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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Really enjoyed this alternative view on the events of FEED - the characters were interesting, and I liked how it offered more context on the original trilogy.
Definitely read this one on audiobook. The narrator makes the character's Irish accent stand out so well.
It's been a while since I read Feed, and I can't remember the plot all that well, so I can't compare the timelines as well as I'd like.
I really enjoyed Ash's voice. I wish I knew Irish accents well enough to have had her actually speaking that way in my head. It was nifty being inside a somewhat functioning Irwin's head, seeing what they're like before they're broken. I found the bit at near the end kind of odd. I guess it was to show a different way that fear was used post-Rising to control. I just found it kind of breaking up the pacing. But knowing what we know if we've read the first books, maybe there was only going to be so much tension…?
Spoiler
Clive's compound
Amazing. I have no idea how the author can essentially retell events from a previous book and still engage, surprise and devastate me! Would recommend reading the Newsflesh series first (or FEED, at the very least), but it does work as a standalone. Highly recommend devouring the entire series - it's fantastic!
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I read the first 3 books in this series quite a while ago and immediately wanted to read this one, the final book, but couldn't find it anywhere! Eventually, I stopped actively looking and it wasn't until I was trying to finish out some series this summer that I came back to it. My library had a copy so I decided to go ahead and finish this one out.
This book is set in the same timeline as Feed but follows a different blog team that is following the Democratic candidate for president. It took me a while to get a feel for these characters since they were all new but eventually, I got there and really enjoyed them. I enjoyed this one and am sad to leave the Newsflesh world behind!
This book is set in the same timeline as Feed but follows a different blog team that is following the Democratic candidate for president. It took me a while to get a feel for these characters since they were all new but eventually, I got there and really enjoyed them. I enjoyed this one and am sad to leave the Newsflesh world behind!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent
Marked this an audiobook, but sadly I had to return it for audiobook crimes (an accent that I can only hope is the narrator's actual one) and read the e-book instead.
Look. I knew going in that this wasn't going to be Feed, Deadline, or Blackout. I've never read anything else by Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire, so outside of my love for George and grudging respect-turned-to-love for Shaun, I didn't know what to expect. That was my mistake.
I don't want to get into all of the details, as I think it would end up being a tedious comparison between books 1-3 versus 4.
My "feedback" takes the form of a question:
When does a parallel story turn bad?
When it's a retcon.
To like and accept this book, to understand the characters' points of view and actions, things that were introduced as facts (by a character implicitly understood to care about facts) would have to be attributed to ignorance or malice. This is especially true of the story that is related in Feed.
Just read Feed is what I'm saying. In the future, if I want to read more in this universe, I'll pull up a fanfiction.
***"feedback" is a joke. haha ironic puns.
Look. I knew going in that this wasn't going to be Feed, Deadline, or Blackout. I've never read anything else by Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire, so outside of my love for George and grudging respect-turned-to-love for Shaun, I didn't know what to expect. That was my mistake.
I don't want to get into all of the details, as I think it would end up being a tedious comparison between books 1-3 versus 4.
My "feedback" takes the form of a question:
When does a parallel story turn bad?
When it's a retcon.
To like and accept this book, to understand the characters' points of view and actions, things that were introduced as facts (by a character implicitly understood to care about facts) would have to be attributed to ignorance or malice. This is especially true of the story that is related in Feed.
Just read Feed is what I'm saying. In the future, if I want to read more in this universe, I'll pull up a fanfiction.
***"feedback" is a joke. haha ironic puns.
Second verse same as the first... This is the same plot as the first novel, which I loved. I kept slogging through the long descriptions on blood tests and decontamination (surely if I made it to book 4 I don't need the same long info dumps) but stopped reading when plot points undercut the first novel by having things happen that George and Shaun would have picked up in-universe.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated