bitten, you are dead, it's only a matter of time before you die and turn into one of them. This doesn't sound so bad to Sloane Price; her entire world fell apart six months prior to the end of the world and she was already in the mind set to give up. Sloane day dreams about the barricaded doors failing and her world finally coming to an end. This doesn't happen and she is forced to view this situation through the eyes of the other five people she is with. People she didn't know that while prior to the apocalyptic events. The longer they stay, the more problems arise and soon there is danger both inside and outside the school and life altering decisions have to be made.

We meet Sloane in the beginning of the book, as she explains a bit of her life, as the walking dead literally start breaking down her door. She escapes and the book jumps 7 days later, when she has been picked up by the group and they are safely inside the school. The story then flips back and worth, retelling the events that occurred while the group made their way across town to the local high school. The story is told from Sloan's perspective and you realize quite quickly what her mindset is throughout this zombie apocalypse. This books tells the story of how the characters survive once they are holed up in the high school together, day to day and then when bigger events take place.

I have read a lot of apocalyptic books and this one was much different from the majority that I have read. Although the end of the world scenario is much different, it reminded me a lot like Z for Zachariah (http://amzn.to/1WaDzp8). The author seemed to focus a lot on character development and I felt we really to know Sloane, Rhys and the rest of the characters quite well. I also enjoyed the fact that this book wasn't all action, all the time. I liked the mixed elements and I was never bored with any part of the book. It was a much different way to write this kind of novel. This is the second book I have read by Courtney Summers and just like the first, I really liked this one as well. There is also a 100 page e-book, that is the follow up to this called, Please Remain Calm. I am hoping that the author is planning on writing a second, full length novel as a follow up to the first.


Tags : Amazon.com: This Is Not a Test: A Novel (9780312656744): Courtney Summers: Books,Courtney Summers,This Is Not a Test: A Novel,St. Martin's Griffin,0312656742,Social Themes - Violence,Dysfunctional families,Family problems,Family problems;Fiction.,High schools,Horror stories,Horror tales,JUVENILE FICTION Social Issues Violence,Schools,Survival,Survival;Fiction.,Zombies,Zombies;Fiction.,060604 SMP Trade Juvenile Paper,Action & Adventure - Survival Stories,Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9),Fantasy & magical realism (Children's Teenage),Fiction,Horror,JUVENILE,Juvenile Fiction,Juvenile Grades 7-9 Ages 12-14,YOUNG ADULT FICTION,YOUNG ADULT FICTION Social Themes Violence

This Is Not a Test A Novel Courtney Summers Books Reviews

I’ve said it before and I will say it again, Courtney Summers is an absolute goddess and the complete queen of my bookshelf. I fell in love with her work last year when I read All The Rage, a book that tore my heart and soul to shreds. Her writing never ceases to amaze me in the powerful message that it carries – and This Is Not A Test is no exception. While reading the synopsis might make you uneasy and question how a book about zombies can be as hard hitting as I claim it to be, trust me when I say this – This Is Not a Test is so much more than just another book hightailing it through the zombie craze. It is raw, unflinching, and it will make you question everything about what makes us human.

Summers has this amazing ability to basically destroy every single plan you’ve made for a day as soon as you read the first page of her books. This Is Not A Test completely grabbed me by the throat and dragged me around kicking and screaming right form the first page – I was hooked before I’d even reached chapter one. The opening sequence of this book was intense – there is no other word for it. It doesn’t get any better from there to tell you the truth. We’re thrown straight into this complete chaotic mess of the world, starting with a regular morning in Sloane – our protagonist’s life – and then we’re off to the races as it were. There is no break, no time to catch your breath. While certain scenes might not be physically brutal or taxing, those in between the fights for survival are filled with emotional battles that are almost more intense than the ones against the zombies or even each other. This book… just wow.

Sloane. I don’t even know what to say about Sloane. When we first meet her, she has no intention of wanting to live. Her sister abandoned her to an abusive father. The world is ending. She is alone. She wants to die – but she holds on. She holds on despite her best efforts to have it end any other way than with her own survival. It was a very strange, eye opening experience – reading a book from the point of view from someone that doesn’t even want to be there. I am so used to a strong, badass heroine doing everything in their power to keep on kicking – and Sloane was the complete opposite. She is still badass, ruthless, and utterly compelling – but for entirely different reasons. She will make you think. She will make you question everything you’ve ever thought about what it means to survive.

Then there are the other students Cary, Rhys, Trace, Grace, and Harrison. All of them end up trapped together in the high school. They are together, struggling to survive… and boy, do they add to the story. I think this is part of Summers’ mastery – she has this ability to make supporting characters who are so raw and undeniably essential. We get to know them all. We see them cry, we learn their weakness and their vulnerabilities. They are all simply exposed in this new version of hell. It was heartbreaking. I’m still trying to figure out just how I feel about all of them because they just add so much. They turn an already harrowing scenario into a full throttle mental mine field just waiting to blow up at the slightest provocation. The addition of the supporting characters, and the role each individual plays, really nails down the main question of this book. Who is the real enemy? What if the real enemy is you?

Courtney Summers has once again created something worthy of every possible award known to man. This Is Not A Test will make you question everything you think you know about yourself and what you think you are willing to do to survive. This book will rip your chest open and never let the wound close. What are you willing to do to survive and can you live with the answer?

Originally posted [...]
his is Not a Test centers around the main character of Sloane; it's the end of the world and she has ended up with five other students in Cortege High School. Although they have secured the building, the walking dead are still pounding on the doors, trying to get in. Once you are bitten, you are dead, it's only a matter of time before you die and turn into one of them. This doesn't sound so bad to Sloane Price; her entire world fell apart six months prior to the end of the world and she was already in the mind set to give up. Sloane day dreams about the barricaded doors failing and her world finally coming to an end. This doesn't happen and she is forced to view this situation through the eyes of the other five people she is with. People she didn't know that while prior to the apocalyptic events. The longer they stay, the more problems arise and soon there is danger both inside and outside the school and life altering decisions have to be made.

We meet Sloane in the beginning of the book, as she explains a bit of her life, as the walking dead literally start breaking down her door. She escapes and the book jumps 7 days later, when she has been picked up by the group and they are safely inside the school. The story then flips back and worth, retelling the events that occurred while the group made their way across town to the local high school. The story is told from Sloan's perspective and you realize quite quickly what her mindset is throughout this zombie apocalypse. This books tells the story of how the characters survive once they are holed up in the high school together, day to day and then when bigger events take place.

I have read a lot of apocalyptic books and this one was much different from the majority that I have read. Although the end of the world scenario is much different, it reminded me a lot like Z for Zachariah (http//amzn.to/1WaDzp8). The author seemed to focus a lot on character development and I felt we really to know Sloane, Rhys and the rest of the characters quite well. I also enjoyed the fact that this book wasn't all action, all the time. I liked the mixed elements and I was never bored with any part of the book. It was a much different way to write this kind of novel. This is the second book I have read by Courtney Summers and just like the first, I really liked this one as well. There is also a 100 page e-book, that is the follow up to this called, Please Remain Calm. I am hoping that the author is planning on writing a second, full length novel as a follow up to the first.