![]() ![]() Nevertheless, Ms Justineau is the highlight of Melanie’s days and it is not surprising that she has formed a crush on her.īut being a post-apocalyptic thriller, this is not a novel about appropriate student/teacher relationships – it’s fairly normal for kids to have a crush on a teacher at some stage, after all. She is then wheeled into a classroom with other children, all similarly restrained, to receive lessons from Ms Justineau. Each morning Melanie is greeted by guards who come to her cell and force her into restraints at gunpoint. But this isn’t any ordinary student/teacher relationship. He does this effectively by making his protagonist a child, Melanie, and her closest relationship with her teacher, Helen Justineau. In a new world, born in flames or plague or zombie holocaust, what would we be and how would we change? Carey’s tale certainly does raise questions. On the subject of apocalyptic thrillers, M.R.Carey states that they are, about ethical issues, that a lot of post-apocalyptic fiction uses the sweeping away of the here-and-now to explore the question of what endures. My edition of The Girl with all the Gifts has an author interview at the back. ![]()
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