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artean's review
5.0
I'm not gonna lie. I love the Newsflesh series. These short stories are a great addition. Many are just down right sad. Others are hopeful and a few were pleasant surprises. All in all if you read the main books this is required reading.
andrea_heather's review
5.0
LOVED this collection. So great to have all the Newsflesh short works in one place. They hold up well, especially Countdown and Browncoats. The new stories are great and I wish there were/hope perhaps some day there will be many many more of them.
seeinghowitgoes's review
5.0
There's something about the length of a novella which is misleading, when you're reading one on its own it ends entirely too quickly. However when grouped together as one mass omnibus it quicky becomes apparent just how much material we're talking about.
And so was the case with Rise, over the past few years little stories have been drip fed to us and are now finally in one volume for our reading pleasure. The thing is, the drips rather worked, there's a magic to the stories when they're read with time separating them, the shocks and reveals come quickly and feel somewhat muted when all together. Foxy is still the standout however.
And of course it's the last two stories that everyone has come for, our reunion with George and Shaun, messed up as ever and facing a medical emergency when it appears that Georgia's clone body is failing them at last. Because it's the rising nothing good ever happens and there's more ugliness to come in this universe, but the story is a welcome piece of closure in the overall universe.
And so was the case with Rise, over the past few years little stories have been drip fed to us and are now finally in one volume for our reading pleasure. The thing is, the drips rather worked, there's a magic to the stories when they're read with time separating them, the shocks and reveals come quickly and feel somewhat muted when all together. Foxy is still the standout however.
And of course it's the last two stories that everyone has come for, our reunion with George and Shaun, messed up as ever and facing a medical emergency when it appears that Georgia's clone body is failing them at last. Because it's the rising nothing good ever happens and there's more ugliness to come in this universe, but the story is a welcome piece of closure in the overall universe.
berlinbibliophile's review against another edition
5.0
I love, love, love this collection: it has something of everything. There are hopeful stories, bleak stories stories from the beginning of the Rising to beyond the end of Blackout. I think my favourite story has to be How Green this Land, How Blue this Sea, because it's just such a completely different environment. It was great to see how places beyond America had reacted and adapted to the zombie apocalypse.
Finally, after a book full of allusions to them, it was great to see Georgia and Shaun again in Coming to you live. Their life in Canada is completely different, yet they're still intrinsically themselves. It was like unexpectedly meeting old friends again.
Finally, after a book full of allusions to them, it was great to see Georgia and Shaun again in Coming to you live. Their life in Canada is completely different, yet they're still intrinsically themselves. It was like unexpectedly meeting old friends again.
alexandrafren's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
3.75
A collection of stories from the world of Feed. I enjoyed the stories not surrounding Georgia and Shaun much less than the others.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Incest
patty_creatively_bookish's review
5.0
Loved this collection of short stories a lot.
Beware of spoilers for the original trilogy though.
Just like the trilogy this made me laugh and cry.
Very hard.
Love the origin stories and zombie wombats.
Because; wombats <3
Beware of spoilers for the original trilogy though.
Just like the trilogy this made me laugh and cry.
Very hard.
Love the origin stories and zombie wombats.
Because; wombats <3
lilwiccankitten's review
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
scottpm's review against another edition
5.0
A great collection to bring you back to the Newsflesh world.
trengsin's review against another edition
3.5
actually liked this far more than the trilogy. going into detail abt random peoples lives and how the virus affected them was so intriguing and it reminded me of why i love grant's writing. the novella abt the doctor that invented the virus was truly :/