Kate reviewed Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay
In a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by an insidious rabies-like virus that …
3.5 stars, rounded up
Paul Tremblay's books mostly get mixed reviews, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this. I decided to pick it up as the first book I read after moving to Massachusetts, which didn't disappoint as the setting of the book was an area I had just driven through earlier that day.
I liked Survivor Song. I won't say it was one of the best books I've ever read, but it was enjoyable enough. Super rabies as a stand in for zombies worked quite well, and it wrapped up nicely, which I know is a bone of contention for some readers with other works of his. Given that this book came out in 2019, it was very interesting to see how spot on Paul was about certain groups and their ridiculous conspiracy theories.
