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Plague by Michael Grant

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jasonlaw77's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

mrjohnlock's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

steph01924's review against another edition

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5.0

Things just keep getting more and more effed up for the kids in the FAYZ. What I love about these books is that they are intended for teenagers, but they don't pull the punches. Racism, cannibalism, sex, heroism, murder, morality, horror, alcoholism, leadership - it's like Lord of the Flies on steroids. Everything gets explored. The FAYZ world can get pretty bleak -- everytime I think, shit, haven't they been through enough, there's more -- but it's a survival story, and (most of) those crazy kids keep hanging on.

I really hate reading half-finished series, though. Two more books = two more years? Very lame.

jodiel96's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

sandygx260's review against another edition

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1.0

Here’s what really stuck with me:

“XXX’s entire body writhed and squirmed.

The side of his head was partly gone. A creature, like some monstrous melding of insect and eel, protruded from XXXX’s shoulder and as they stood there rooted in horror it took a vicious bite of XXXX’s flesh.”

Can we all say “nooooo!”

Yep, this is pretty typical of what happens in “Plague”, a book where insects gestate and eat their human hosts alive or kids die from a strange flu where they literally cough up their guts… sometimes on other people.

Oh, and there’s more tedious undead Drake, annoying Astrid, uncertain Sam, crazy Caine, and a host of red shirts awaiting death. Overall the story is an morbid excuse for grotesque violence against children.

Grant should have stuck to a trilogy. This series is becoming tedious.