Reviews

Blackout by Mira Grant

magikspells's review against another edition

3.0

I wanted to like this book. No, I wanted to LOVE it. The first two are sitting happily on my favorites list, but somehow the end of this one just really really turned me off. I really can't pinpoint what it was.

I think I wanted to be ignore the whole tension between George and Shaun. But unfortunately it went the way I didn't want it to go, things got awkward, my ships sank, the clone coming back basically negates all the feelings I had for characters in the first two books, and if I hear anymore about how George needs a Coke, I'm going to punch someone. We get it, you're addicted and I bet you have cavities.

And I'm done. I loved my characters in the last books, I didn't like where it ended up.

googles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

roboghostworld's review against another edition

1.0

The plot of this one is just ok and the world building is almost nonexistent. the romance subplot is disgusting

m3l3fic3nt's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

srhhelm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

parablesarah's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

songwind's review against another edition

4.0

Mira Grant did an excellent job of wrapping up the Newsflesh Trilogy. The events of previous books are wrapped up, or at least brought to some sort of stability. Conspiracies are revealed, old friends are reunited, new friends are made. New and old friends both die horribly, eaten by zombies.

It's hard to think how to review anything specific about this book without giving away too much from the earlier books in the trilogy. If you liked them, you'll like this one, I think. If you haven't read them, you should go check them out before even worrying about book:Blackout|11806716].

If there is one thing I don't like about this book and its predecessor, it is that a lot of what drew me to the first novel, book:Feed|7094569] is lost. The adventures of Girl and Boy Reporter, uncovering the truth and bringing it to you, are lost in more standard adventures and secrecy. It's not really a bad thing in and of itself, but I miss it a bit.

I always hated

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books where death is impermanent. Maybe it's all those years of getting frustrated by comics. So after the end of [b:Deadline|8429687|Deadline (Newsflesh Trilogy, #2)|Mira Grant|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1314464938s/8429687.jpg|13292985], I was ready to be really let down by the "George is back from the dead" angle. I was pleased that Grant did an excellent job with it, and it wasn't any sort of miracle fix or running the clock backwards. George's clone is imperfect, her own person in many ways, and very conflicted. Her friends can't seem to decide if they are happy, terrified or disgusted when she appears. It works.

belkerd's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

_sirreadsalot_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

cabbage_patch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5