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Razor Girl (SHOMI) | 
 enlarge | Author: Marianne Mancusi
Publisher: Shomi
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Rating:  8 reviews
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Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 308
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0505527804
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780505527806
ASIN: 0505527804
Publication Date: August 26, 2008
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iTHE WORLD HAS ENDED, MOLLY. PWHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?/i PMolly Anderson is not your average twenty-one-year-old. It's been six years since she and her family escaped into a bunker, led by her conspiracy theorist father and his foreknowledge of a plot to bring about the apocalypse. But her father's precautions didn't stop there. Molly is now built to survive. PYes, Ian Anderson's favorite book gave him ideas on how to "improve" his daughter. Molly is faster, stronger, and her ocular implants and razor-tipped nails set her apart. Apart, when--venturing alone out of the bunker and into a plague ravaged, monster-ridden wilderness--what Molly needs most is togetherness. Chase Griffin, a friend from her past, is her best bet. But while he and others have miraculously survived, the kind boy has become a tormented man. Together, these remnants of humanity must struggle toward trusting each other and journey to the one place Molly's father believed all civilization would be reborn: The Magic Kingdom, where everyone knows it's a small world after all.
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 Great Read November 6, 2008
Popin (Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The safe house Molly Anderson and her mother were staying in just opened. Molly has to say goodbye to her dead mother, as she makes the trek to Disney Land to find her father and to help save the world. Before the apocalypse took over, Molly's father, Ian, implanted robotic parts into Molly's body. Making her Razor Girl. The plan was that Molly and her mother would stay in the safe house while Ian waits for them at Disney Land. br / br /So when the doors finally open, six years after her father left, Molly knows what she has to do. When she steps foot outside, she finds that her neighbourhood is a lot different than how it use to be; people are scarce, zombies roam around looking for their next meal, and the towns are all, but destroyed. br / br /As Molly sets out on her adventure, a zombie comes up and attacks her. Chase is there and watches in amazement as Molly kill the zombies with her new robotic nails. They don't realize at first that they know each other, but when they do the pain that was hidden during the last six years resurfaces and there is tension between the two right from the get-go. Chase reluctantly agrees to go with Molly, provided he brings his band of children with him. Not his children, but children he and his brother Tank rescued, but they are going to realize that getting there is going to be harder than they imagined and that things don't always appear as they really are. br / br /Razor Girl takes place in two different time periods, pre and post apocalypse, with each chapter going back and forth between the two. When I first found out this was how the story was going to be like, I was a little concerned that I'll get so into the pre or post chapters and not want to read the other one. Or, that the changing of the chapters would just get confusing. Thankfully, that didn't happen. It smoothed nicely, though I did find myself liking what happened pre-apocalypse more. br / br /The tension between Chase and Molly were great. Even though there were times when I just wanted them to talk, instead of wondering what the other one was saying. It has been six years since the two saw each other and they broke contact in a not so nice away, so when they'd argue or wonder if the other is angry at them it felt real. It was frustrating, because you want them together; even though you know it is going to happen. There is a sex scene between the two that almost felt like it didn't need to be there. If the sex scene was taken out, it still would have been a great novel. br / br /Now, while the romance was great, I liked how it didn't overpower the story, just like in Moongazer. Mancusi does a great job with balancing the action and romance making it flow, as oppose to making one the main focal point while the other in the backburner. br / br /The setting and the world that was created was fun to read as well. In the pre-apocalypse chapters, there are scenes of Molly and her friend playing with a SIM, a virtual reality console that lets you become one with the game. Another thing that was interesting was how there was a cure for AIDS, so everyone who wants to have sex has to be vaccinated giving you the LTF, license to well you know what. All this little things gave life to the environment and really made it seem like the world was set in the future. br / br /Definitely check this book out. It's a fun read and a great addition to SHOMI. br /
 Gritty and absorbing futuristic world October 8, 2008
Bookaholics Reviewer (Bay Area, California)
Razor Girl by Marianne Mancusi br /Mass paperback release date August 26, 2008 br / br /4 stars br /Razor Girl is a solid Futuristic Romance. And one I would recommend for those readers who love the genre. Marianne Mancusi weaves a tale of Molly Anderson. She is the new "Bionic Woman". She has been outfitted with ocular implants, deadly, razor-like nails and nanotechnology to make her faster and stronger. She has just been released from a 6 year confinement with one mission. She must find her father. The problem: this new, unfamiliar world is fraught with danger after a deadly virus either kills humans or mutates them into flesh eating zombies. Molly must get to her destination soon because her nanotechnology is failing her, if left unchecked will lead to her death. Added to her stress, Molly has promised to take her old friend Chase and the band of children he cares for along. br / br /Mariane Mancusi has created a world that is absorbing. The atmosphere is real and gritty. Molly is young so she is learning and not quite the superhero but still very much the vulnerable young girl. Chase is an atypical "beta hero" and carries a lot of insecurities throughout the story. Readers who enjoy strong Alpha males may be disappointed. The writing is clear and sure, but does have frequent flashbacks. While the flashbacks are crucial to the plot, I felt they slowed down the pacing and intensity of the story. I found the characters' journey exciting but had mixed feeling after what I felt was an anticlimactic ending. br / br /Reviewed by Steph at Bookaholics Romance Book Club br /
An apocalyptic coming of age futuristic romance that does the horror film genre proud September 18, 2008
Leslie Tramposch (Moon Township, PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Note: The story alternates between two time periods bringing the tale full circle. br / br /The year 2030: Fifteen year old Molly Anderson has a very different home life than the rest of her peers living in Monroeville, SC. Her scientist father Ian had once worked for the government enhancing human soldiers into remorseless cybernetic killing machines. Ian however had been capable of remorse and had withdrawn from his government projects. This had landed him in prison for a period. Now he secluded himself in his basement laboratory preparing for the "End of Days", and kept his only child from enjoying the latest advancements in technology. Ian believed that the government was tapped into all the electronic gizmos that all of Molly's friends enjoyed, VR sim games, modern communication devises, computers, television, even e-readers. He'd even rejected her pleas to get the AIDs vaccine, a license to have sex, like everyone else her age. This had her boyfriend Drew extremely frustrated with her. Drew was the most popular boy in school and the only thing buoying her social status, which would otherwise have been undermined by her strange and reclusive father. Her mother Ashley was the cookie baking "June Cleaver" that every kid wanted for a mom, but she had stayed loyal to her husband through thick and thin. Ashley coped with life by taking prescription medications to dull her senses. br / br /Molly humored her father for the most part, training with him to prepare for the apocalypse while enjoying a normal life on the outside with her friends. Her other big problem was the sweet but geeky neighbor boy, Chris Griffin, who has had a very obvious crush on her since the first grade. She didn't know which was more embarrassing, her lack of sexual experience, her doomsday spouting father, or her lovesick stalker. br / br /Still when Chris calls on Molly to help him with a sick elderly neighbor, she capitulates starting as strange sequence of events. Instead of an ambulance being sent, men with respirators take the woman away in a government van and she is not heard from again. In the meantime Drew does what one has learned to expect from the popular boy who's girlfriend is not putting out and is caught cheating by Molly. Chris does some illegal computer searches and discovers people all over the world are becoming ill and believes an epidemic or plague could be responsible. He convinces Molly to introduce him to her scientist father, but rather than embrace Chris' conspiracy theory as one might expect, Ian is close mouthed and later tells his daughter to stay away from Chris. More angry than heartbroken over the betrayal by her shallow boyfriend, Molly continues to see Chris to try to uncover the mystery. br / br /Things get much worse when they discover the hospitals truly are filled to capacity with many patients dying and the ones who didn't were becoming mindless infectious zombies who fed on the rest of humanity. Molly's dad insists he has safeguards against the viral apocalypse and forbids her to leave the house unless she submits to cybernetic enhancements. Molly refuses and sneaks out to make her own escape plans with her friends. But when she finds herself pitted against a zombie herself she realizes what she must do. br / br /The year 2036: The timer Ian that had rigged to the family survival shelter had at long last opened its doors. Molly's mom had popped the last handful of meds, taking the easy way out leaving Molly to face what is outside alone. Ian had not joined the women their seclusion but had given them the directive to find him beneath the security laden underground of the Magic Kingdom (that's right Disney World) to begin a new society. A new cybernetically enhanced Molly emerges to do just that. She is stunned as everyone's images of an apocalypse had been a totally devastated earth instead, free of human influence the world had blossomed into an unruly jungle. Molly is on a deadline because her enhancements are breaking down and she must reach her father before she is completely disabled. The last thing she expected to find were survivors right there in her own little town. The first she meets is Chase who she eventually realizes is a 21 year old, to die for, Chris Griffin. A hot but very hurt and angry Chris Griffin whom she'd once loved and then abandoned in favor of her father's plan. Humans had not been the only survivors. Unlike Molly - Chris, his older brother and a small band of other children had spent the last six years following their own survival plan, battling the infected creatures while holed up in an abandoned WalMart, losing members one by one. br / br /Chase convinces Molly to spend the night at the WalMart where she meets the rest of the survivors led by Tank, a.k.a. Trey Griffin, Chase's older brother. There she discovers that a member of the band is under quarantine after the latest zombie attack. It is Chase's turn to guard him but he lingers to speak to Molly and the next thing they know their friend has turned, escaped and killed Tank. In his dying breath Tank passes the mantle of leadership to Chase. br / br /Chase feels ill equipped to take over the responsibility. Like Molly's mother, Chase has fallen prey to prescription pain killers in order to cope. Still there are the children to protect and Molly, who though she is physically equipped to fight has had no experience battling the "Others". Though they can only slow her down, Chase convinces Molly that they must all set forth together. What perils will they face along the way? Will Molly and Chase's love survive and what indeed will they find when they finally arrive at the "Happiest place on Earth?" br / br /Though the SHOMI imprint is supposedly geared to the younger generation, as a member of the baby boomer generation, I have loved every one of them. With RAZOR GIRL however I truly feel for the first time that the story has really empowered the young. RAZOR GIRL showcased their potential for strength and courage, under the direst of circumstances while dealing with the everyday problems that face their generation - sex, drugs, over protective parents. Marianne Mancusi is known for writing both adult romance and young adult novels. Here she has combined both genres with a touch of horror to create a poignant and thrilling coming of age adventure that which has appeal for all ages. Having grown up in the "Burg," the setting for the George Romero movies referenced in this tale, I feel that Ms. Mancusi and RAZOR GIRL have done the "Living Dead" genre proud. Kudos! ~ reviewed for PNR Reviews br /
exhilarating apocalyptic thriller August 31, 2008
Harriet Klausner
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a teen everyone thought scientist Ian Anderson was a lunatic because he believed the world was coming to an end. Obsessed he obtained an obsolete fallout shelter and filled it with food and water to last six years. Ian trained his fifteen year old daughter Molly to protect herself by teaching her martial arts. br / br /When a pandemic flu begins rapid spreading, no one thought anything of it unless they caught it; that is until rumors spread that the hospitals are refusing patients. Molly and her friend Chris Griffin investigate only to affirm it much more than the rumor. They watch a zombie kill someone. Her dad performs some surgical enhancements on his daughter to keep her safe. Soon afterward, Molly and her mom enter the shelter. br / br /Six years later, Molly exits the fallout shelter only to have her mom die. She heads to Disney World to meet her father, who had stayed outside to work on a more permanent haven. On her trek, she meets Chris who calls himself Chase now; he explains the Others, as he and his few allies, call the zombies, are intelligent precise militias. As they search for her dad, they also protect eight little kids from the deadly pack. br / br /This exhilarating apocalyptic thriller effortlessly rotates back and forth between just prior to and six years after the pandemic disaster although some readers will find that story line approach somewhat off-putting especially when a sequence hooks the reader. Still Molly is a fabulous superheroine as all she has to do is save the world. Young adult readers will enjoy her efforts and the support from her sidekick Chase (gender bending the natural order intended it to be). br / br /Harriet Klausner br /
 Futuristic Tale with Zombies and the Apocalypse With a Punch (B Grade) August 28, 2008
C. Garrabrant (Bloomfield, NJ USA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Marianne Mancusi takes an end of the world apocalypse scenario crossed with flesh eating zombies in Razor Girl, her latest from Dorchester Publishing. Razor Girl takes place during two different times period with flashbacks to a futuristic Earth in 2030 and then six years later where humanity is barely surviving. br / br /The Year 2030 br /In 2030, the AIDS virus has been cured, VR simulation games are the norm and the decade of the 1980's are considered to be the ultimate era in music and movie classics. Fifteen year old Molly Anderson is a typical teenager of this time who pals around with her best fiend Erin and lives in middle class suburbia with a mother who still bakes cookies and a father, a scientist who is a bit "out there." Mr. Anderson feels the end of days is upon them and wants Molly to be ready. He will train her in self defense along with placing robotic implants in her body. Anderson used to work as a medical researcher who invented cybernetic implants to turn human soldiers into stronger, faster killing machines. (Can we say Terminator, anybody?) Anderson wants Molly to have these implants such as razors that shoot out of her fingers ala Wolverine from X-Men. Of course Molly thinks her dad is off his rocker and humors him. That is until people start failing ill. br / br /Chris Griffin has a bad crush on Molly much like Ducky had for Andie in the 1986 movie, Pretty in Pink. Molly can't stand Chris because she thinks he is a dork and a straight out nerd. When Molly notices her elderly neighbor is very sick, and Chris comes to help out, they are in for a shock. Being the good neighbors that they are, they call 911. Out of the blue, two men in uniforms with respirators covering their faces grab the sick old lady and push her into a van. Chris and Molly are able to get away before they are also taken away. From that point on they become friends and begin to investigate why everyone is getting sick. br / br /People are deteriorating and fast. Suddenly the dead are rising, becoming bloodthirsty zombies. Chris and Molly have no choice but to save themselves. Chris and Molly will go up to the mountains with Chris's brother Trey till things die down. Unfortunately Molly's dad has other plans for her that don't involve Chris. br / br /The year 2036 br /After six years, Molly and her mother now can leave the fall out shelter they were placed in by her father that was filled with supplies and a timer that would unlock the shelter after six years. Molly never met Chris at the meeting point and allowed her father to go through the procedure to make her into Razor Girl, a true superhero. Now after six years, Molly must make the dangerous journey to Florida to find her father. Anderson inserted a special code into Molly's brain that is the key to rebuilding the world. In order to get it out, she needs to find her father. If she doesn't she will slowly get weak and perhaps die. Molly has no clue what is up above but will take the chance. But, Molly will not be going alone because the first person she sees is Chris now nicknamed, Chase. br / br /Chase is no longer the dorky yet lovable geek Molly once knew. Chase is not too happy with the way Molly left him but lets bygone be bygones and soon Chase brings her into the fold where his older brother, some friends and outcast children are. Molly is ready to move on but Chase doesn't want to her to go, since he only just found her again. But Molly is on a mission and it is a dangerous one. Chase has to decide if he is willing to put the lives of the innocent children in his protection to venture into a vast wasteland where humanity has been erased and there may be no hope for the future. br / br /Marianne Mancusi has written a riveting story with Razor Girl. Her vision of the world in 2030 seems very believable especially with the technology that is used. I especially liked how Mancusi showed a future where there are still loving families and homes that have teens who deal with everyday problems just like the teens of our present. But then things get really interesting with an out of this world end of days scenario from a super flu that ends up killing off the majority of the human race, and in turn, some of these unlucky souls become undead zombies looking for their next victims. br / br /Razor Girl has a comic book feel along with a lot of pop culture references. There are about five movies alone I can reference as I was reading from Dawn of the Dead to Mad Max. And even though this should be a dark depressing book, it wasn't. What happens is truly a horrendous thing, but I like how Marianne shows how young people under the age of twenty-one can survive. They are not inane or too childish or afraid to take action to protect themselves. When a horrible situation arises, it is time to grow up and that is what she does with Chase and Molly. br / br /Even though Razor Girl is considered a romance, I felt that was very secondary to everything that was happening. And if Marianne had decided to leave out one such scene where Chase and Molly express their love for each other, this would have been a great young adult novel, which Marianne is also known for writing. br / br /I think most readers will enjoy the action and overall plot found in Razor Girl. Some reader may have some issues with the overall dialogue and how a six year period is too short of a time period for the breakdown of society. I actually didn't mind because that is one scary thought to think that it could take less than a decade for the majority of humanity to become rabid amoral creatures. br / br /Katiebabs
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