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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
While I’ll admit that this wasn’t quite as engaging as the original series, I did really love Ash and her team. Definitely worth the read if you’re a fan of the series.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
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:
Yes
I loved this book but I must admit I much preferred the original characters and it felt like following the last interesting second intrigue. Maybe I should have waited a bit after reading the News flesh theory. Overall a great book though!
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
fast-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
I liked the characters, although I didn't fall in love with them the way I did with the trilogy characters. If I'm being honest, I'm not sure that this particular addition to the series really added anything, except a good story that Grant wanted to get out. There were some GREAT scenes, and who doesn't love reading about zombie sheep? I understood the rationale behind adding in the chapters in the Maze, but they really ruined the flow of the story, and other than meeting some characters we knew from Newsflesh, they didn't add much to the overall world.
I enjoyed reading this, and now I'm sad that I've consumed everything in the Newsflesh world... so it's probably time for a reread!
I enjoyed reading this, and now I'm sad that I've consumed everything in the Newsflesh world... so it's probably time for a reread!
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Colonisation
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Car accident, Deportation
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think this more of a 3.5 star read for me, but I can't quite decide.
The world of The Rising is back in this prequal/sequal running concurrently with the events in FEED. Mira Grant gives us a new team of intrepid bloggers, a new presidential candidate and the same big old political conspiracy run by mad scientists with guns. And zombies. Duh.
Like the rest of the Newsflesh books, Feedback is a bloody mess of fun. It panders to my love of conspiracy theories, sci fi, zombies, sassy female characters and internet culture. Man, the post-Rising world would have some DANK POLITICAL MEMES.
The only criticism I have with FEEDBACK is the same this that has grated with me throughout the series - the large and frequent chunks of exposition and apparently unnecessary world building. Like, something significant has just taken place demonstrating the need for some precaution or action or zombie implaing mechanism or other, then Grant spends another page or so explaining the significance of what has just occurred. One more time for the people in the back I guess, although I find it slows the action a little too much for me at times.
Besides that, this book is great fun for the zombie and horror crew, although if you haven't read the original trilogy I'd recommend starting there first. Plus, the main protagonists are racially diverse and queer AF. LGBTQA+ Sci Fi FTW.
The world of The Rising is back in this prequal/sequal running concurrently with the events in FEED. Mira Grant gives us a new team of intrepid bloggers, a new presidential candidate and the same big old political conspiracy run by mad scientists with guns. And zombies. Duh.
Like the rest of the Newsflesh books, Feedback is a bloody mess of fun. It panders to my love of conspiracy theories, sci fi, zombies, sassy female characters and internet culture. Man, the post-Rising world would have some DANK POLITICAL MEMES.
The only criticism I have with FEEDBACK is the same this that has grated with me throughout the series - the large and frequent chunks of exposition and apparently unnecessary world building. Like, something significant has just taken place demonstrating the need for some precaution or action or zombie implaing mechanism or other, then Grant spends another page or so explaining the significance of what has just occurred. One more time for the people in the back I guess, although I find it slows the action a little too much for me at times.
Besides that, this book is great fun for the zombie and horror crew, although if you haven't read the original trilogy I'd recommend starting there first. Plus, the main protagonists are racially diverse and queer AF. LGBTQA+ Sci Fi FTW.