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A review by marshalls_library
The Poisoner's Last Ride: A Post-Apocalyptic Love Story by Kenzie Jennings
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Spoiler Free
It's really easy to take the dystopian, post-apocalyptic trope and go really big with a doorstop of a book. And those books totally have their place, but sometimes, what you want is a short punchy story that gets to the point.
The Poisoner's Last Ride is one of those books that focuses on Siobhan as she tries to escape her city's draconian laws with her partner Seth, and make the dangerous journey across a Mad Max-style wasteland to find her mother.
Kenzie Jennings squeezes a truly memorable violent death scene inside a school (one that I desperately want to see on film 😂), in a book that takes the genre in a largely nonviolent direction.
Jennings hasn't let me down once, which makes me excited to read her collection of shorts at some point before the end of the year!
It's really easy to take the dystopian, post-apocalyptic trope and go really big with a doorstop of a book. And those books totally have their place, but sometimes, what you want is a short punchy story that gets to the point.
The Poisoner's Last Ride is one of those books that focuses on Siobhan as she tries to escape her city's draconian laws with her partner Seth, and make the dangerous journey across a Mad Max-style wasteland to find her mother.
Kenzie Jennings squeezes a truly memorable violent death scene inside a school (one that I desperately want to see on film 😂), in a book that takes the genre in a largely nonviolent direction.
Jennings hasn't let me down once, which makes me excited to read her collection of shorts at some point before the end of the year!