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3.0
Gone: In the blink of an eye, everyone of the elder above 15 years disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day. Some powers are also developing for good such as healers and protectors and teleporters
It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up and the control over resources will decide who will rule the nation. Townies against rich kids who consider them fortunate are now equal and they have learn to adapt or perish in chaos. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: on your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else behind the FAYZ walls.
Hunter:
It's been three months since everyone under the age of fifteen became trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ. Three months since all the adults disappeared.
Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving, but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers. There is wedge between people with super power, and normal kids and the are up against each other only healer is allowed to roam in both areas.
Tension rises and chaos is descending upon the town. It's the normal kids against the mutants. Each kid is out for himself, and even the good ones turn murderous.
Brianna and Lana as examples of strong females. However, in the heat of battle when Brianna is required to be strong, she instead decides to run away and cook herself a pigeon. By Sam, Caine and Duck (the male characters who come swooping in to rescue her), in fact. Also, most of the battle stuff is done man-to-man. Usually featuring Sam, Caine, Drake, Edilio, Orc and Jack; the girls tend to hide behind the rubble or are used to threaten their boyfriends.
But a larger problem looms. The Darkness, a sinister creature that has lived buried deep in the hills, begins calling to some of the teens in the FAYZ. Calling to them, guiding them, manipulating them. The Darkness has awakened. And it is hungry.
Lies:
This is the 3rd installment of the gone series. After adults got disappeared and there is food shortage is coming ahead of them with limited resources, the life is going to be difficult in coming days.
The writing was very good, as usual, but personally I would have loved a bit less POV's in the series. Especially since every book has few new characters that weren't there in the previous books. In Lies, we're introduced to five new characters who live on one of the islands trapped in the FAYZ. I liked reading about them, but I was just a tiny bit annoyed because there were another five characters we need to remember in the upcoming books.
Of course, there are also still the original characters; Sam, Astrid, Little Pete, Quinn, Caine, Diana, etc. And I liked reading about them. They all have issues, like the fights Sam and Astrid have, the fact that Caine and Diana and the other Coates kids are nearly starving to death; and I liked them for that. They have there imperfections, Astrid wasn't the perfect 'genius' that she was supposed to be, Sam wasn't the perfect hero that everyone thought he was, but that didn't matter. I liked them with there flaws.
Lies is also the first book in the series, where we hear about people on the outside of the FAYZ, which build a kind of hope we'll be hearing more from them, but for some reason I think that's not going to happen, anytime sooner. Until Pete howling happened
I was also very annoyed by the Human Crew in this book, which shows us how horrible humans can be during a situation like this, and I think Grant did a VERY good job at it with the Human Crew. Every time I read about them wanting to kill the 'freaks' I cringed and wanted Zil to be punished.
Plaque:
We are in the 4th book and now things are getting dark and complex, characters are increasing with every book.
They're gory, complex, fast-paced and boast a cast of diverse and interesting characters. It's been eight months since all the adults disappeared. They've survived hunger. They've survived lies. But the stakes keep rising, and the dystopian horror keeps building. But enemies in the FAYZ don't just fade away, and in the quiet, deadly things are stirring, mutating, and finding their way free. Yet despite the simmering unrest left behind by so many battles, power struggles, and angry divides, there is a momentary calm in Perdido Beach. I like that it's not cliche author is being more realistic, I liked that author show realism through betrayal in friendships when times got tough and not everyone is a hero. Some people are just scared, some people are arrogant, some people are good leaders and bad leaders and cruel leaders.
But , biggest danger looming upon them is a highly contagious, fatal illness spreads at an alarming rate. Sinister, predatory insects terrorize Perdido Beach. Few characters are killed because of there attack and illness they spread to the children and important character Hunter is killed. Sam, Astrid, Diana, and Caine are plagued by a growing doubt that they'll escape - or even survive - life in the FAYZ.The characters don't let down the plot and the events of the story at all which I love as the plot doesn't fall flat at all.
It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up and the control over resources will decide who will rule the nation. Townies against rich kids who consider them fortunate are now equal and they have learn to adapt or perish in chaos. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: on your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else behind the FAYZ walls.
Hunter:
It's been three months since everyone under the age of fifteen became trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ. Three months since all the adults disappeared.
Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving, but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers. There is wedge between people with super power, and normal kids and the are up against each other only healer is allowed to roam in both areas.
Tension rises and chaos is descending upon the town. It's the normal kids against the mutants. Each kid is out for himself, and even the good ones turn murderous.
Brianna and Lana as examples of strong females. However, in the heat of battle when Brianna is required to be strong, she instead decides to run away and cook herself a pigeon. By Sam, Caine and Duck (the male characters who come swooping in to rescue her), in fact. Also, most of the battle stuff is done man-to-man. Usually featuring Sam, Caine, Drake, Edilio, Orc and Jack; the girls tend to hide behind the rubble or are used to threaten their boyfriends.
But a larger problem looms. The Darkness, a sinister creature that has lived buried deep in the hills, begins calling to some of the teens in the FAYZ. Calling to them, guiding them, manipulating them. The Darkness has awakened. And it is hungry.
Lies:
This is the 3rd installment of the gone series. After adults got disappeared and there is food shortage is coming ahead of them with limited resources, the life is going to be difficult in coming days.
The writing was very good, as usual, but personally I would have loved a bit less POV's in the series. Especially since every book has few new characters that weren't there in the previous books. In Lies, we're introduced to five new characters who live on one of the islands trapped in the FAYZ. I liked reading about them, but I was just a tiny bit annoyed because there were another five characters we need to remember in the upcoming books.
Of course, there are also still the original characters; Sam, Astrid, Little Pete, Quinn, Caine, Diana, etc. And I liked reading about them. They all have issues, like the fights Sam and Astrid have, the fact that Caine and Diana and the other Coates kids are nearly starving to death; and I liked them for that. They have there imperfections, Astrid wasn't the perfect 'genius' that she was supposed to be, Sam wasn't the perfect hero that everyone thought he was, but that didn't matter. I liked them with there flaws.
Lies is also the first book in the series, where we hear about people on the outside of the FAYZ, which build a kind of hope we'll be hearing more from them, but for some reason I think that's not going to happen, anytime sooner. Until Pete howling happened
I was also very annoyed by the Human Crew in this book, which shows us how horrible humans can be during a situation like this, and I think Grant did a VERY good job at it with the Human Crew. Every time I read about them wanting to kill the 'freaks' I cringed and wanted Zil to be punished.
Plaque:
We are in the 4th book and now things are getting dark and complex, characters are increasing with every book.
They're gory, complex, fast-paced and boast a cast of diverse and interesting characters. It's been eight months since all the adults disappeared. They've survived hunger. They've survived lies. But the stakes keep rising, and the dystopian horror keeps building. But enemies in the FAYZ don't just fade away, and in the quiet, deadly things are stirring, mutating, and finding their way free. Yet despite the simmering unrest left behind by so many battles, power struggles, and angry divides, there is a momentary calm in Perdido Beach. I like that it's not cliche author is being more realistic, I liked that author show realism through betrayal in friendships when times got tough and not everyone is a hero. Some people are just scared, some people are arrogant, some people are good leaders and bad leaders and cruel leaders.
But , biggest danger looming upon them is a highly contagious, fatal illness spreads at an alarming rate. Sinister, predatory insects terrorize Perdido Beach. Few characters are killed because of there attack and illness they spread to the children and important character Hunter is killed. Sam, Astrid, Diana, and Caine are plagued by a growing doubt that they'll escape - or even survive - life in the FAYZ.The characters don't let down the plot and the events of the story at all which I love as the plot doesn't fall flat at all.
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