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A review by alice_digest
The Dead by Charlie Higson
4.0
The second book in the series is just as brutal and action packed as the first, even if the story shifts to a completely new group of survivors. I was quite attached to Maxi and her gang, so it's a testament to Charlie Higson that he managed to make me just as invested in this new crew. We had briefly seen and heard about this group from the girl in the hospital at Buckingham Palace and Small Sam met them at the end outside The Tower of London. Hopefully things will eventually join up in future books.
The Dead is set a year before The Enemy, near the beginning of the outbreak. It begins with a group of private school boys, but they soon joins up with an assorted collection of others. Again the representation is good, and they are all believable characters who react in realistic ways to the horrific situations they are faced with. I'd say on the whole this group are more level headed than some of the hot heads in the first book, but then again these kids are at the start of the outbreak and haven't lived through a year of it yet.
This could quite easily have been the same thing again.. and it is in a way, but the new set of survivors on their own journey into London still keeps it fresh and interesting. It was fun to pick out characters that you know from a year in the future in the first book. It sheds more light on David for one thing. I hate that kid.
The events in this I would say are even more brutal than the first book. There are some dark moments, and some really tragically sad ones. I don't recommend this to too young or delicate readers! I love it though. I get the feeling that Higson has a big grand plan, and is still setting seeds to harvest later on in the series. I can't wait to read more!
The Dead is set a year before The Enemy, near the beginning of the outbreak. It begins with a group of private school boys, but they soon joins up with an assorted collection of others. Again the representation is good, and they are all believable characters who react in realistic ways to the horrific situations they are faced with. I'd say on the whole this group are more level headed than some of the hot heads in the first book, but then again these kids are at the start of the outbreak and haven't lived through a year of it yet.
This could quite easily have been the same thing again.. and it is in a way, but the new set of survivors on their own journey into London still keeps it fresh and interesting. It was fun to pick out characters that you know from a year in the future in the first book. It sheds more light on David for one thing. I hate that kid.
The events in this I would say are even more brutal than the first book. There are some dark moments, and some really tragically sad ones. I don't recommend this to too young or delicate readers! I love it though. I get the feeling that Higson has a big grand plan, and is still setting seeds to harvest later on in the series. I can't wait to read more!