Westerfeld, Scott - The Last Days

[oyceter]

This is a sort of sequel to Peeps, which I adored. It doesn't have the same focus, though. While the focus of Peeps was on vampires and parasites and the entertwining thereof, The Last Days is a band book. Only, the kids are trying to form a band while the apocalypse rages around them.

I didn't like this quite as much as Peeps, largely because a) I'm not that interested in band books, b) I loved the parasitology of Peeps and really missed it, c) I didn't get as good a feel of the characters because there were 5 POVs and d) I'm really not quite sure why.

The narrative is fun and fast-paced, like all of Westerfeld's YA books, and I enjoyed that the apocalypse promised in Peeps really started. It's not grim, for those of you scared off by apocalypses (apocalypsi?). It's a rather fun apocalypse, and it adds a little to the world-building from Peeps.

I think the problem really is that I loved Peeps, and I miss the parasites.

Links:
- jinian's review
- coffeeandink's review

Comments

[jinian.livejournal.com]

I adored the bass player's POV, but the others went downhill a bit. Miranda made me nuts -- "Mozzy"?

Wim mailed Scott Westerfeld because the drummer made an error in the speed of sound, which, as a highly precise person, she wouldn't have. This is why I like my sweetie. :)

I missed the parasites too. And the whole wrapup was awfully anticlimactic. Apocalypses should be more dramatic than that.

[oyceter]

Yeah, Minerva rather annoyed me, and I wanted to smack Moz for going after her instead of Pearl. I liked Zahler and Alana Ray, but I felt like we just didn't get enough of any of the characters.

But mostly, I wanted more parasites.