Feed by Mira Grant

[_ocelott_]

Series: Newsflesh
Publisher: Orbit, 2010
Genre: Horror
Sub-genre: Post-apocalyptic
Rating: 5 pints of blood

Comments

[editormum]

Wholeheartedly agree and endorse the five pints! "Feed" broke me for reading last year - I adored it so much, and thought it was SO good, that everything else was just crap. I had to reset my brain by reading comics for a week!

Now you must read book two!

[_ocelott_]

I'm pretty sure for the last 100 pages or so I just went "holy crap holy crap holy crap..." And, uh, that continued for quite some time after I'd finished the book.

I will get my hands on book 2, but since I already know it ends with a cliffhanger, I will wait until book 3 is out so I don't go mental. More than I already am.

[christina_reads]

Hmm, I think your review has just convinced me to read this!

[jncar]

Even though I'm not into the zombie thing I read so many great reviews of this book that I finally gave it a try a couple of weeks ago and LOVED it.

For people who also aren't into the zombie thing, this book reads more like a near-future dystopia with zombies just as part of the world-building. So don't get hung up on the zombies--read it for the awesome dystopic vision of a future America, the great characters, and the chilling political conspiracies. Great stuff.

I'm now halfway through book 2, and while its got a very different feel in some ways, I'm still caught up in the story and can hardly put it down. My only regret is that now I'll have to wait along with everyone else for book 3 to come out.

[calico_reaction]

Wow, talk about few and far between in terms of five pints! So glad you read this though, because it's a fabulous book. Wait until you get the sequel. :)

The quote above, what makes you apply it to parenthood, since she's talking about Senator Ryman? To me, it's obviously a very political quote (especially in this day and age in the US).

[_ocelott_]

"Like any proud parent" right up next to "greedy shareholder" made me think "whoa, that's cold." Certainly my attitude to my children is not anything like seeing them as an investment, but that's the analogy she used. It was one of the moments where I had to put the book down to consider the choice of words, because as a parent it hit me pretty hard.

[calico_reaction]

Ah, there's the proud parent line! Got it! Sorry, it's been one of those days... :)

Although, while the parent line is especially applicable for George, I can imagine it's certainly applicable for certain parents today even, you know?

[_ocelott_]

Yes, there are always going to be terrible parents and people who have kids for the wrong reasons. It's just not an analogy most people would make, though. That Georgia did struck me as a revealing character moment, albeit a subtle one.

[enchantedskies]

Agree with your rating. Also I loved George. Book 2 is just as good and I have faith book 3 will be as well. :-)