Scott westerfeld the last days pdf

The descriptions transport you right into Scott Westerfeld's kooky, paranormal world, overwhelming your senses and making you feel as if you were standing right alongside his characters : Scott Westerfeld's writing is a gift to the senses.

The descriptions transport you right into Scott Westerfeld's kooky, paranormal world, overwhelming your senses and making you feel as if you were standing right alongside his characters View 1 comment. Jan 29, Tabea Vanessa rated it did not like it. This was so incredibly bad!! What the heck?! Apr 21, Steph Su rated it liked it. Scott Westerfeld is arguably the master of modern-day sci-fi.

His books, whether they are set in this present world, or in a future place, are always easy to relate to and understand. The threesome hire Alana Ray, a talented but neurotically challenged drummer who drums on paint buckets and can see what music looks like. When the band rehearses, strange things happen. The ground beneath them rumbles, as if something is struggling to reach them from underground. Meanwhile, the infected Minerva develops a relationship with Moz, as the parasite inside of her tries to spread itself by making her horny and irresistible.

Now, the five young men and women must use their musical and supernatural talents to help the peeps, infected humans who can control their vampirish tendencies and who were created to help save humanity. Together, they will summon and fight the enemies until nearly all are extinct. Until next time. The world that Scott Westerfeld has created is creepily realistic. I got chills from reading this novel, and anything that moves me to such a reaction is extraordinary. May 23, Colleen Houck added it Shelves: death , animals , vampires , apocalyptic , immortal , love-triangle , monsters , secret-organizations , sickness-disease , music.

The concept of a singer able to summon monsters is super cool. Loved seeing the characters from the first book again. Gained a new appreciation for musicians. Jan 18, Katherine rated it really liked it Shelves: read-in , 4-star , young-adult , 5-star , paranormal , multiple-pov. That was a satisfying ending. It was also really, really, really weird.

It was an interesting take on vampires, and I'm not really big on vampires, and this totally put them in a whole new light, and I think I like these vampires more than the ones in 'other' books. I actually enjoyed this book more than Peeps, which is a companion novel, but the first one made less and more sense. But that's why you should read them in order, so you know about what happens in the first book and you can apply th That was a satisfying ending.

But that's why you should read them in order, so you know about what happens in the first book and you can apply that to the second book. That's why this book is called the sequel. I don't think you were supposed to like the main characters. Or at least not all of them. I definitely liked some, but the other two were bleh. They all had their downfalls, but I felt like I could hang out with them and have fun. Not so much with Minerva. She was just downright creepy. And Moz started out okay, but he went down from about halfway through.

One thing I really enjoyed were the Night Mayor files. I thought those were simply fascinating. It supplied a completely different view on history and how things happened.

I also forgot a lot of the first book, so I was pretty confused at first, but the files helped. The music aspect was really refreshing. I like books with music as a focus, since I play two instruments, and I really enjoy music and it was fun to try and imagine what the music sounded like.

I think it may have been a 3 star without the music, but I just really loved the music, and I always have in books and in real life. The plot was a bit scattered. And I don't think it was meant to have that perfect storyline arc. It felt intentional, and I liked that. It wasn't just your standard story. That being said, I liked the sort of plot line a lot. It didn't have some amazing epic peak, but rather there were a bunch of little peaks, but it wasn't like a bunch of anecdotes.

I can't explain it well, but perhaps if you'll read this book you'll understand. Of course you might not like the first one and just not read the second one.

Who knows. It felt unique, and yet still kept me interested and wanting more. I really enjoy Scott Westerfeld's books as some of his books are some of my favorites of all time, and I'm glad I enjoyed this one too. May 08, Monica rated it really liked it. Also positive I read! It took me a really long time to get around to reading The Last Days, which is funny because Peeps is one of my favourite books and this one is kind of a sequel to Peeps.

I liked The Last Days, it had some really interesting parts. I really liked the parts where you learnt a little bit more about the disease, or those who are parasite pos It took me a really long time to get around to reading The Last Days, which is funny because Peeps is one of my favourite books and this one is kind of a sequel to Peeps.

I really liked the parts where you learnt a little bit more about the disease, or those who are parasite positive. I also thought the music aspect was really cool.

As well as there being a story about the end of the world, there was the story of a bunch of people trying to create a band. It was quite interesting how the two tied together to be honest. There were one or two things that set some of the characters apart but I found that I still had to check the chapter each time to see whose perspective I was reading from.

I think my favourite characters were Moz and Pearl. It was good to see a brief appearance of a couple of characters in Peeps though, which was pretty cool. Feb 22, Carie rated it liked it. Not as good as Peeps, but an interesting, entertaining sequel. The story kept me reading, but I had some issues with one person and the direction the plot went for some of the characters. View 2 comments. This sickness though I thought caused by her boyfriend relationship with Mark prior breaking up the band Nervous System and had complete mystery to me.

I found the new lives of Minerva worth thinking about, which involved her becoming close to Moz. While the city seems to be going through changes only noticeable to people seeing these changes. All things else seems to have gone as normal. But the haunting horrors occurring in the city perpetually around five vivid dieharding musicians have accepted Minerva as their new band lead singer.

The drummer is unnerved by her allowing the singer sing, strangely enough. Moz played well. Five fawesome musicians of The Last Days work at learning how they sound as a new band in a city that needs a New Sound, and they then take a chance to find a studio signer. Jul 24, Gerri Leen rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorite-author. I live in awe of this man's ability to world-build. In this series, in the Uglies collection, and in the Midnighters trilogy, he has created unique and fun worlds that are derivative of pretty much nobody not an easy trick once, let alone three times.

Uglies takes the world-building to the most extreme angle, with its own language and an Earth society definitely very far away from our own, but he can do it with things closer to home, too. The Last Days is a sequel to Peeps , one of the most uni I live in awe of this man's ability to world-build. The Last Days is a sequel to Peeps , one of the most unique takes on vampires I've ever read and I've read a ton of them.

I don't want to spoil things by telling you what The Last Days is about other than a rock band, but definitely start with Peeps you'll learn a lot about diseases as you read it, and in a very fun way. Both books read incredibly fast, with characters you will care about--even though some of them are way outside the norm. That's one of his gifts, making the not normal seem within reach.

Nov 10, Crowinator rated it liked it Shelves: ya , vamps-and-or-werewolves , other-monsters , genre-horror , reads.

Posted to my Livejournal in April , saved here for posterity: I liked this one less than Peeps, but perhaps that's to be expected in a sequel to a book I hardly found any fault in. Peeps was a great mix of smart humor and B-movie brilliance -- not only did Westerfeld totally rework the vampire myth, he used it to spin out a larger, crazier story about underground worm-like monsters soon to rise from the depths to devour mankind.

Who would have thought vampires would save us all, right? The La Posted to my Livejournal in April , saved here for posterity: I liked this one less than Peeps, but perhaps that's to be expected in a sequel to a book I hardly found any fault in. The Last Days followed up with that pretty well, and I did like the way he used music as a pied piper sort of lure for the worms and vampires, but I missed the humor and irreverence of the first one.

I missed the characters from Peeps, too, especially Cal and his snarky little lectures on parasites. But at least now I can say I have read all of Westerfeld's books except Extras, and I'll get to that eventually, too. Apr 16, Afira rated it liked it. I always did wonder how the Night Watch would eliminate all those worms and wipe the parasite outta all those people.. Guess this books answers it. Basically, this book is about how five teenagers make one song that manages to save the world.

Funky huh? What displeased me about this book was the fact that Moz didn't end up with who I wanted him to. At all. This might sounds so stupid, but pairings in a book are important for me. Sep 23, Jackie "the Librarian" rated it really liked it Recommends it for: teens 13 and up. Shelves: blood-sucking-fiends , youngadult , sciencefiction. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

Spoiler alert! The sequel to Peeps , a parasitical disease is changing people into vampire-like mutants with enhanced powers. Cal is a carrier, but you don't see much of him here. Instead, you follow a guitar player as he meets some fellow musicians and puts together a band. But there's something unusual about the music they are making. It has weird rhythms, and if they play long enough it draws gigantic worm things from deep underground.

The worms have a connection to the parasites. I enjoyed all t Spoiler alert! I enjoyed all the details about the group and the music. I thought the worm plot was silly, but not enough to ruin the book for me.

So if you are a musician who enjoys teen vampire stories, you will love this book! Dec 26, SR rated it really liked it Shelves: dystopian , fantasy-vampires , music-fanclub , interpersonal. Not as good as Peeps, less But then I've always been better at relating to science geeks than to music people, although I've had a fair amount of experience with music Must nitpick.

Alana Ray keeps using factorial notation n! Factorial is n n-1 n There's no name or notation for the addition sequence. The factorial notation - rather, phrasing the number relationship as an equation - emphasizes her ability with number Not as good as Peeps, less The factorial notation - rather, phrasing the number relationship as an equation - emphasizes her ability with numbers, but The first time it said 6!

It's bothering me. Just sayin'. Jan 29, Jessie rated it did not like it. Whether this was a sequel to Peeps or not, this book was a big disappointment compared to Peeps. I loved Peeps so I was hoping for more of the same from the author--unfortunatley, not so. This book was strange to say the least. Everything in it was over the top from the characters names to the description from the musicians POVs to the setting.

It just sort of lost me. It switches POV so frequently that it is hard to follow the storyline let alone care about the characters that make up the story Whether this was a sequel to Peeps or not, this book was a big disappointment compared to Peeps.

It switches POV so frequently that it is hard to follow the storyline let alone care about the characters that make up the storyline. I was really left thinking, "What!? I would not recommend this book even to the fans of Scott Westerfeld. Nov 18, Denise rated it liked it Shelves: ya-and-middle-grade. This sequel to Peeps is fairly well-written, but it lacks the pacing and development of the first novel.

I don't find the characters as likable, nor the story as compelling. Some plot points just seem weird to me, and far-fetched even for a novel about parasites that turn people into vampires. Still, it's enjoyable enough, an easy read overall. I highly recommend reading Peeps first, because the author seems to assume the reader knows the backstory from the first book.

I would have found The Las This sequel to Peeps is fairly well-written, but it lacks the pacing and development of the first novel. I would have found The Last Days hard to follow without this prior knowledge, because explanations are few. Dec 22, Heather G Gentle rated it liked it. Probably would give more like 2. The story was "ok", the characters were "ok", the ending was "ok". I just think this had a lot more potential than it actually delivered.

And if I ever have to hear the Probably would give more like 2. And if I ever have to hear the word "fawesome" again I think I'll puke.

Dec 06, Kathy Kindle-aholic rated it it was ok Shelves: ya. I think with fewer narrators there were 5 , I would have given this one more points. I really like the whole idea behind "vampires" in this book they are caused by parasites. I liked the characters pretty well, but with so many different POVs, it was hard to get attached to any of them. And for me to really enjoy a book, I need to get attached to at least one of the characters.

The action was all right, but there would likely have been more, again, with fewer narrators. Interesting, and still I think with fewer narrators there were 5 , I would have given this one more points.

Interesting, and still a fast-paced read that kept my attention, but not as good as Peeps. Dec 17, Margaret rated it it was ok Shelves: fantasy-and-science-fiction , read , children-s-and-ya-fiction , authors-vw. This is a sequel to Peeps , but I didn't like it as much. I do generally like band books, so that wasn't it; I think it might have been the multiple POVs, which made it feel a little unfocused to me. It just all felt a little sketchy, I guess: fun to read, but doesn't stick in my mind the way Peeps did.

Jul 11, Jenny rated it liked it. The first book in this series was great with Cal from Texas as the main character. In this book you are introduced to members of a band and each chapter is from their point of view. I liked the characters, but having so many characters made it a bit confusing.

I felt like Pearl was the strongest character and maybe it should have been from her point of view for the whole book. That's my two cents, anyway.

Jun 28, Wealhtheow rated it liked it Shelves: sci-fi. The sequel to one of my favorite vampire novels, Peeps. All new characters, though Cal and co. It's a great tale, but by the end, when the apocalyptic battles have finally come, it's all related after the fact, rather than shown. It's effective, but annoying. Aug 26, J Wren rated it liked it Shelves: ya. Nov 11, T. Collins rated it liked it. The Last Days is pretty typical of Scott Westerfeld in the sense that it has a good premise and it starts well, but then it kinda derails and doesn't end as well as it should.

In fact, it doesn't really conclude so much as it just ends. This is an issue that's only compounded by the fact that The Last Days is the sequel to Peeps.

A lot of the groundwork for this book's premise had already been done. But instead of dealing with the idea that this band can end the apocalypse, it just kind of Once it's established that Min can use her voice to attract worms, it's so close to the end that it can only head to a rushed conclusion rather than a satisfying one.

Really, what the series needed was a third book that dealt with that part of the story. The building blocks were already there and they'd been put together really well; they just needed for it to be fleshed out a little more.

The other thing that annoyed me about this book was the dialogue. A lot of the dialogue and, by extension, the characters' inner monologues came off as being an adult man trying too hard to write trendy teenagers. I will grant you that, at least back in the late '00s when this book first came out, there were some kids who were into alt music that would talk in this weird faux-slang way that some of the characters in this book do, but they tended to be few and far between.

They also tended to be decidedly less popular than any of these characters. This made the dialogue seem jarring. I think the best way for a guy in his forties to write teenage slang for his work is to basically not do that.

It'd also make sense given the genre--YA kids basically always talk like adults, except for when the author is trying too hard to seem hip.

That being said, The Last Days has a lot of good things going for it. It's a book about a band that doesn't get too caught up in the nitty-gritty of musical theory, and with the exception of the chapter titles, it doesn't get too caught up on Scott Westerfeld's music preferences, either. That's the best direction this book could have gone in. It also has an autistic character, Alana Ray, who's actually good.

She doesn't suffer from the Rain Man syndrome where she's an idiot savant, and she doesn't suffer from the I Am Sam syndrome where she's so low functioning that there's no way she could function as well as the plot requires her to.

She's just a normal person with autism. I think a lot of other writers especially those in Hollywood could stand to learn a thing or two from this portrayal. I'm not really sure if this book ever really had the space to develop these new characters as well as it could have, though. Because of that, despite a compelling plot and having some likeable characters, I have to wonder if it wouldn't have been better if The Last Days hadn't have been narrated by Cal instead of the members of the band in this book.

May 31, Debora rated it liked it. I actually enjoyed this a bit more than the first. Pros: - the plot line was really fun to follow. Really fun but also foreboding at the same time. The disease that is being spread is told in a much simpler, less info dumpy way than in th 3. The disease that is being spread is told in a much simpler, less info dumpy way than in the first. The first i felt could have been cut down significantly actually. I probably would have eaten up this series during my Twilight phase.

If you see a Google Drive link instead of source url, means that the file witch you will get after approval is just a summary of original book or the file has been already removed. Loved each and every part of this book. I will definitely recommend this book to young adult, paranormal lovers. Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Read Online Download. Great book, The Last Days pdf is enough to raise the goose bumps alone.

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