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A review by bluefoxx
Plague by Michael Grant
4.0
Hoo boy my respect for Sam took a STEEP dive during the first part of this book. I’m still unable to DISlike him simply because of how much they’ve all been through. That goes for almost all of the characters minus Caine and Drake. But yikes. These are children, way too young to be having sex. Sam has got to chill. He’s of course allowed to be frustrated but to put that frustration onto Astrid and constantly push her when she has already set CLEAR boundaries…
Astrid is finally coming down from her self-righteous position and accepting her own hypocrisy. She’s miserable and depressed but I’m hoping that this leads to some real character development.
Diana I just feel bad for. She thinks that she’s a master of manipulation but in truth she really is so weak. Caine gives her the upper hand only often enough to give her the illusion of control, but he does so knowingly, KNOWING that he’s letting her believe she’s come out on top.
Caine is worse than Drake in my opinion. Drake at least is predictable. Straight up evil, always takes the most evil, most obvious path to murder and violence. Caine is cunning and manipulative in the way Diana THINKS she is. Not to mention the ridiculous power Caine has, rivaled only really by Little Pete. He’s unpredictable and poses as great a problem as the Gaiaphage itself imo.
I truly love that Michael Grant doesn’t shy away from showing the horrible, dark, soul-tearing aspects of this story. Love, love, love how grim this series is, although I do see a tendency to pull back when it comes to killing off main characters.
Astrid is finally coming down from her self-righteous position and accepting her own hypocrisy. She’s miserable and depressed but I’m hoping that this leads to some real character development.
Diana I just feel bad for. She thinks that she’s a master of manipulation but in truth she really is so weak. Caine gives her the upper hand only often enough to give her the illusion of control, but he does so knowingly, KNOWING that he’s letting her believe she’s come out on top.
Caine is worse than Drake in my opinion. Drake at least is predictable. Straight up evil, always takes the most evil, most obvious path to murder and violence. Caine is cunning and manipulative in the way Diana THINKS she is. Not to mention the ridiculous power Caine has, rivaled only really by Little Pete. He’s unpredictable and poses as great a problem as the Gaiaphage itself imo.
I truly love that Michael Grant doesn’t shy away from showing the horrible, dark, soul-tearing aspects of this story. Love, love, love how grim this series is, although I do see a tendency to pull back when it comes to killing off main characters.