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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
I love the Newsflesh series with all my heart, but I was sceptical when I read that this book would be a re-telling of Feed from a new perspective. My worry was for nothing, however, as this book is an excellent and suspenseful addition to the Newsflesh canon. Ash and her team are great, and not too similar to the After The End Times crew, which is always a concern in this type of book. But the reader is also offered a whole lot of new information, both on the plot of the first book and on the wider worldbuilding and political scene of Grant's 'verse. I especially liked to see evidence of how Georgia's bias also affects her writing, which was portrayed beautifully here, but not shoved in the readers' faces. I'd always been kind of annoyed at the portrayal of Councilwoman Wagman in Feed, so I'm glad that Mira Grant apparently dealt with some of that stuff.
The book was soooo suspenseful, especially on the last 100 pages, that I could barely put it down, and it distracted me nicely during some truly crappy work. Now I feel the need to reread the trilogy...
The book was soooo suspenseful, especially on the last 100 pages, that I could barely put it down, and it distracted me nicely during some truly crappy work. Now I feel the need to reread the trilogy...
I hadn't read a lot about the premise of this book before I started reading it. I really enjoyed the chance to learn more about this world and meet new characters. I love that this book includes a lot of representation of non-white, non-hetero, non-genderbinary characters I love that they are people with a lot of depth. Sometimes I felt like it was a little in your face, but I do think it added to the story and was integral to the backstory for both Mat and Ash.
I liked that there was enough backstory included that I didn't need to re-read the first few books, but the end of the book does contain a major spoiler for the other books so I'd recommend reading them first. A very enjoyable read as always from Mira Grant.
I liked that there was enough backstory included that I didn't need to re-read the first few books, but the end of the book does contain a major spoiler for the other books so I'd recommend reading them first. A very enjoyable read as always from Mira Grant.
just finished newsflash, & I’m sitting around watching moose, so it seemed like a good time for an in-depth review. I’d like to thank my position as a gen Z-er for being able to type without looking at my phone screen.
Here’s the thing: I brought Feed, which I finished for the second time yesterday, and then jumped immediately into feedback. I think my biggest issue of this book is that it was not planned & written later- you can tell it follows the events of feed remotely, but I just don’t think her original characters, George & Shaun would pass over some of the events plotted in this book.
I do, however, enjoy the democratic political cover. & both of the senators. (But really- George would miss some of the points made by the former stripper gov?? I call bs)
It’s not bad. It’s engaging, and at times, humorous. However, Feed does it better. It’s difficult to do “corrupt government using XX tactics to silence the news folks” twice in different ways. I think Feed worked so well because it was unexpected- if you’re reading Feedback, you know what to expect.
Again- it’s not bad, but the original series does it better.
Running parallel to the events of Feed and shows the story from a different way, which I liked. The main character Ash is cute and quirky and fun to hunt zombies with. It ties in very well with a couple of narrative tracks from the rest of the series. Mat and Ben are particularly two dimensional characters. I didn't like the kidnapping and hostage situation, I just wanted it to go faster not because I was worried but because it was kind of boring. All in all it was a solid ok and a pretty interesting book.
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-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:
Yes
Facts: 10 years later Mira Grant still hates the CDC, and I still hate zombie books except for the ones she writes.
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No