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cranea653's review against another edition
4.0
Good book. The inside flap suggests you can read it without having read the rest of the series. Don't, there are major spoilers for the first book.
_b_a_l_'s review against another edition
2.0
Good bits:
* The main character Ash is cute and quirky and fun to hunt zombies with.
* It ties in very well with a couple of narrative tracks from the rest of the series.
Bad bits:
* None of the other characters are interesting. When classic zombie narrative device in the first book I cried. When classic zombie narrative device in this book I really didn't care. And I found it hard to believe that Ash cared either.
* Mat is a particularly 2 dimensional character. In the entire book all that we learn about them is that they are trans, don't like being misgendered (how insightful) and like *gasp* both makeup and mechanics (way to revolutionize gender stereotypes). They don't even make sense in terms of the mythos of the world. News teams need a newsie, an irwin and a fictional. Oh yeah and Mat, who isn't just a token character at all guys.
* Really all the alt-lifestyle elements in this one feel forced. When we discover that its really just a narrative about love and where people find it. And . In this book there's even a scene where one character lecturers another about how we can't have different standards for different genders - it all feels somewhere between preachy and exploitative.
* The main character Ash is cute and quirky and fun to hunt zombies with.
* It ties in very well with a couple of narrative tracks from the rest of the series.
Bad bits:
* None of the other characters are interesting. When classic zombie narrative device in the first book
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Shaun kills GeorgiaSpoiler
Ash kills Mat* Mat is a particularly 2 dimensional character. In the entire book all that we learn about them is that they are trans, don't like being misgendered (how insightful) and like *gasp* both makeup and mechanics (way to revolutionize gender stereotypes). They don't even make sense in terms of the mythos of the world. News teams need a newsie, an irwin and a fictional. Oh yeah and Mat, who isn't just a token character at all guys.
* Really all the alt-lifestyle elements in this one feel forced. When we discover that
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Shaun and Georgia are loversSpoiler
incest is an order of magnitude further away from the norm than being gay or transseeinghowitgoes's review against another edition
4.0
There's always more than one side to every story and here we're exploring the other side of the political campaign with Governor Susan Kilburn and her team of bloggers. Perhaps it's because I've read the series a few times now, but I wasn't really clamouring for this side of the story, the team as enchanting as they are, Aislinn (Irwin), her girlfriend Audrey (Fictional), her husband (Newsie) and Mat (Beauty Blogger/Techie) feel a bit contrived with a poly/lesbian trio, black, asian, white/irish and non-binary characters all thrown in the mix.
The truth is, it's a bit of a slow burn that really feels like it kicks in just after the halfway mark of the story and we're kicked out of the political sphere of things. Not to add any spoilers but anyone looking for the Masons will be sorely disappointed, though there are a few of the usual suspects floating around.
I love this series and all of it's characters, but right now I feel as though I could have stopped after Rise and been happy. I enjoyed the book but not sure what it added to the universe for me.
The truth is, it's a bit of a slow burn that really feels like it kicks in just after the halfway mark of the story and we're kicked out of the political sphere of things. Not to add any spoilers but anyone looking for the Masons will be sorely disappointed, though there are a few of the usual suspects floating around.
I love this series and all of it's characters, but right now I feel as though I could have stopped after Rise and been happy. I enjoyed the book but not sure what it added to the universe for me.
the_peg's review against another edition
3.0
It's been awhile since I read Feed and I had forgotten that Feedback was being told from the opposite side of the political aisle. I really liked this group of journalists, probably more so than Shaun & Georgia Mason, and being able to track the story alongside the milestones from Feed. It was interesting to be able to see the contrast and "outside-in" view of the Mason's story.
But it really did feel like a real-telling and didn't get a ton of new excitement. The main plotline was the same. They uncovered the same clues the Mason's did in the original story about the same time the Mason's did. But the writing was the same, the attention to detail was there, it was like coming back to a good friend in Newsflesh universe.
But it really did feel like a real-telling and didn't get a ton of new excitement. The main plotline was the same. They uncovered the same clues the Mason's did in the original story about the same time the Mason's did. But the writing was the same, the attention to detail was there, it was like coming back to a good friend in Newsflesh universe.
berlinbibliophile's review against another edition
5.0
I love the Newsflesh series with all my heart, but I was sceptical when I read that this book would be a re-telling of Feed from a new perspective. My worry was for nothing, however, as this book is an excellent and suspenseful addition to the Newsflesh canon. Ash and her team are great, and not too similar to the After The End Times crew, which is always a concern in this type of book. But the reader is also offered a whole lot of new information, both on the plot of the first book and on the wider worldbuilding and political scene of Grant's 'verse. I especially liked to see evidence of how Georgia's bias also affects her writing, which was portrayed beautifully here, but not shoved in the readers' faces. I'd always been kind of annoyed at the portrayal of Councilwoman Wagman in Feed, so I'm glad that Mira Grant apparently dealt with some of that stuff.
The book was soooo suspenseful, especially on the last 100 pages, that I could barely put it down, and it distracted me nicely during some truly crappy work. Now I feel the need to reread the trilogy...
The book was soooo suspenseful, especially on the last 100 pages, that I could barely put it down, and it distracted me nicely during some truly crappy work. Now I feel the need to reread the trilogy...
margotfoster's review against another edition
5.0
I hadn't read a lot about the premise of this book before I started reading it. I really enjoyed the chance to learn more about this world and meet new characters. I love that this book includes a lot of representation of non-white, non-hetero, non-genderbinary characters I love that they are people with a lot of depth. Sometimes I felt like it was a little in your face, but I do think it added to the story and was integral to the backstory for both Mat and Ash.
I liked that there was enough backstory included that I didn't need to re-read the first few books, but the end of the book does contain a major spoiler for the other books so I'd recommend reading them first. A very enjoyable read as always from Mira Grant.
I liked that there was enough backstory included that I didn't need to re-read the first few books, but the end of the book does contain a major spoiler for the other books so I'd recommend reading them first. A very enjoyable read as always from Mira Grant.
anna_louise014's review
3.0
just finished newsflash, & I’m sitting around watching moose, so it seemed like a good time for an in-depth review. I’d like to thank my position as a gen Z-er for being able to type without looking at my phone screen.
Here’s the thing: I brought Feed, which I finished for the second time yesterday, and then jumped immediately into feedback. I think my biggest issue of this book is that it was not planned & written later- you can tell it follows the events of feed remotely, but I just don’t think her original characters, George & Shaun would pass over some of the events plotted in this book.
I do, however, enjoy the democratic political cover. & both of the senators. (But really- George would miss some of the points made by the former stripper gov?? I call bs)
It’s not bad. It’s engaging, and at times, humorous. However, Feed does it better. It’s difficult to do “corrupt government using XX tactics to silence the news folks” twice in different ways. I think Feed worked so well because it was unexpected- if you’re reading Feedback, you know what to expect.
Again- it’s not bad, but the original series does it better.
kindlereads's review
4.0
Running parallel to the events of Feed and shows the story from a different way, which I liked. The main character Ash is cute and quirky and fun to hunt zombies with. It ties in very well with a couple of narrative tracks from the rest of the series. Mat and Ben are particularly two dimensional characters. I didn't like the kidnapping and hostage situation, I just wanted it to go faster not because I was worried but because it was kind of boring. All in all it was a solid ok and a pretty interesting book.