The how and why are more interesting to discover on your own, but what the reader quickly learns is that there was a societal collapse several years earlier due to the emergence of a previously unknown organism. The military in the room immediately react and the perspective changes for the first time to someone other than Melanie, and we begin to understand why the military is so terrified of her.
One day, in a moment of unguarded tenderness, Miss Justineau reaches out to touch Melanie’s head. The only light Melanie has in her life is in her favorite teacher, Miss Justineau. All the children are restrained at all times and under military guard, subjected to chemical baths, weekly meals of live grubs, and sometimes a few of them disappear in to a lab run by Dr. The book takes a few chapters to start to hone in on the wrongness of the situation. Along with a couple dozen classmates she lives in a military base where they attend school. Our introduction to the world of The Girl With All the Gifts is through the eyes of Melanie. What sold me was when I saw the trailer for the movie (at bottom of page) because at that point I got why my wife kept recommending I read it but refused to tell me why. The book is best discovered by the reader but I honestly never would have read it based on the generic description and cover.
The smattering of f-bombs within the first few pages should tip you off and if that doesn’t do it the horrific graphic violence and stomach churning premise will seal the deal. It’s a veritable dystopian teen YA bingo! But you would be wrong although I have to think the publisher did this on purpose.ĭespite all this, The Girl With All the Gifts is decidedly not YA. Dystopian setting starting with the point of view of female protagonist? CHECK. Vague title with seemingly uplifting cover image? CHECK. The cover and nondescript cover certainly make it look that way, as does the very vague plot description. First off, The Girl With All the Gifts is not a YA book.
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