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Verlaten by Michael Grant

mandy_smithburrows's review against another edition

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3.0

Pretty good, 3 and a half stars.

kindlereads's review against another edition

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This book gave me the ick. I just couldn’t get over the lord of the flies  theme with babies and young children.

brendalovesbooks's review against another edition

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4.0

Gone definitely had an interesting premise. It's another one of those books that you think about when you're done reading, and it also sparked a good discussion with my 12 year old. I asked her what she would do if everyone over the age of 14 disappeared, and it was interesting to hear her answers.

There were a lot of characters in Gone, with author going so far as to start listing them a couple times. Like: "On this side, there was Sam, Astrid, other kid, other kid, other kid, other kid, other kid, and other kid." The problem was that, even though there were lots of characters, there wasn't a whole lot of variety. It seemed like the kids were either very, very good or extremely bad with no morality whatsoever. I believe there was just one character who struggled with what side he was on, but I found him so unlikeable that I didn't care about him at all.

But the story was well-written enough that I could get past my few problems with the book. Any book that I can finish in a day that's 558 pages has to be pretty good, even if it is YA and is a fairly easy read. Once again, we have a book that doesn't really have an end. You HAVE to read the next book if you want to find out what happens. Fortunately the second book is already out, so nobody has to wait around for it. Also fortunate is that the book was good enough that reading a second book isn't necessarily a bad thing.

I would recommend this one to fans of YA literature. Be aware that it's pretty violent and hard to read at times.

magicalmaud's review against another edition

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mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

sccrethistory's review against another edition

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5.0

OMG i cant describe how i feel now. These book was awesome! I´m so happy my parabatai recomend me that.

My favourite character is Diana i dont know why but she is the queen bitch and i love that so much. the love story between Sam and Astrid was a little predictible but cute at the same time.

so you should read the book because i love it and everyone whould read this magnific book

nadiamer's review against another edition

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4.0

I read this book when I was a lot younger and I just remember how it really scared me as a kid. SPOILER - The girl getting hit with a bat being the most memorable part of the book for me. Now that I’m older I’m interested in finding books that are scary and when I started to read this and found that part to be less scary although as I continued to read a lot of the parts began to give me chills. SPOILER - for example the kids that slow-mowed the boy disappearing, and seeing that it was a monster terrifying looking thing yet he was greeting it with a warm hug. That definitely was like wow chills for me aha. I really enjoyed the book and I’m excited to read the next one.

hagganmaggan's review against another edition

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5.0

Second time revisited. Easily as good as when I read them for the first time as a teenager, maybe even horrifyingly more so now as an adult.

bronwyn_moo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

yara_adorablebooks's review against another edition

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Kijk hier voor de uitgebreide recensie: http://adorablebooks.nl/young-adult-gone-1-michael-grant/

ash_reads14's review against another edition

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3.0

Imagine a world where everyone 15 and older were to blink out of existence. Micheal Grant's young adult novel Gone is exactly that. This book has been out for a while now, I'm just slow on the bandwagon, and I finally decided to buy this as an e-book as it is on sale (currently $1.99 if anyone is interested). I loved that the book had me wondering what was going to happen but not so much that I would go crazy if I didn't finish it right away. I found the concept of the book to be interesting but it didn't blow me away. I love young adult reads but in this book found it hard to imagine little children going through what these children went through. I can't say for sure if I would continue with the series but for now I have so much more I want to read that it's way down on my TBR.