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Feed by Mira Grant

8 reviews

akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I think 3 1/2 is suitable. This book feels very 2014, it’s riddled with Not Like Other Girls Vibes from Georgia, and I don’t think there’s a single woman in the book she talks positively about. Whereas 90% of the men she’s fawning over. Because of this the emotional beats that concerned her didn’t hit as hard, and I enjoyed the book more when she wasn’t there…oops. Also the problem with the plot being stretched over such a long period of time (as it has to be) is that it feels very exposition-y and like Grant is just throwing words at you. Also I didn’t remember who the antagonist was when they revealed it. 

That being said, I enjoyed the ride this took me on. I think Grant mixes comedy, word building and tragedy well together. I think George makes an interesting character (even if I don’t like her), and her dynamic with the group was a bit I liked a lot. That being said…her relationship with Shaun got a little too weird for me sometimes. As someone with step siblings galore I understand my situation is different but sometimes they gave me the ick. But I enjoyed their banter too.  I loved the Masons. They seem like a very complicated family, and I love how they serve as secondary antagonists from the get-go! I hope they appear in the second and third novels. 

More Buffy plz thank you!
 I think I’ll enjoy the second book more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, and Child death

Minor: Vomit and Murder

yellow_ylugbug's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Murder, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, and Car accident

generallycobalt's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

This series was my introduction to Mira Grant, and now I have multiple shelves dedicated solely to this incredibly prolific (and epidemiologically well-informed) author. Also she's a delightful individual.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Violence, Animal death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Incest

Incest doesn't show up in the first one, and isn't teeeeechnically incest since the characters are not biologically related, but the fact that it's one of the healthier relationships in the setting is much more damning of the setting than it is an endorsement of adopted siblings getting intimate. I didn't think it was done in a gross way, but anybody with personal incest trauma absolutely needs to know going in that it's gonna come up.

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Mira Grant writes horror that chills my bones. I reread this series often but this first one is my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Minor: Incest, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

zombies, extremely good and sound virology,

several main characters including the main pov protagonist die, also there's hints confirmed in later books that the two main characters are in an incestuous relationship

starrysteph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Feed was ... not at all what I expected! Yes, it's a novel that takes place in a world with zombies. But it's not quite a "zombie story". It's a story about politics and journalism, media frenzies and manipulation, with clever satire, elements of horror and sci fi, and great character development. 

It involves the undead, but that aspect is surprisingly well thought-out and believable. (It's life in a pandemic, which cuts a little too close to reality - and really you could replace the zombies in this novel with a number of life-threatening events that are have happened or are currently happening). 

The world building of the bloggers (the Newsies, Irwins, and Fictionals; the way they gained the trust of the public, etc.) was SO detailed and fun. The characters each had unique voices and quirks and levels of reliability.

And the tension building ... ooo. Every time they took one of those infection tests, I was SWEATING. And I never felt secure about the fate of our characters during scenes of intense zombie action, which I can appreciate. 

It's not a perfect book - I can see how our narrator Georgia might be grating (I found her endearing ... but also, who hates animals that much?), the brother/sister relationship was a little peculiar, and there are some sections that lag. But overall? It was fantastic.

CW: death, gore, blood, animal death, child death, death of a parent, suicide, vomit, murder, body horror, chronic illness, medical content, cannibalism, religious bigotry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death of parent, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Vomit, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

brennaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Medical content, and Child death

Moderate: Car accident, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

laurajones's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

redkeys's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicide, and Terminal illness