Z for Zachariah was a very suspenseful book From the moment I started it, I had a knot in my stomach For most of my life, I lived with my fear of nuclear war and its aftermath As a child of the 80s, I remember that Sword of Damocles hanging over our heads Were the Soviets going to push the button, or the Americans Either way, we d both lose I remember everyone in school was watching The Day After Tomorrow, and I was afraid to watch it, but I heard all the ugly details I inadvertently watched the [...]

This was written in the early seventies for the dystopian youth market Wait was there a dystopian SF youth market back then Um I guess so I have this weird feeling like I just entered the twilight zone but it must be true I m used to 70 s SF and Fantasy being very adult oriented and over the top I think of Lucifer s Hammer or the other later classics of post apocalyptic nightmares that came out later like The Stand and Swan Song and so many others, but here s the gorgeous bit This one scales dow [...]

This is one of those books you read when you re in middle school, but you never forget about it In fact, I ve been ceaselessly frightened of radiation poisoning every since Sort of like my plague fears, which developed immediately after I read the first chapter of Albert Camus s The Plague If you didn t read this then, you ought to read it now it s really fantastic.

This is the first time I ve ever been tempted to utilize that hide review because you re a big fat blabbermouth who can t talk about a book without ruining it for others function But the fact is, it s important for a reader of Z For Zachariah to be surprised by the nature of the stranger who shows up And it s almost impossible to talk about the book in any detail without giving that away And I want to talk in detail, because I like this book but I also find it rather baffling in certain respects [...]

I thought the book was pretty bad I did not like how the story was told I thought that Ann was really really really weird I think she should have killed Mr Loomis and then killed herself because there was nobody left on earth besides them two My Loomis should have been dead right away when Ann saved him, I wanted Ann to shoot him, and so the book could have at least been good I do not recommend this book to other readers, unless you want to read a very very very boring book that made no sense, a [...]

Yeah That s how this one is going to go The expectations were high with this one I first discovered this book when I found out it was being made into a movie so of course I was all about getting the book read first Especially when I realized this author also wrote one of my favorites of all time The Secret of Nimh Naturally I couldn t find a copy anywhere but FINALLY Some luck blew my way and my library came through I started it immediately I finished it within 24 hours And now I m sad.First off [...]

Z for Zachariah was a very good post apocalyptic, dystopian novel It s important to note that the novel was first written and released in 1975 Keeping that time frame in mind, the way that sixteen year old Ann deals with the loss of her family and the events that follow are nothing short of amazing Ann, having lost her mother, father and two brothers, finds a way to not only go on, but build a life for herself at her family home in a valley that was remarkably saved from some of the fallout Her [...]

I really enjoy post apocalyptic stories I really liked the narrator and her ability to survive alone But when I finished reading all I could think was I am so tired of bullying men Tired of them in my movies, tired of them in my books, tired of them in the news and tired of them in my government.

In the Old Testament, three tales of human frailty follow the creation of the world Adam and Eve, Cain and Able, Noah and the ark In Z for Zachariah, Robert O Brien novelizes the end of the world with a similar set of stories in place of Noah s ark we have an anti radiation suit designed just in time for the nuclear holocaust The inventor of the suit murders his companion and wanders the blighted wilderness for many years, haunted by his crime as the post apocalyptic answer to Cain But the story [...]

At our local train station there is a small bookcase where those travelling through can leave a book they ve finished or simply don t want any, and then another commuter can pick it up and read it on their journey It s a simple and lovely idea After perusing the shelves in January my wife became very animated For on those shelves was one of a book from her childhood which both terrified her and fascinated her, a book she read and read, but which she hadn t seen a copy of since she was at school [...]

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TRIGGER WARNINGS Attempted rape dog death.Z for Zachariah was first published in 1974, and has stayed in print ever since Robert C O Brien died in 1973, but his wife and one of his children completed the novel based on his notes.It s simply brilliant The science in regards to the meteorological enclave may be iffy at best, but the characterisation is wonderfully executed Ann Burden is the strong, resourceful teenage heroine who s been completely alone for a year but has survived just fine Growin [...]

I just re read this amazing book that I ve had for a long time The first time I read it was when I was in 4th grade because my sister had read it I found it boring I read it again in 7th and understood it better than I had in 4th grade And now, for 12th grade, it s just plain awesome It s about a girl who survives the dropping of a nuclear bomb She thinks she s the only one left alive, but soon discovers she is not alone at all Not only is she alone, she s in great danger I can t say any, cause [...]

The first time I read this book I was in sixth grade, I read it again in 2007 Disappointed to learn Hollywood got its hands on this book and made it into a shitty movie If you re going to read this book keep in mind there isn t a love triangle in it nor is it a love story For the love of all that is holy, do not pick up this book thinking you re going to be reading a modern YA post apocalyptic novel and then be all disappointed about the fact that it isn t all about sex I swear to Iesha I m goin [...]

How can somebody be so smart and resourceful be some dumb and naive That s the underlying thought that stayed with me all throughout this novel.Sixteen year old Ann Burden thought she was the last remaining human after an atomic war She had been surviving in a secluded valley until another stranger showed up in her peaceful domain, one that she helped restore to health and offered the hospitality of her home This man, in turn, tried to attack her, took over her house, and even shot her.I seesawe [...]

Reviewed by Lynn Crow for TeensReadTooSixteen year old Ann Burden has been living on her own for a year, since the nuclear bombs turned everything surrounding her little valley into a wasteland, and her parents drove out to find other survivors and never came back Knowing she may be the only person left, Ann struggles with her loneliness and tends to the farm as best she can But then a man comes over the hills in a protective suit and arrives in the valley At first he provides Ann with welcome c [...]

I read this in my 6th or 7th grade english class It is a wonderful story about one girls struggle to survive after a tragic event I learned that you can not count on everyone to be there for you all of the time, that you have to be independant or else you will most likely will not it if you were to lose everyone.

Excellent book the real horror of it isn t the nuclear devastation, but the feeling of being stalked and having no one around to help you get away At first Mr Loomis is a likeable character but he quickly takes a turn for the creepy, and that s when this book gets really intense.

I read this right after I read Apocalypse Nerd, which fueled my disappointment with the book The sentiments of the main character often had me holding my arms to the sky thinking how the heck could anyone be so naive She also made me laugh a little because she reminded me so much of my grandmother Especially in the way she would seem to hold any man to be smarter and deserving than herself He shot someone Well, I m sure he had his reasons, I don t need to hide his guns or even think that he cou [...]

4.5 Na informa o extra deste livro, podemos saber que quando o autor faleceu n o tinha terminado de escrever esta historia Deixou algumas notas do rumo que desejava que a historia toma se Mais tarde, foram a mulher e uma das filhas que escreveram os ltimos cap tulos Este tipo de informa o pode deixar nos um pouco reticentes ao iniciarmos a leitura Mas devo confessar que isso nunca mostrou ser um problema Alias eu nunca percebi que a narrativa tinha sido escrita por tr s pessoas diferentes A hist [...]

Wait, this is a YA MG book Definitely couldn t have figured that out from the movie which I am loving btw.

I remember the TV adaptation the BBC did in the mid 80 s and quite liked it and I thought I would give the book a go Sadly the book is a bit of a drag As others have pointed out, there s a lack of action This is partly due to the 1 person journal approach, which makes total sense but it does the rob the book of action in some key scenes The bigger problem is the story zeroes in the day to day of surviving through farming caring for a sick man without any real conflict For me, a wonderful idea wh [...]

I recently saw the movie of this book and really liked it Mankind has once again tried to destroy itself and there is one person left alive, at least that s what she thinks So I picked up the book from my local library Book started the same as the movie but after a few chapters there was a radical difference Maybe it wasn t such a good idea to see the movie first But, then again, I would not have read the book if not for the movie Just a three star for me I liked it but I liked the movie better. [...]

If you want to know about this book I suggest you read it and don t pay any attention to the movie, This book is about life after an atomic war where a 16yr old girl survives by living in a valley which somehow protected her from the nuclear fallout, thinking she s the only person alive she is shocked to see a man swimming in a creek which is radioactive and he get s very sick buts she nurse s him back to health, you would think being the only two people on earth things would change between man [...]

As far as Ann Burden knows, she is the last person in the world A nuclear war destroyed everything outside of the valley she lives in Her family leaves to look for survivors and never comes back The few people left making radio broadcasts eventually disappear, too, with dire news from their areas And no one comes Nearly a year passes, but Ann survives She lives in the perfect place She has her family s farm, the neighbors general store, and a source of uncontaminated water Beyond, everything is [...]

Ann Burden is sixteen years old, and the last person alive She knows this because after the disaster, her family went off to search for survivors, and they never came back Her valley is safe, somehow protected from the nuclear disaster that has wiped out the rest of the world by some sort of weather formation And so she tills her field and keeps her house and stays alive, alone Until he comes When John Loomis shows up in her valley, wearing a safe suit that protects him from radiation, Ann is ca [...]

Recommended by Laurel Leaf in The Turning Place Stories of a Future Past On p 41 I m actually sort of bored, as it seems much like a generic old dystopia I was also dismayed to learn that family finished this from draft notes posthumouslyAlmost done, want to say that it s certainly discussable For example, view spoiler has Loomis so paranoid he s stupid, or does he just have bad social skills Maybe he s mildly autistic Being kind to the girl would have worked so much better hide spoiler.Done Goo [...]

Questiono me porque que a capa do livro edi o portuguesa aparecem 3 personagens, quando no livro s existem 2 Depois fui pesquisar, e pelo que percebi o filme bem diferente do livro M escolha mesmo

Ann has been living alone on her family s farm for about a year A nuclear war has killed most everyone around, and a year ago her father and everyone else including her brother, who sneaked into the car left to see if they could find signs of life and never came back Then a man in a radiation proof suit comes along Ann hides and watches from afar, but eventually makes herself known after he get radiation poisoning and becomes ill As time goes on, however, Ann becomes convinced that there is some [...]

In this book, Ann Burden thinks she s the only one left on the planet after a huge nuclear war leaves millions of people for dead She lives in complete solitude until, one day, she sees smoke raising into the sky Afraid, she leaves her home and stays in a cave spying on the person coming At first she is excited, but then she learns that there our worse things than being aloneI thought this book was really good I liked how it went from bad to worse in the events I liked it because the author wrot [...]