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Feed by Mira Grant

21 reviews

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Mira Grant writes horror that chills my bones. I reread this series often but this first one is my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Minor: Incest, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

zombies, extremely good and sound virology,

several main characters including the main pov protagonist die, also there's hints confirmed in later books that the two main characters are in an incestuous relationship

pancaaakes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Death, and Gore

starrysteph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Feed was ... not at all what I expected! Yes, it's a novel that takes place in a world with zombies. But it's not quite a "zombie story". It's a story about politics and journalism, media frenzies and manipulation, with clever satire, elements of horror and sci fi, and great character development. 

It involves the undead, but that aspect is surprisingly well thought-out and believable. (It's life in a pandemic, which cuts a little too close to reality - and really you could replace the zombies in this novel with a number of life-threatening events that are have happened or are currently happening). 

The world building of the bloggers (the Newsies, Irwins, and Fictionals; the way they gained the trust of the public, etc.) was SO detailed and fun. The characters each had unique voices and quirks and levels of reliability.

And the tension building ... ooo. Every time they took one of those infection tests, I was SWEATING. And I never felt secure about the fate of our characters during scenes of intense zombie action, which I can appreciate. 

It's not a perfect book - I can see how our narrator Georgia might be grating (I found her endearing ... but also, who hates animals that much?), the brother/sister relationship was a little peculiar, and there are some sections that lag. But overall? It was fantastic.

CW: death, gore, blood, animal death, child death, death of a parent, suicide, vomit, murder, body horror, chronic illness, medical content, cannibalism, religious bigotry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death of parent, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Vomit, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

brennaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Medical content, and Child death

Moderate: Car accident, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

laurajones's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

redkeys's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicide, and Terminal illness

catcrowcandle's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I (no pun intended) consumed this book. I loved the author's entire premise of seeing how a zombie disease would actually work, and what the world looks like afterwards.

Content warnings:

There is some animal death in this book, including (offscreen) unnecessary killing of a named animal. (unnecessary meaning by humans, animal wasn't a zombie.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death and Terminal illness

Minor: Child death

squishy_mage42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Feed tells the story of three bloggers following a political campaign 26 years after a zombie plague spread through humanity.

In Feed, bloggers have largely filled in the space formerly taken up by mainstream news and entertainment. Georgia Mason is a "newsie" or reporter, while her brother Shaun is an "Irwin" or a person who pokes danger with a stick to see what happens. Their blog is chosen to follow a presidential run across a US still dealing with zombies shambling about.

Mira Grant, a pen name for Seanan McGuire, tells a story filled with equal parts hope and terror, where bad things happen to people who find themselves in the right place at the right time. Her prose is excellent and I really enjoyed the blog excerpts from the characters that open and close each chapter. I can't wait to read the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Animal death, Death, and Blood

Minor: Child death

sparky_young_upstart's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Body horror

Minor: Child death

The main character is subject to prejudice at several points due to a disability (albeit a disability that only exists within the setting of the novel).

spiritedfaraway's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I didn't expect a book with zombies in it to punch me in the gut, but it did. This is not just a zombie book and if you don't like journalism or reading about the political ramifications of a zombie apocalypse then this book might not be for you.

But, as for me, this book kept me on the edge of my seat. It had me bawling like a baby. It had me emotionally invested in these characters. This book was fantastic, mind-blowing, and emotionally draining.

And I absolutely loved every second of it!

4½ stars rounded up to 5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Suicide, Grief, Gore, and Death

Minor: Animal death