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Alexandra Oliva: The Last One (2016, Ballantine Books) 3 stars

Review of 'The Last One' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

"THE LAST ONE" by Alexandra Olivia. A fun if disturbing read (lots of corpses) about a woman competing in a survival reality show who doesn't know the apocalypse came and wiped out most of the world. It is, if nothing else, a lesson to be nice to people even if you think they are actors.

I really enjoyed this one - there are almost two books going on here. The first is about the show, with enough details about Reality Shows behind the scenes to be a lot of fun for those who watch them, and the second is an interesting story from the point of view of a character who is slowly descending into madness. The main character, Zoo, threads them together and keeps you turning pages even when you're almost too grossed out to want to.

Note: new parents might want to wait until their kids are a year or two older before reading this, if my friends with kids reactions to me telling me about this book in detail is right.