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A review by ggallinot
Deadline by Mira Grant
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Never had a sequel fallen so far so fast as Deadline to Feed. Feed is an intricate, compelling, fresh exploration of a post-outbreak society trying to live with the undead. It explores deeply and thoughtfully with a clever and tense plot that keeps the reader on edge.
Deadline however, strips away all that made Feed a compelling story and turns it into hundreds of pages of melodrama. The main characters are very unlikeable and self righteous.
Spoilers ahead:
I do not review books I DNF but the final installment to the trilogy is the nail in the coffin. What starts out as a compelling zombie trilogy drifts into highly ridiculous, over the top sci fi conspiracies and fetishizes taboo relationships in a VERY unsavory way. I have a hard time believing that the sequels to Feed came from the same writer as the original. They read like fan fiction in a bad way.
Lastly, in two books, you kill both major characters and they BOTH come back from the dead. Nothing takes the stakes away from a book more - especially one about staying alive - than bringing one, NEVERMIND TWO, characters back to life. It makes the books ridiculous and dull. If you don’t want to kill off your main characters fine, but don’t “kill them off” to bring them back just for cheap, feigned moments of sadness and equally as cheap “shocks.” In my opinion, it’s very amateurish because it relies on low hanging fruit for shallow responses instead of taking the time to develop real moments with real stakes and real consequences. It’s all just very lazy.
To end, asking readers to think invest is sweet is disturbing. Clones are almost ALWAYS stupid and indicative that the author just didn’t know how to wrap things up. Deadline and Blackout tarnish legacy Feed could have left behind. Really, REALLY disappointing.
Deadline however, strips away all that made Feed a compelling story and turns it into hundreds of pages of melodrama. The main characters are very unlikeable and self righteous.
Spoilers ahead:
I do not review books I DNF but the final installment to the trilogy is the nail in the coffin. What starts out as a compelling zombie trilogy drifts into highly ridiculous, over the top sci fi conspiracies and fetishizes taboo relationships in a VERY unsavory way. I have a hard time believing that the sequels to Feed came from the same writer as the original. They read like fan fiction in a bad way.
Lastly, in two books, you kill both major characters and they BOTH come back from the dead. Nothing takes the stakes away from a book more - especially one about staying alive - than bringing one, NEVERMIND TWO, characters back to life. It makes the books ridiculous and dull. If you don’t want to kill off your main characters fine, but don’t “kill them off” to bring them back just for cheap, feigned moments of sadness and equally as cheap “shocks.” In my opinion, it’s very amateurish because it relies on low hanging fruit for shallow responses instead of taking the time to develop real moments with real stakes and real consequences. It’s all just very lazy.
To end, asking readers to think invest is sweet is disturbing. Clones are almost ALWAYS stupid and indicative that the author just didn’t know how to wrap things up. Deadline and Blackout tarnish legacy Feed could have left behind. Really, REALLY disappointing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest