Readability: 3/5
Plot: 4/5
Recommend: No

Alice regrets not believing her father. She didn't think this would happen to her. In one night, her life changed from blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined, everything was different now. They are real, those monsters, those zombies.

This was my second time rereading this, and I will say this was quite a disappointment. I had always wondered why this series wasn't more popular, but now I realize why. The story is somewhat original, but some sections felt slow. There was more the book could've brought, a better love story, better action scenes, etc.

Also, the dialogue in this book is interlaced with Alice's own thoughts. I didn't really like this, because occasionally, I had to go back and see whether she actually said something out loud. I liked how I could read her thoughts, but I felt there could've been a better distinction between thoughts and dialogue.

This might be super knit-picky, but I also don't personally like the long chapters. 18 chapters for 404, or 22 pages per chapter, means I keep taking breaks after each chapter. I like shorter chapters because I can justify "one more chapter" since it is quick, and a chapter means natural breaks. The longer chapters meant I kept putting the book down and not wanting to continue, kinda like being burned out or in a reading slump.