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samtempl:

This is only one of many reports of young people who have been changed in some form or another. (x)

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children-of-the-fayz:

I got Fear yesterday, and finished it in about five hours.  That should tell you something, because, as obsessed as I am with reading, even I don’t finish books that fast unless it’s a completely thrilling page turner.

Before I begin, here is a picture of Fear along with half a picture of my cat because she has some strange fascination with my camera:

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fyeahgone:

65 hours 11 minutes
She wore a pair of jeans and a plaid flannel shirt over a black T-shirt several sizes too big.
A leather belt made two turns around her waist. It was a man’s belt, and a big man at that. But it was sturdy and bore the weight of the .38 revolver, the machete, and her water…

Me. Even though it’s a teeny excerpt.

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This weekend I also finished PLAGUE by Michael Grant. This is the fourth book in the Gone Series.

It’s been eight months since all the adults disappeared. GONE.

They’ve survived hunger. They’ve survived lies. But the stakes keep rising, and the dystopian horror keeps building. Yet despite the simmering unrest left behind by so many battles, power struggles, and angry divides, there is a momentary calm in Perdido Beach.

But enemies in the FAYZ don’t just fade away, and in the quiet, deadly things are stirring, mutating, and finding their way free. The Darkness has found its way into the mind of its Nemesis at last and is controlling it through a haze of delirium and confusion. A highly contagious, fatal illness spreads at an alarming rate. Sinister, predatory insects terrorize Perdido Beach. And Sam, Astrid, Diana, and Caine are plagued by a growing doubt that they’ll escape - or even survive - life in the FAYZ. With so much turmoil surrounding them, what desperate choices will they make when it comes to saving themselves and those they love?

From Goodreads.

Here’s what I thought:

• After the third book, I had so much trouble seeing how this series could keep going. After Plague, I can see how you’d need another book. But not a sixth. (The next to books are Fear, and Light).
  
• That being said, this book was enjoyable. There was action, and things got way worse for the characters (sometimes, I just don’t  think that’s possible. Grant proves me wrong again and again.)
• I was upset by the fates of some of the characters. And, avoiding spoilers as best as I can, I was upset that some characters who were at death’s door didn’t actually, you know, go through. But whatever. I was also relieved that those characters didn’t die. I don’t think they’ll be the same, but that’s just expected. Sometimes, there are worse things than death.
• I HATE Astrid.
  
• The things I said about the other books in my previous reviews still stand. This book is no less disturbing than the others…in some ways, maybe more. The switching POVs are great, and let the readers get to know all the characters in more detail.
• And, (please don’t hate me) the book is written simply, like all the others. By simply, I mean that the writing isn’t special, it doesn’t make me love the writer, lol. But that’s not the point of the series, I suppose.
  

GO READ THIS SERIES.

Do it. Now!

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children-of-the-fayz:

Cover of the next GONE book, FEAR - coming April 3rd, 2012.  (That’s Diana and Quinn on the cover.)

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It’s been seven months since all the adults disappeared. Gone.

It happens in one night. A girl who died now walks among the living; Zil and the Human Crew set fire to Perdido Beach; and amid the flames and smoke, Sam sees the figure of the boy he fears the most: Drake. But Drake is dead. Sam and Caine defeated him along with the Darkness—or so they thought.

As Perdido Beach burns, battles rage: Astrid against the Town Council; the Human Crew versus the mutants; and Sam against Drake, who is back from the dead and ready to finish where he and Sam left off. And all the while deadly rumors are raging like the fire itself, spread by the prophetess Orsay and her companion, Nerezza. They say that death is a way to escape the FAYZ. Conditions are worse than ever and kids are desperate to get out. But are they desperate enough to believe that death will set them free?

From Goodreads!

I finished this book (the third in the Gone Series—by Michael Grant—over the weekend. Actually, I finished Friday but I was far too tired to write a review. College is sucking the life —and money—out of me) and I really, really liked it!

Notice I said liked. Not loved. That’s weird, isn’t it? Especially considering that I LOVED the other two. You can see my reviews for those on my tumblr.

Anyway, why did I not LOVE this book, you ask?

(Yeah, I’m starting with the cons…sorry!)

• I don’t think this book was really necessary. I think that the author could’ve just skipped on to the next book and everything would’ve been just fine. I mean, it’s like 447 pages (the hardcover) during which nothing much happens.
  I would tell you but…no. That’s just too many spoilers.

• With this book, I really can’t complain about the writing or anything. It’s the same as it was with the other books, except: there’s not as much action and the fates of some characters just make me extremely unhappy and/or angry.
  
• Introducing new characters…WELL. This is fine. Really, it is. I like most of the characters that were introduced in this book. The switching POVs kept it interesting. BUT (because there’s always a but) I miss the old characters. In this book you don’t get as much Lana as I would like. You don’t get enough Sam. Plus, Sam’s acting like an idiot so…yeah.
  

PROS! Yay!!!

• Same as the other books. This book was intense! But also a great read.
• There’s less, in my opinion, gross stuff, if you will. I think there’s only a few parts that grossed me out (like that one kid who gets a hole burned in him). However, if you don’t like to read that kind of thing worry not because the author doesn’t provide details. He just states it as fact and lets your little brain run wild, making up gross images in your head.
• The antagonists are AWESOME. I love, love, love, love, love to HATE the antagonists. And the ones in this book just make it so easy. I enjoyed hating them, I enjoyed being angry at them, etc.
• I honestly didn’t see how things could get worse for this cast of characters but it did. I’m pretty satisfied with the hell the author created for these characters. I’m also terrified by it, though. That’s a good thing for me. :D

SO GO READ THIS SERIES!

DO EEEETTT!!!

And if you do, which you should and probably will *crosses fingers*, let me know how you like it! Or, if you already have, tell me so we can obsess over it together!

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