Media Source: e-book: Nook
Rating 3 out of 5 stars
Recommendation: I would recommend this novel for anyone who enjoys a post apocalyptic stories and stories of survival.
Planet Urth is a novel written by Jennifer and Christopher Martucci. It is a post apocalyptic novel that takes place on Earth after a biological war. The plants, animals, and humans have mutated into something hideous. Avery and her younger sister June have survived for 6 years on their own. When a herd of Urthmen and Lurkers threaten their safety, the girls need to decide the next steps they must take in order to survive.
Avery watched as the Urthmen killed her mother. Avery, her sister June and their father managed to escape the mutated humans only to spend the next several years surviving in the woods. Their father passed away leaving Avery to care for her sister and ensure no harm comes to them. One day while out hunting for food, Avery comes across another family of humans. Her hopes rise, but as she heads back to her cave, she was attacked by a couple of Urthmen, gets tangled in a mysterious creature's web, and chased by the Lurkers (creatures that hunt at night, making sundown a dangerous time of day). The Lurkers have discovered the girls' hiding spot and mark it in order to return. As Avery returns to warn the family of humans they are attacked by the Urthmen. No where in the woods is safe anymore and the group now must find another place to hide, hopefully a place with more humans.
The premise for the book is a great idea, but the execution of it is lacking. The idea of a teenage girl trying to survive in a world unfamiliar to them. Avery is a strong character with natural flaws that come with being a teenage girl. There isn't much development with Avery, and very little with June other than her trying to hunt big enough game to feed both her and Avery. This book has a lot of backstory and emotions throughout it. The climax of the story happens to close to the end for there to be any satisfaction for the readers. It sets the stage for the novels that come next in the series, and I do hope they get better in the progression of the story. It is very slow moving and focuses a great deal on descriptions, and minute details. In a story where the only humans are Avery and her sister, it seems there won't be much to the story, and as the story progresses the reader continues to feel that way. That is until Avery stumbles across the other humans, the Urthman and the Lurkers. Personally, there should have been more suspense earlier in the novel such as something happening with the Lurkers or something. There needed to be more meat to the story.
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