The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza

What is going on Maybe nothing, I said Maybe the end of the world I ll let you know when I figure it out I m on the fence about The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza It has many great individual components, but when looking back over the novel as a whole, I didn t enjoy it as much as I d hoped I definitely didn t enjoy it as much as Hutchinson s We Are the Ants, which was one of my favourite reads of 2016.Having only read two of his books, I cannot say for certain, but I get the impression that Hutchi [...]

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Shaun David Hutchinson s The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza may be one of the craziest, most thought provoking books I ve read in some time, if not ever It s wild, poignant, forces you to suspend your disbelief, and some may even think it s sacrilegious or blasphemous, but it definitely cements Hutchinson as one of the best YA authors out there right now, one who combines science, emotion, and life s daily struggles to tremendous effect The apocalypse began at Starbucks Where else did you expect th [...]

The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza is like nothing I have ever read before or will ever read again It is an existential and oddly hilarious book about choices, with a wide cast of amazing characters and some weird mystery thrown in And I loved it so much I felt as if I could have read this forever.This book follows Elena Mendoza and she causes an apocalypse is gifted the power to heal people by an unknown entity Elena is a fucking master of sassing people, has a tendency to take her friends for gra [...]

What is going on Maybe nothing I said Maybe the end of the world I ll let you know when I figure it out so I m finally reviewing this book And Honestly I can t remember the last time I felt so indecisive about a book because I really wanted to love this and yet the I think about it the I don t think I do.This review is going to be hard to write The thing is, this book is by no means bad Shaun David Hutchinson is such an excellent writer and I constantly value the perfect mix of quirky, philoso [...]

I m falling asleep and I have to be at work at 5 am tomorrow, so I ll come back and write a very intensive review later Update 1 28 18 The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza has all the pieces that should make up a book I would love It is by Shaun David Hutchinson, the author of one of my favorite books of all time It s about Elena, a bisexual Cuban girl, dealing with huge philosophical choices There s a f f romance, and a Muslim side character who is figuring out whether or not he might fall on the ac [...]

I think the best thing to do is to go into this book not really knowing much about it Definitely five stars

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I ll always support fiction that gives baby Cthulu a voice On a humor level Shaun just gets me, or I get Shaun, or there is no getting but his work makes me laugh enough to keep coming back to it I m getting off track The Apocalypse begins at Starbucks and the story of Elena Mendoza begins with one of the best opening lines I have read in a while After saving her crush from a shooting on a Starbucks patio it s not a spoiler that much is given away in the description Elena is handed the impossibl [...]

Super interesting concept and story, that I devoured in a few short hours It gives the reader so much to think about, in terms of life and death, the state of our world, and love I ll simply say that I underlined a lot of passages in this one that I will hopefully reflect back on The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, was that I found it dragged a bit in the middle, and at times was a little repetitive But all in all, a solid book that will really make you think and question the world A [...]

I have received an ARC of this book through a giveaway hosted by the publisher This has not affected my rating in any way.This was absolutely fantastic I love it I love it I love it.There was one quote that stuck with me People who re suicidal believe they want to die They make a choice to actively end their lives, and they re determined to do it There are others who simply give up Whatever happens, happens, even if it s death I felt that and I m so here for Elena and Freddie Eleddie Frelena plu [...]

umwow Since this doesn t come out until February of 2018, I don t want to say too much, but what I will say is that this book is magnificent.I m going to be honest, I was quite worried going into this WE ARE THE ANTS is my favourite book of all time, I was frankly, disappointed with his 2017 release, AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE, but I also really loved THE FIVE STAGES OF ANDREW BRAWLEY, so there was still hope As always, ELENA was beautifully written and crafted, the characters were SO well done [...]

a book featuring a melodramatic, self hating, existential crisis having, confused bi young girl who wants to die can t believe my life has been plagiarized like this in other words, i loved it review soon.

No one is perfect, no one is flawless, and loving someone means admitting they have faults It means loving them, not in spite of those flaws, but because of them I loved this I knew I would love it from the day I pre ordered it, but the first hundred pages or so I was worried Then I became emotionally attached to all well, most of the characters and I knew everything was going to be just fine.For the first chunk, this book was almost too weird for me Mostly because no one else writes books quite [...]

More of a 2.5 unfortunatelyI am so disappointed with this book Shaun David Hutchinson wrote my favorite book of all time We Are the Ants Unfortunately, I haven t been very impressed with his books ever since This book felt like another copy and paste of the same premise as We Are The Ants, just not as good Which is the same feeling I got with his other book At the Edge of the Universe As another reviewer has said, I think Shaun David Hutchinson needs some fresh ideas, because all of his books si [...]

I liked this a lot than I thought I would, considering I DNFed another book by this author after two chapters I didn t think it was perfect, but I did really like it.Let s start with the good.The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza is a very weird book, and if you know me, you know I like weird It s about a bisexual girl of Cuban descent who had a virgin birth and can perform miracles.I like weird because it s a very interesting way to explore concepts, and those concepts can be everything the importan [...]

Readers who love the weird genre bending fiction of Shaun David Hutchinson won t be disappointed I d also hand it to readers who love and are itching for weird in the style of AS King And then for readers who love this book particularly the messages about life, about humanity, about saving the world would do well picking up Blake Nelson s DESTROY ALL CARS My favorite character was definitely Freddie Perhaps the most complex, challenging, and yet utterly real character who wavers between smart an [...]

Actual rating 4.5 Stars I just love Shaun David Hutchinson and his books so much I ve been waiting for this one and I can t believe I ve already finished reading it It was a fantastic edition to his end of the world series and I absolutely loved how it connected all of his other books together in one Stay tuned for a full review coming soon

I received an DRC from Edelweiss All opinions in this review are my own.I m going to say a possibly unpopular statement I think Shaun David Hutchinson should be as popular as Adam Silvera Sure, Hutchinson s books aren t nearly as tear jerky as Silvera s but they almost always feel authentic It s like Silvera is Pixar, a brilliant studio that makes incredible movies but always seem like they re trying to make you cry Hutchinson is like a really good director, tailoring each movie with a specifi [...]

Brilliant Just absolutely amazing.

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1.5 it s not you, shaun david hutchinson, it s me i ve discovered there are a few authors i don t click with very well shaun is, unfortunately, one of them i m gonna be honest, i had Very High expectations going into this book even though i kinda didn t really like we are the ants even when everybody i know seems to love it, but i still wanted to give the guy another chance cause, you know, the premise of this book sounded absolutely incredible and completely different from everything that s be [...]

I had a hard time with this one I was looking forward to SDH s quirkiness, but there were too many character prose issues to fall in love with Elena her world.First, the positives The representation here is great Elena is a bisexual Cuban teen who has a crush on Freddie, the girl she heals from the Starbucks parking lot This in turn leads to them getting to know each other better, eventually leading to a f f romance There s Fadil, Elena s Muslim best friend who is unsure whether he falls on the [...]

4.5 starsThe Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza is one of my most anticipated 2018 book releases and I m happy to say that I loved the book a lot It is a story about Elena Mendoza, who heals her crush from the fatal gunshot and starts the apocalypse, possible, maybe, it s complicated Elena was born from a virgin, aka a parthenogenesis, which was scientifically proved This novel is about humanity and choices I m not going into details, it s fun to experience the book without too much info.Despite hard [...]

this book genuinely invented literature also im obsessed w all the easter eggs in shaun david hutchinson s books my KING anyways he invented literature my gay ass is shook over this book

As with every Shaun David Hutchinson novel, this book is a little bit weird but a whole lot amazing I liked the small references to Hutchinson s past novels and the characters in The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza were pretty unique and memorable Full review to come

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4.5can elena mendoza and elena alvarez from odaat form a girl gang of queer girls named elena who fight the patriarchy and perform miracles I would pay good money to read that book or watch that tv show full rtc

So nothing about this book was bad, it s Shaun David Hutchinson.But to be honest I felt emotions when the book mentioned characters from Shaun s other books than I was when the characters from this book did anything.Here s what I think Shaun David Hutchinson always has a powerful, thought provoking way of writing Topics such as friendship, mental health, abuse, suicide, racial gender and sexual diversity are always brilliantly woven into his books And I appreciated that in this book too cuban M [...]

2.75Elena Mendoza was born from a virgin birth and since she was a child, objects have been speaking to her At first it was small things like make friends with Fadil but then the voices began to tell her to heal people to save the world Sound interesting I thought so too until I read it.I thoroughly enjoyed We Are the Ants and I also like genre blending stories so I was excited about Hutchinson s new book I personally think he got gipped in the award department with Ants and I think he thought s [...]