Last One at the Party
Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror , Science Fiction & Fantasy
Hardback Published on: 04/02/2021
£12.99
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What would you do?
What would you do if you were the lone survivor of a plague that wiped out all of civilisation? Well that’s what our main character is trying to figure ou... READ MORE
Good efoortb from this debut author but needed more.
Firstly thanks to the publishers for an advanced copy.This is a dystopian novel a bit too near to the current situation but much worse.A pandemic originate... READ MORE
Bridget Jones meets the end of the world
This is literally the funniest books I have read so far this year. Based on the title I was not expecting it to have so much substance, or for it to be so ... READ MORE
Pandemic death adventure life
If like me you enjoy an end of the world kind of book you should definitely have this on your to be read list. The way the author describes life in a deser... READ MORE
Synopsis
THE END OF EVERYTHING WAS HER BEGINNING
It's December 2023 and the world as we know it has ended.
The human race has been wiped out by a virus called 6DM ('Six Days Maximum' - the longest you've got before your body destroys itself).
But somehow, in London, one woman is still alive. A woman who has spent her whole life compromising what she wants, hiding how she feels and desperately trying to fit in. A woman who is entirely unprepared to face a future on her own.
Now, with only an abandoned golden retriever for company, she must travel through burning cities, avoiding rotting corpses and ravenous rats on a final journey to discover if she really is the last surviving person on earth.
And with no one else to live for, who will she become now that she's completely alone?
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 9781529332124
- Number of pages: 368
- Weight: 587g
- Dimensions: 240 x 160 x 36 mm
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View allI loved everything about this book it was fabulous so don't miss it !!
I just loved this book it was so addictive and such a compelling story that just took over my life. Narrated by a woman and describing events both past and... READ MORE
How would you cope if you were the last one left alive?
In 2023, a deadly virus named 6DM (as you have 6 days more to live after you’ve got it) sweeps the globe. In a England, the virus leaves a woman in its wak... READ MORE
A sensational debut that everyone needs to read.
"Everything had stopped.
And it would never start again.
Ever."
Last One at the Party is a sensational debut that everyone needs to read. I was strange... READ MORE
Amazing Tale of Survival
This is a triumph of a debut and well worth all the 5 star reviews it must surely get.
Last one at the party is about a lone woman surviving the end of t... READ MORE
Funny and scarily descriptive post apocalyptic story
It took me two attempts to read this book as I’m not sure I was in the right frame of mind first time round. The premise of the story is that a dreadful vi... READ MORE
Very Timely
I really enjoyed this book, and think its a fantastically written examination of what it would be like to be an average person and the last left alive afte... READ MORE
A life-changing journey of self discovery
This book is superb and very well written. Although I found the subject matter quite upsetting to deal with at times, I was compelled to continue reading a... READ MORE
Fun, truthful and moving.
I read Last One At The Party after racing through it over 48hrs and, though it might seem a bit strange to say it when it is about the end of humanity as w... READ MORE
Definitely not a run of the mill post-apocalypse story!
I started reading this after dinner one evening, so reasonably late in the day, and then carried on reading until I went to bed. I really should have left ... READ MORE
Amazing read
Andover, Kansas is now as famous as Wuhan as this is where the deadly virus 6DM (6 day maximum). It sweeps the world, there’s chaos, madness and devastatio... READ MORE
Breathtaking and overwhelming
Breathtaking in the way in which it has had such a major impact on the way I deal with my practical and emotional reaction to our current corona virus cris... READ MORE
Brilliant debut
I'm really glad the writer included a note at the beginning, explaining the inspiration behind the story, and how the subject of a pandemic was already tho... READ MORE
Just brilliant!
What a read! I can remember the last time I was so engrossed in a book! A dystopian novel set in the near future, this is shocking , heart-warming, sad, ha... READ MORE
Fantastic Debut
Thank you to Netgalley, Hodder & Stoughton & Bethany Clift for this ARC of Last One At The Party. I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review. ... READ MORE
The end of the world....
So in the grip of a devastating global pandemic, what better thing to read than a book set in the wake of a devastating global pandemic, but I’m jolly glad... READ MORE
Breathtaking
Breathtaking in the way in which it has had such a major impact on the way I deal with my practical and emotional reaction to our current corona virus cris... READ MORE
Dark, Visceral and utterly compelling
Dark, visceral, vivid and utterly compelling. On reflection this possibly wasn’t the most comforting book to be reading in the midst of a global pandemic, ... READ MORE
Thought-provoking
A good, sometimes too close for comfort, read which is thought provoking and sometimes, honestly, quite terrifying.
I read this book over the course of a... READ MORE
Character led dystopia
I was a little slow to pick this up. Seeing as we're in the middle of a pandemic, and I can barely manage home working and home schooling right now, did I ... READ MORE
An eerily familiar near future
I received an advance e-copy of this book. (I have also bought a hardback copy!)
There is so much in Last One at the Party. It is a brilliant premise, adm... READ MORE
Unique and compelling
28 Days Later by way of Bridget Jones - like nothing you've ever read before, with a loveable but imperfect narrator and a great mix of humour, thrills, an... READ MORE
Pandemic death adventure life
If like me you enjoy an end of the world kind of book you should definitely have this on your to be read list. The way the author describes life in a deser... READ MORE
Cracking debut!
Last One at the Party is Bethany Clift's fantastic debut novel.
Clift has written a book that embraces one of my favourite premises - an apocalyptic road ... READ MORE
Surprised me
Read this book in one sitting and it surprised me by how much I liked it. The current situation (covid) was mentioned along with Brexit which kept it groun... READ MORE
A Tonal Triumph
It’s a difficult task for any contemporary novel written subsequent to the events of 2020 to avoid mention of the pandemic and, as though cognizant of this... READ MORE
Horrible, Darkly Humorous, Brilliant, Emotional
My Five Word TL/DR review : Horrible, Darkly Humorous, Brilliant, Emotional
This is going to be a fairly quick review because I basically don’t want to gi... READ MORE
Compulsive read that stays with you
With thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for an advance review copy.
I'd give it 3.5 stars in fact, because of the lovely dog.
The first thing to say ... READ MORE
Not for the sensitive!
This was a hard read. It's set a mere couple of years from now, with COVID-19 fresh in everyone's memories. A new virus appears - this one called 6DM becau... READ MORE
Addictive!
Given that we are currently in lockdown 3 due to covid-19 pandemic I wasn't sure if this book would be a wise reading choice, but I had heard only great re... READ MORE
Last one at the party by Bethany Clift
I found this book quite intriguing and for a debut book by a new author it was an excellent first attempt and I would read more books by this author in fut... READ MORE
Great read
I went through every emotion for this character, so well written!
The ending annoyed a little but that's cause I don't like unanswered questions and I rea... READ MORE
An incredible book which I thoroughly enjoyed.
This is an incredible book. The description is given as: "It's November 2023. The human race has been wiped out by the 6DM virus (Six Days Maximum - the lo... READ MORE
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