Hey Everyone,
I am reviewing the book "The Last Girl: Book One of The Dominion Trilogy," by Joe Hart. This book just was published on March 1, 2016, with the second book in the series "The Final Trade," set to be published on September 16, 2016. Now is the time to get a head start on reading this series, CLICK HERE to purchase a copy of "The Last Girl." This book is a post-apocalyptic dystopian/thriller. It is about "a virus" that has attacked society in stopping the reproduction of females. So with human society threatened by this, a government committee kidnaps a group of females who are imprisoned and controlled by a set of strict rules. At their induction at the age of 21 the girls are never seen again. Not one of the girls really knows what happens at these inductions besides that they are able to meet with their parents and leave the territory that were raised in. It is about one girl in particular, who feels imprisoned, trapped and confined. She dreams about freedom and escaping, because she feels very skeptical of this system that she is confined to.
Overall I would rate this book just shy of four stars, 3.75 stars out of 5. I was so close to and very much wanted to rate this book four stars. It was a great story. I loved the premise of it, of a declining female population, and what that would look like in our society. I did think parts of this book were very realistic to what would happen if this became true. This book was very descriptive and I loved how I could imagine the story playing out while I was reading it. There was good character development I felt for the most part. I did like the questions this book posed, such as what is freedom? What does it mean to be human? To what extent and extreme should one go to, to protect the greater good? What rights should we have? Should women have rights and control over their own body's and the choices they make? The author did take risks in this book and for the most part they all worked out. There was a lot of mystery and intrigue that kept me in suspense, kept me continuing to read this book. I loved all the twists and turns this book took, which it did a fantastic job of keeping this story unpredictable. It is a fast and intriguing read, that for the most part kept me involved in the story for most of the book.
So, why did I hold off in rating this book four stars? Well this book did have some problems for me. The first part of the book was wonderful, and as I was reading it I was saying to myself that I am going to love this book. However, during the second part of the book it kind of lost me a little. I am not completely sure why. But I thought it went off track a little with its alien like descriptions. It was only one section of the book. After that, the storyline progressed and continued on to being like the first part of the book. So it did end well with me, and did leave me with a pleasant taste in my mouth. The second problem was I didn't see the romantic relationship between Zoe and Lee as being necessary to the story. At times it just seemed that, that relationship was just kind of thrown into the book just to add a love story.
However, this is not going to stop me from finishing the trilogy. So with this I do recommend this as a worthy read. And for those people who stray away from horror books, this is one to read. The horror element in this book is very subtle, and played a very natural part to the story.
I would like to thank Netgalley, Joe Hart (the author), and Thomas & Mercer (the publisher) for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
Until the next page,
Jill
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