Resilient

By: Toni Cox

Narrated by: Juliet Jones

What would you do if you were the last person on Earth?

Resilient - it's what I need to be to survive this.

I don't know what happened, but the Africa I wake up to is not the friendly one I'm used to. Deathly silence and hollow-eyed corpses are all that greet me when I finally come to.

What happened? How will I survive?

I find out the hard way that I am not ready for the answers...or what comes next.

©2019 Toni Cox (P)2020 Toni Cox

4 Stars!

**Please note that Resilient was published in April 2019, which was before the CoVID Pandemic reached and changed our world forever.**

Resilient is my first novel by Cox and it did not disappoint! I enjoy dystopian, apocalyptic novels where people fight for survival from each other or from other creatures and with Resilient we get both!

Our narrator is Erika and she lives in South Africa as does Cox. Erika tells us her story and I was pulled in the entire time. What seemed like the flu at first and Erika woke up alone and it had been a week and then she realizes everyone is dead. She can’t find another single person! This disease killed extremely quickly. The beginning of Resilient was reminiscent of the first episode of The Walking Dead with Rick Grimes waking from his coma completely alone.

Erika is alone and we experience that with her. Being alone for an extended period is enough to drive a person crazy, luckily Erika is not totally alone after a while: Hello, Morgan the dog!!! Morgan was my favorite character after Erika. And whenever Morgan was mentioned, I feared for him. I kept thinking “Please don’t hurt/kill the dog!’

We see Erika struggle to survive and stock up on supplies for herself. In the beginning for Erika, it was seemingly weird to go ‘shopping’ and not pay for your items. Erika is smart, resourceful (OMG she thought to go to a library to research things she needed to know!), and has a strong drive to survive. In fact, she IS Resilient.

Erika was also very fortunate with her surroundings. If she had not had her parent’s house it would have been a completely different story. Eventually Erika comes across other survivors in various forms and then it becomes a battle to survive against each other. The novel goes in several different directions that I was not expecting that truly shows how much Erika grows over the course of this novella. I really liked Erika and was rooting for her the entire time. Though short, this novella covers a lot and is also a complete story.

I received an audible copy from Cox. Many thanks for it as I enjoyed going on Erika’s journey!

I fully enjoyed Juliet Jones’ narration as she really brought Erika to life for me. She will be a narrator I will be on the lookout for!

If you enjoy dystopian novels, I would recommend Resilient for you!

Resilient

Okay, this was a really good Apocalypse book. I really enjoyed the book a lot. I'm kind of sad about what happened to the other, but it takes on bad ass chick to do what she did. The ending was sad and happy at the same time. The narrator did a good job, too.

Loved it

Excellent end of the world story. Including a different kind of zombie. Totally enjoyed it. No foul language. No “adult situation”. Perfect.

Must listen

This was a different kind of book. I enjoyed it very much. The narrator did a very good job. This makes you think of things that could happen like this and makes you wonder what you would do. Throw in some scary scientists who have gone mad and you get a great story. I like the end where they go out and find other survivors in their country and get them all together. That is about the best way to survive something like that.

I received an advanced reader copy from Story Origin for an honest review.

survival

bio warfare turns out to be mass destruction with out a cure, The only survivors, the resilient are the possible cure to save the few that have survived.

Slice of life postapocalyptic story that escalates

Disclaimer: I received a free audiobook copy of this book.

It is nice to read a post-apocalyptic story with a female lead and not centered on the USA.

The narrator does a good job with the book. The sample for this book is a pretty good depiction of her voice and tone.

The book starts a day in the life of Erika, progresses to a slice-of-life post-apocalyptic story, before escalating to a thrilling survival/mystery story.

It's a short listen, at 5.5 hours long, but worth a check if you have a credit to use. I do wish it had been longer to flesh out the characters and world more, but you can’t have everything you want.

A Great Read

Toni Cox has written a creative, dystopic, fascinating tale centered around a young lady whose struggle to survive and subsequent growth paint a picture that the reader can experience almost as if viewing a movie. This book was excellent and I enjoyed it very much. Juliet Jones does an outstanding job as the narrator providing different voices for the characters. I was given a free copy of the audiobook and I have voluntarily left this review.

One incredible story

This has to be the most realistic apocalypse story I’ve heard it just says it the way I would think it would be like and I was captivated by the story and how the people acted and the way it played out. It is a well done story

A great story

The idea of this story was frightening. The thoughts of a virus released into the population is an awful those ight. A story full of determination, courage & friendship. The author did a great job with this story, a must read.

Interesting take on the end of the world

Well written and interesting take on the apocalypse. Different than the standard end of the world fare. I’ll be waiting for more from this author.