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the_hannah_kay's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It was hard to get through this book. I really enjoyed the first book of this series. However, I hated the main character of this book for over half of it, only a tiny redemption that made me push through. The main character is the only thing keeping me from giving this book a higher rating. If you can withstand him, the background story is good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Child death
Moderate: Kidnapping and Violence
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This dystopian trilogy still has some of the best world building in the genre I have ever read. I know they’re intended as middle grade books, but the content is grotesque at times and the plausibility of the stories are overwhelming. I had a hard time putting this book down.
The Dead and the Gone tells the story of a different experience than Miranda and her family in the first book of the trilogy. This family is in New York City and their suffering is different. The characters are all lovable and flawed in their own ways, and the breakdown of society is generous. It is still horrifying.
Horrifying, and engrossing. I absolutely recommend The Dead and the Gone as well as Life as We Knew It to any readers who are interested in dystopian novels. It’s not post-apocalyptic, but it is startlingly realistic-feeling. It will make you think. It will make you feel. And those books are the best.
The Dead and the Gone tells the story of a different experience than Miranda and her family in the first book of the trilogy. This family is in New York City and their suffering is different. The characters are all lovable and flawed in their own ways, and the breakdown of society is generous. It is still horrifying.
Horrifying, and engrossing. I absolutely recommend The Dead and the Gone as well as Life as We Knew It to any readers who are interested in dystopian novels. It’s not post-apocalyptic, but it is startlingly realistic-feeling. It will make you think. It will make you feel. And those books are the best.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Body horror, Suicide, Child abuse, and Child death
Moderate: Classism and Trafficking
The protagonist and his family are Puerto-Rican and devout Catholics. The children attend Catholic schools. There is untranslated Spanish in the book as characters sometimes switch between languages (rare).readingwithmeredith's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death
spaceygrace's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, and Death
bookbrig's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
I forgot how bleak this series is, and also: SO SAD. Anyway, this installment does a great job of portraying religious faith during the ending of the world (sort of). I loved the characters, and it's a slow build harrowing read. I feel like you could give a kid Robopocalypse as a read-alike if only for the same sense of civilizations slowly falling apart. But Robopocalypse isn't quite as depressing, I think.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death
taliahsbookshelf's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
First things first, as much as I found Miranda annoying in the first book, Alex just seems shallow. You've got a so-called "typical" Puerto Rican-American, and a lot of his character is just based on this. To be honest, I felt like it could have been done really well, but the random Spanish phrases and the once-every-couple-chapters references to it just felt thrown in and not well-researched. There were a lot of times where I thought maybe this is it! Maybe this is the point that Alex grows up and overcomes the gender stereotypes that are pretty easily established at the very beginning of the book. Instead, we see see Alex's character development focused mainly on his sisters. Now, I'm all for character development of non-MCs, but I think when that development means the sacrifice of development for the MC, it isn't as effective as it could have been. Yes, Alex grew. But not in a way that actually helps progress the story, and not in a way that makes it character-driven rather than plot-driven. This is still a decent book, but there's a lot of tokenism that just felt kind of iffy to me. However, it was nice to see this crisis from the view of someone other than Miranda, other than your typical white teenage girl MC (don't get me wrong, I love reading these MCs and won't stop, but having diversity is really important, provided tokenism isn't the only reason for that diversity).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Grief, and Child death
Moderate: Blood and Gore
Minor: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
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