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A review by graceannee
Gone by Michael Grant
2.0
DNF
I started this book expecting to really enjoy it. Instead I was very disappointed both in the writing quality and the logic of the story.
After all the parents dissapear nobody looks in the houses for children or babies for several days. Its not as if they didn't think of it either. Several of the main characters thought that they should look but just 'didn't feel like it'. Five days after the FAYZ there is a brief mention of houses being searched but no mention of when the search started or if they found children before it was too late. The timeline just doesn't make sense.
My other problem is the fact that there is about 7 kids who are doing anything to help. This is in a large town with hundreds of kids so these numbers don't add up. Also Sam though he is supposed to be the 'hero' is a weak character. I didn't feel any connection to any of the characters and was therefore unable to relate. I also did not enjoy the superpower end of the book. I felt like it didn't add anything interesting but also that it pulled away from the main story. The author still could have used the whole attacking end because there would be fights over power in a case like that.
I did enjoy the concept of everybody dissapearing. I also liked the start of the story.
I started this book expecting to really enjoy it. Instead I was very disappointed both in the writing quality and the logic of the story.
After all the parents dissapear nobody looks in the houses for children or babies for several days. Its not as if they didn't think of it either. Several of the main characters thought that they should look but just 'didn't feel like it'. Five days after the FAYZ there is a brief mention of houses being searched but no mention of when the search started or if they found children before it was too late. The timeline just doesn't make sense.
My other problem is the fact that there is about 7 kids who are doing anything to help. This is in a large town with hundreds of kids so these numbers don't add up. Also Sam though he is supposed to be the 'hero' is a weak character. I didn't feel any connection to any of the characters and was therefore unable to relate. I also did not enjoy the superpower end of the book. I felt like it didn't add anything interesting but also that it pulled away from the main story. The author still could have used the whole attacking end because there would be fights over power in a case like that.
I did enjoy the concept of everybody dissapearing. I also liked the start of the story.