Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Feed: Viruszone by Mira Grant

19 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

blushyfan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

The ending makes me cry every time I read through it and this is the 5th time I went through this book! I'm excited to finally get a chance to read the rest of this series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

drakaina16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

simonlorden's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

yeah, overall I ended up liking this book more the second time. I still can't forgive the way the female candidate was written, though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, 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

thepermageek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-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

5.0

More thriller than horror…which I was totally one with because Mira Grants world building in simply incredible!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Animal death, Cannibalism, Car accident, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Vomit and Child death

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.

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

 That blog post got me 12 years ago when I first read this and it just got me again 😭😭

I notice the normalized disability rep and aro/ace coded main character this time around and appreciate the (even if it was unknown to me at the time) contribution to my bookish upbringing those years ago.

Original review 👇🏼
This novel is a successful blend of zombies, politics and blogging. There's just enough of each element to make it appeal to many different readers, some of which are not entirely comfortable with all three elements. I myself was not fully on board with the blogging side of the novel, but I was converted easily. 
Feed is one of the best books I've read, and it changed my outlook on life. Sure, it's a "zombie" book, but it's got depth. It's a book that shows true familial love, loyalty to one's beliefs, and what it means to be alive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Death, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Suicide, and Terminal illness

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Child death

Moderate: Car accident, Religious bigotry, Ableism, and Body horror

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