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Gone (Gone, #1)
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This book was a pleasant surprise. The plot is quite wild actually: one day, all people over the age of 15 disappear, and young kids are left to fend for themselves in a world, where "normal" rules no longer exist. In this new world, the FAYZ - Fallout Alley Youth Zone, the unimaginable happens - animals rapidly mutate, some kids acquire special X-men-like abilities, coyotes led by the mysterious Darkness try to overtake humans.
Undoubtedly, this sounds like a lot of craziness, and yet it all somehow works together and creates one fascinating and intriguing story. The characters are well developed and relatable, their back stories are familiar and compelling. The struggles of good vs evil are very well written. My only complaint is that sometimes this book has just too much action, at times I felt as tired as the book characters of constant running and fighting. However overall it's a great novel and I am looking forward to reading more books in this series to find out what happens next to the characters and to see at least some of the mysteries of the FAYZ solved.
Update July 19, 2010. Almost a year later and 2 more installments, still haven't worked up any interest to read more of this series (?).
Undoubtedly, this sounds like a lot of craziness, and yet it all somehow works together and creates one fascinating and intriguing story. The characters are well developed and relatable, their back stories are familiar and compelling. The struggles of good vs evil are very well written. My only complaint is that sometimes this book has just too much action, at times I felt as tired as the book characters of constant running and fighting. However overall it's a great novel and I am looking forward to reading more books in this series to find out what happens next to the characters and to see at least some of the mysteries of the FAYZ solved.
Update July 19, 2010. Almost a year later and 2 more installments, still haven't worked up any interest to read more of this series (?).
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Reading Progress
July 9, 2009
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July 22, 2009
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2009
Started Reading
July 26, 2009
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Finished Reading
September 19, 2009
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ya
April 3, 2010
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dystopias-post-apocalyptic
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Jul 19, 2010 07:29PM
I didn't like the 2nd book as much as the first. I felt that it dragged and dragged. I also was bored of the conflicts. Good review.
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Sometimes too much action is too much, right, AH?:) I think it's hard to go through so many mysteries for so long. And it's tiring to read about a world where just about anything is possible. Ultimately, it's just not satisfying IMO.
The second book got too Lord of the Flies for me. And you're right, too much action is just as tiring to read as no action. It begins to read like a shopping list. I always need to remind myself that this book is geared to young adults and I think that the younger crowd likes this series. In fact, I think my 14 yr old might enjoy this book and the 2nd book (though he may have been spoiled reading Hunger Games).
I think boys might be very much into this kind of thing.
I would be afraid of some of those boys if I was Astrid.
I remember being utterly horrified when I read about those kids with cement blocks on their hands.
That was really disgusting. I think in the "real" world, the cement blocks would have crushed every bone in their hands, making their hands completely useless once the cement got removed.
That’s a good review, I wish I read it before reading Gone.
