The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey was a zombie apocalyptic read from the point of view of a very special "hungry" girl named Melody. She gains your sympathies with her innocents and intelligence. She is sweet... except when she smells human flesh, then she turns into a blood-thirsty crazed animal. She has been infected with a super deluxe zombie virus. For a reason scientists can't understand, she is still able to function as a human when her senses to feed aren't triggered. They plan to cut into her brain and figure out why. Que hero, Miss Justineau, who saves Melody from dissection just as a group of crazed (non human functioning,) zombies invade their lab. A small group, including Melody, a mad scientist, two guards and Miss Justineau escape and head for one of the last human cities *rolls eyes*. They face many scary challenges, some they overcome and some others succumb to. The entire book I was rooting for Melody and turning against my own species. It was a deliciously weird read, with a strangely satisfying end. I've read several zombie books and even though this was definitely unique, it still had some overdone details that I'm tired of seeing every author use. 3.5 stars.