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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
The first 2/3 of the book fell a bit flat for me but I enjoyed the latter section. I would rate this more a 3.5. Great representation and it rounded out some information that you learn in the Newsflesh trilogy. I would not say that this is required reading and definitely do not read this before the original trilogy as it would spoil it completely and Feed is so much better!
I'm so pleased I waited to read this until I had a copy I got to keep forever. It's a new perspective on [b:Feed|7094569|Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy, #1)|Mira Grant|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1408500437s/7094569.jpg|7351419]'s world with more detail (and throwbacks for those of us who've read the whole series) and beautiful shining characters that I hope get to come back (but not zombify) for more books.
(also traditional Irish names ftw)
(also traditional Irish names ftw)
Thank you for giving us a lesbian dating a possible bisexual woman, working with a non binary character and kicking some serious zombie butt. This is fabulous!
This is one of those few books that utterly and completely engrossed me. I fell in love with the narrating character and barely stopped to breathe all the way through. I haven't read any others in the series but boy, will I!! This is my current top read of 2017!
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This is a spin-off of the Newsflesh trilogy, one of the best zombie apocalypse series out there, which can be read and enjoyed not only by core fans of the genre but anyone, who likes some good easy adventure-packed reading. It is not recommended to start with this book, try the original trilogy first
The novel follows the group of reporters, who like Masons in the original trilogy, work for a presidential candidate, and this time from Democrats. This allows making them a colorful lot: an Afro-American newsie (‘serious’ journalist), who is formally married to Irish female Irwin (zombie fighter for a thrilling video), who is a lesbian, her girlfriend with a shadowy past a fictional (a person who writes fiction) and to top it a person with a fluid gender.
The storyteller is the Irwin and this calls for flashy phrases and constantly itching fists. The time period is the same as in the first volume, Feed. Persons and events from the original trilogy are mentioned in the background.
I liked this novel, another jump into this universe.
The novel follows the group of reporters, who like Masons in the original trilogy, work for a presidential candidate, and this time from Democrats. This allows making them a colorful lot: an Afro-American newsie (‘serious’ journalist), who is formally married to Irish female Irwin (zombie fighter for a thrilling video), who is a lesbian, her girlfriend with a shadowy past a fictional (a person who writes fiction) and to top it a person with a fluid gender.
The storyteller is the Irwin and this calls for flashy phrases and constantly itching fists. The time period is the same as in the first volume, Feed. Persons and events from the original trilogy are mentioned in the background.
I liked this novel, another jump into this universe.
You know what, I'm calling it. At 33% of the way through this book, I just can't anymore. I'm adding it to "read" because there's not an option for "abandoned because it sucks." There are several reasons:
1) Life is too short to read poorly written rewrites of previous works by people who don't know how to use google.
2) Raccoons and koalas have an average weight of 15-20 pounds, and finding one that would not only be large enough to amplify according to her rules but also be in the proximity of someone to actually do something are so astronomical it's probably just as likely they'd win the lottery at the same time.
3) Instead of long winded expository dumps of your world building, can you trust that if we're reading the fourth book in a series that we've read the first three and don't, for the love of GOD, need the lights of the blood testing machine explained to us YET AGAIN?
4) Instead of long winded expository dumps of your world building, can you do literally anything else. Show instead of tell.
5) Every single heroine in these books strikes the same note. Georgia, Sal (from Parasitology) and now this girl, who is supposed to be from Ireland but other than sometimes remarking about her own accent, doesn't come across as Irish at all. I've already forgotten her name.
6) Maybe if I read more it would start to make sense, but if the reason they're out to kill Governor Kilburn is the exact same reason they were out to kill Senator Ryman from the first book literally why did you bother.
7) While I do appreciate the insertion of characters that aren't straight and white, this book felt an awful lot like Mira Grant suddently got woke in between the last novella and this novel and wanted to tell everyone about it in novel form.
8) If you're going to make decontamination showers mandatory after someone comes home from the field, doesn't it make more sense to have the showers in the garage, where they won't potentially contaminate the entire house they're walking through to get to their rooms?
9) The characters in these books are so concerned with being edgy and cool that no thought is given as to whether or not they make SENSE. Sure, give your pithy one liners about being close to death at every moment in a world filled with zombies to people who are ALREADY LIVING WITH YOU IN THIS WORLD OF ZOMBIES. Like unless you're feeding pithy one liners to a time traveler who is surprised by all the zombies then what the f are you doing.
10) LIFE. IS. TOO. SHORT.
1) Life is too short to read poorly written rewrites of previous works by people who don't know how to use google.
2) Raccoons and koalas have an average weight of 15-20 pounds, and finding one that would not only be large enough to amplify according to her rules but also be in the proximity of someone to actually do something are so astronomical it's probably just as likely they'd win the lottery at the same time.
3) Instead of long winded expository dumps of your world building, can you trust that if we're reading the fourth book in a series that we've read the first three and don't, for the love of GOD, need the lights of the blood testing machine explained to us YET AGAIN?
4) Instead of long winded expository dumps of your world building, can you do literally anything else. Show instead of tell.
5) Every single heroine in these books strikes the same note. Georgia, Sal (from Parasitology) and now this girl, who is supposed to be from Ireland but other than sometimes remarking about her own accent, doesn't come across as Irish at all. I've already forgotten her name.
6) Maybe if I read more it would start to make sense, but if the reason they're out to kill Governor Kilburn is the exact same reason they were out to kill Senator Ryman from the first book literally why did you bother.
7) While I do appreciate the insertion of characters that aren't straight and white, this book felt an awful lot like Mira Grant suddently got woke in between the last novella and this novel and wanted to tell everyone about it in novel form.
8) If you're going to make decontamination showers mandatory after someone comes home from the field, doesn't it make more sense to have the showers in the garage, where they won't potentially contaminate the entire house they're walking through to get to their rooms?
9) The characters in these books are so concerned with being edgy and cool that no thought is given as to whether or not they make SENSE. Sure, give your pithy one liners about being close to death at every moment in a world filled with zombies to people who are ALREADY LIVING WITH YOU IN THIS WORLD OF ZOMBIES. Like unless you're feeding pithy one liners to a time traveler who is surprised by all the zombies then what the f are you doing.
10) LIFE. IS. TOO. SHORT.
Great book.
Just as wonderful and heartfelt as the rest of the newsflesh novels. I'm very glad she came back to this series.
Just as wonderful and heartfelt as the rest of the newsflesh novels. I'm very glad she came back to this series.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated