What a depressing story. Death here, death there, death everywhere. And then only one little girl survived. 
 Not a story I'm going to read again. But why a two stars instead of one? I've no idea. Maybe because there actually was a story. Sufferings & heroics. Bad life. 
 I don't know what it is about guys' books, but they mostly end sadly. For example: Christopher Paolini's "Eragon" series and John Green's "The Fault in Our Stars". And btw I loved Paolini's books, except for the last book's ending.