Review: a game changer that is for sure!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
Reagan and Page are still stuck in the woods with Kane and his senile mother. Reagan still holds out hope that Hendrix and his brothers are going to save them any day now. But when an ambush by a horde of zombies takes them by surprise, desperation takes over Reagan and she about loses it. Her world has just went out of control. All hope has now up and fled. And it has taken her future right along with it...I had to put this episode down at a most crucial part. It would be several hours before I could find out what happened. I warned Higginson that our friendship was in jeopardy if it happened to play out the way I was assuming it would. A little heads up...Higginson is not to be trusted and will not be very well liked half way through this episode. Though she may be partially forgiven in the end. It’s all a matter of opinion. For me? She is safe. For now.**I realized then that even if these unnamed feelings I had for Kane originated with a mental disorder- and let’s be honest, I wasn’t exactly in the greatest state of mind ever- they had grown into something more, something I couldn’t ignore or deny.There was something between us. He was right about that.I breathed out a long sigh. There was freedom in admitting that to myself. I had been tangled up in denial and self-doubt, but getting it off my chest felt liberating.**This episode was hard for me. No, it wasn't the horrid scene from before I mentioned. No, this was all on Reagan. She is so utterly conflicted throughout the whole book. With good reason. I'm sure I would have been the same way. She says one thing...does another...and her emotions and thoughts are all over the place. It was like watching a person with two personalities in a constant struggle. And I hurt for her as she was put through all this. This girl needed time to cope with these feelings and emotions and work through it. But as we all know by now, time is something she never going to get.Even so, I enjoyed this episode. Reagan's inner struggle was something that at the time I was reading I thought was off putting. But now that I look back at it, I see where she is coming from. And I hurt for her even more. It wasn't my favorite episode by any means. But I felt like I understood Reagan a little more after thinking on it some. And something huge happens in this book that is a game changer for the entire series. I am stoked to see what Higginson has up her sleeve and all the possibilities this could mean. Yet, I am fearful too.