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A review by kingweirdo
Feed by Mira Grant
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I had a very mixed reaction to this book, but I'll start with the good stuff.
The world-building is thorough and well thought-out, and zombies were never really the focus. The author had a smart take on how bureaucracy carries on after a zombie outbreak, and, reading it 12 years later (after Covid), some of the forecast holds up in an interesting way. I also thought that the driving relationship in the book being one between siblings was refreshing.
As for the things I didn't like...
the book felt really misogynist and the female protagonist felt generic and identical to most woman characters from urban fantasy written during this 20-year block. The centrist, pseudo-libertarian politics infusing the book have not aged well. And the "witty repartee" between characters feels so predictable it could be computer-generated.
I'd be interested to read something more recent from the author.
The world-building is thorough and well thought-out, and zombies were never really the focus. The author had a smart take on how bureaucracy carries on after a zombie outbreak, and, reading it 12 years later (after Covid), some of the forecast holds up in an interesting way. I also thought that the driving relationship in the book being one between siblings was refreshing.
As for the things I didn't like...
the book felt really misogynist and the female protagonist felt generic and identical to most woman characters from urban fantasy written during this 20-year block. The centrist, pseudo-libertarian politics infusing the book have not aged well. And the "witty repartee" between characters feels so predictable it could be computer-generated.
I'd be interested to read something more recent from the author.