Hollowmen (The Hollows, #2)

May 14, 2012 Leanne rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: zombies, young-adult, sexy-heroes, kick-ass-heroines, kick-ass-heroes

Oh god where to begin with this book. I LOVED and HATED it, legit 50/50 here!

Few spoilers ladies and gents!

PROBLEM #1
No Lazlo? Seriously. In the first book he was madly in love with Remy! He actually told her he wouldn't leave without and he would stay as long as she was there and he goes off in the first group out with Harlow! (He clearly had no choice) but why cut him out like that?

PROBLEM #2
When Remy finally does get a chance to talk to him they talk like there strangers OVER A DAMN RADIO....more

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Nov 11, 2011 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

I want to start with the cute animated gif from my book 1 review shown above!
Now how to even dive into this!!! I LOVED and HATED this with a passion! OMG I was dying for this and then HIGHLY disappointed by parts that really made no sense! I'm going to try to keep the spoilers down but a few will probably be seen, just a warning!

So we ended in the first book with Remy locked up in the hospital of the quarantine. Six months later Remy is still stuck in that hospital undergoing gruesome and ext...more

I want to start with the cute animated gif from my book 1 review shown above!
Now how to even dive into this!!! I LOVED and HATED this with a passion! OMG I was dying for this and then HIGHLY disappointed by parts that really made no sense! I'm going to try to keep the spoilers down but a few will probably be seen, just a warning!

So we ended in the first book with Remy locked up in the hospital of the quarantine. Six months later Remy is still stuck in that hospital undergoing gruesome and extreme medical tests and surgeries with no anesthetic. Zombies have become smarter and they break in and all the doctors and everyone runs out leaving Remy cut wide open on the table. She sews herself up(Yeah!) and runs out. She runs into Tatum in the hall and he explains that everyone has evacuated in small groups and that they are the last group of around 8 people. This is where one of my this made no sense RANT #1 comes in! WHY DID LAZLO LEAVE WITHOUT HER! He swore he would not leave the quarantine without her but he just took off and now she has no idea where he and Harlow went!

The zombies disease is able to communicate with other zombies without being in close proximity. When one zombie finds a person it sends out for all the zombies to come! So the new plan is for all the people to break up into small groups and just run away north to where it is cold. Zombies don't like the cold(Who does?) so they have plans to head to Canada. Remy's group includes her mad scientist doctor, Daniels, an army guy Boden and some other new characters really not worth mentioning. Before they head north Remy insists on going to the compound where she sent Max and Blue six months ago.

Boden, the quarantine army worker and basically head of the group, agrees hoping they can find more weapons because they are almost all out of bullets. So they venture out with the usual zombie attacks and fighting amongst themselves. Remy eventually finds Max and even Ripley. Then randomly they also find a radio where Lazlo's voice is coming through. NOW ENTER RANT #2! Lazlo is radioing out but he won't wait for Remy and won't decide a place to meet. They don't say they love and miss each other. It is just an awkward pointless talk. Why the hell was he even radioing out to people if he didn't want to wait to meet up with anyone?! THAT IS ALL HE HAS TO SAY TO HER AFTER SIX MONTHS! WTF!

The rest of the story consists of Remy and her new gang heading north and slowly being killed off by zombies. Lot's of action but lacking a lot of the emotion of the first book. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Boden but I just felt like it was handled poorly and that there was no real closure to Lazlo. RANT #3! REMY SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR HIM! Just ridiculous. So highly disappointed by the tiny one page of Lazlo we get! I am sure hoping for another book because I was not at all pleased with the way this concluded. Still an enjoyable read and I finished it all in one day. It was really short and I so hope for more. Just felt like many details were not explained or fully developed. (less)

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Jan 17, 2013 Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopia, on-my-kindle, zombies, young-adult, this-is-it-the-apocalypse, sci-fi, futuristic, insta-love, self-published

You can read my review of the first book here

WARNING: THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR BOTH THIS BOOK AND THE FIRST ONE.

Hollowmen starts out about six months after the events of Hollowland ended. Remy has taken her brother Max's place as guinea pig for a group of evil scientists who want to dissect her and try to find the secret behind her immunity to zombie bites. Unfortunately, the facility is invaded by zombies (of course), and Remy must journey off into the desert again with a group of...more

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Dec 09, 2011 Becca rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-release, 2011-reads, kindle-ebook, own, part-of-series, must-read-sequel, current-favorites

Amanda's second book in her zombie series has serious follow-up teeth. In Hollowland (the first book) we met Remy King, our female lead, who displays toughness in a world gone crazy. She's managed to keep herself and several others alive. That's step one. But, her driving goal is to find her younger brother and somehow, someway, find a safe place for them both. Her journey to that end is dangerous and action-packed as a reader would expect in this type of book. Remy's toughness was tempered with...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Jamie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

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Jan 07, 2012 Mina rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: zombies, sci-fi-fantasy-speculative

Wow, it all started going downhill on the 2nd page when doctors leave the heroine open and bleeding on the table, after a major surgery without anesthesia...and she sews herself back together, battles a bunch of zombies, and capers off with no residual ills to speak of. ummmm. I'll buy the zombie apocalypse but I draw the line somewhere...if this were a graphic novel I would've probably liked it. Writing was significantly poorer than the first installment, which was already questionable.

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Dec 01, 2011 Kim rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

Hollowmen starts exactly where Hollowland ended. Remy is in the quarantine being tested in every possible way for a cure for the zombie virus. The zombies are getting smarter and attacking all large groupings of humans so the quarantine disbanded and groups of humans left in all directions. Remy's main goal is to find her brother Max and she will go through anything & everything to do so. She unwittingly convinces her group to go along with her and this is all that I'm going to tell you. By...more

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May 15, 2013 Books rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed-2013

I wasn’t even five pages into the story yet, and already I had a gazillion questions. In the first chapter they operated on Remy, sliced her open and left her that way when an alarm went off signaling the compound is being attacked by zombies. My first question was: if Remy and her little brother, Max, are the only ones resistant to the virus, why would the scientists treat her like “just” a specimen (and not a “valuable” specimen), and why would the surgeons leave her abdomen cut open when they...more I wasn’t even five pages into the story yet, and already I had a gazillion questions. In the first chapter they operated on Remy, sliced her open and left her that way when an alarm went off signaling the compound is being attacked by zombies. My first question was: if Remy and her little brother, Max, are the only ones resistant to the virus, why would the scientists treat her like “just” a specimen (and not a “valuable” specimen), and why would the surgeons leave her abdomen cut open when they flee the operating room and not take their valuable specimen with them? Why would they perform surgeries on her without giving her an anesthetic if there’s a possibility their only specimen can die during the operation? How does she manage to not pass out while freeing herself from her constraints and with blood gushing from an abdominal incision? And guess what she’s worried about? Attracting zombies; not dying from the blood loss. This is where I realized that in order to enjoy this story by one of my favorite authors, I’ll have to throw all logic out the window and just try and enjoy it for what it is. Disappointingly, it wasn’t nearly as terrific as the previous book, Hollowland.

The best part of the story was meeting up again with Ripley, Remy’s lion, but the rest of it was anticlimactic and a letdown from the book-high on which Hollowland had left me. It wasn’t nearly as suspenseful or exciting as the first book. Remy came across as cold, distant and selfish and felt like a separate character from the one she was in Hollowland. The rest of the characters had small parts and none of them had any impact on me. The story moves slowly, emotional scenes are drawn out and the action scenes were few and far apart. Overall it was an okay-ish story and I’m happy the author ended the story with this book and didn’t drag it out into a third book. Of course, Hocking is still my favorite author as she made a magnificent impact on me with Hollowland and I’m looking forward to reading more of her books, but she should’ve written Hollowland as a stand-alone.
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May 03, 2013 Sophie rated it 3 of 5 stars

This one wasn't as good as the first book, but it still packed a punch. I did come across a few problems in this one though.
#1 Blue was a zombie! When I read that I wanted to throw the book across the room. After everything he'd been through and what a decent guy he was, he didn't deserve that and I felt scandalized.
#2 Harlow "didn't make it". What does that even mean? Is she dead? Is she a zombie? Who knows because Remy wasn't with her. She wasn't a main character in this book like she was in t...more

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Apr 26, 2013 Sally rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror-supernatural

I'll admit I wasn't sure I would find this book as enjoyable as the first but I was pleasantly surprised to find that Hollowmen was able to live up to the first. There are some minor spoilers in this review so beware. I think what I have come to like most of Amanda Hocking's writing is her ability to keep the same suspenseful atmosphere throughout these two books which reminded me of reading Hunger Games for the first time.

I overall liked that this book improved a bit on the background story and...more

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Aug 10, 2012 Book Him Danno rated it 4 of 5 stars

Amanda Hocking picks up where she left off in the book Hollowland and she keeps the reader biting their nails. If you haven't read the first novel Hollowland please stop reading my review because it will give several spoilers starting NOW. *** I warned you.

Remy King is a strong female but at times a confusing character. We last read about Remy as she was saving her brother from a Military lab where he was hooked up to machines trying to solve the mystery of why he was immune to the zombie bites....more Amanda Hocking picks up where she left off in the book Hollowland and she keeps the reader biting their nails. If you haven't read the first novel Hollowland please stop reading my review because it will give several spoilers starting NOW. *** I warned you.

Remy King is a strong female but at times a confusing character. We last read about Remy as she was saving her brother from a Military lab where he was hooked up to machines trying to solve the mystery of why he was immune to the zombie bites. Remy takes her brothers place and is put though pure torture for the good of the world but when the zombies break into the military compound she’s left on an operation table to fend for herself. Thankful she has a friend, Tatum, who comes to save her.

The author created another band of misfit survivors as they travel across the US to find a safe environment and when they hear that Zombies cannot handle the cold they head north. Now I will have to take issues with the author and the original band of misfit Remy King first traveled with. They leave her behind in the evacuation of the base. I couldn't imagine Lazlo leaving Remy because of how much he loved her in Hollowland. It broke my heart when she finally gets to hear Lazlo for the first time only to act like nothing happened in the first book. I understand that author wrote Remy to be adaptable to what is going on at that moment without regret, but it killed me.

As the little band of misfits help Remy to find her brother and her tiger we are able to finally see Remy have emotions again, but we also read how much compassion her little brother has for those around him. In some ways the author wrote Remy opposite of her brother so if you couldn't identity with one you could with the other.

Just like the first book there are loss of characters you love, some that surprise you and character you hope never to meet in real life. The author creates great imaginary that makes the reader feel they are walking thought the heat of the desert or the freezing cold while hearing the zombies moans and screams all around them.

The author ends the book perfectly because if she decides she wants to write a new story in the Hollow series without using the same characters she can because I would love to know what happened to Lazlo.

I enjoy reading Amanda Hocking’s Zombie series and it is perfect for those who have never read zombie books. It has the gore, violence and a little sex but it is just enough without going over the top.

Thanks go to Heidi for this review.
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Jul 19, 2012 Stephanie Moakes rated it 3 of 5 stars

I was slightly disappointed by this book because although it picked up where the first one ended and the story never faltered it was almost an exact replica of the first book, in the sense that it was about Remy’s journey to find her brother again and then it swiftly turns into a journey across country to head to somewhere that isn’t overrun with flesh eating zombies.

The one aspect of this book that really frustrated me was that I was hoping to find out more about the original characters in the...more I was slightly disappointed by this book because although it picked up where the first one ended and the story never faltered it was almost an exact replica of the first book, in the sense that it was about Remy’s journey to find her brother again and then it swiftly turns into a journey across country to head to somewhere that isn’t overrun with flesh eating zombies.

The one aspect of this book that really frustrated me was that I was hoping to find out more about the original characters in the first book but Hocking killed them off early on and introduced a whole new group to travel with Remy and although I developed connections with the new group of people it was hard not to think about Harlow, Blue and Lazlo.

I missed Lazlo in this book, I missed his charm and carefree attitude and I was extremely disappointed that he was only present for a couple of pages because I was really hoping that Hocking would explore his and Remy’s relationship further instead of creating a Boden as a new love interest for Remy without a conflicting one.

Again it was filled with brilliantly described action scenes and plenty of gore and there’s no doubt that Hocking is a beautiful storyteller but at the rate the characters are killed off I couldn’t help but feel that they were put in the story simply to fill up the pages. I enjoyed the book because I enjoy Remy’s world but I felt that the story had major holes in it and was again frustrated that there was no search for a cure to the Lyssavirus and the characters seemed to give up and just accept the world they are living in.

The ending was sweet and I felt that the story came to it naturally but I was hoping for something that would provide some answers about the zombies and how exactly they came into the world but my questions remain unanswered. I can’t believe that someone with Remy’s nature would simply stop fighting and decide to settle down as a family, especially since from the beginning the story led us to believe that Remy and her brother were the only people that could save the world.

I was hoping for another book but after reading Hocking’s blog can see that it’s unlikely there will be another one in the near future however if her plans change I will be looking forward to seeing what’s in store for Remy and her new family (also I hope Lazlo is thrown back into the story).
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Jul 01, 2012 Mia rated it 2 of 5 stars

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i Just read Hollowmen -Amanda Hocking- and wanted to just . . . errgh, just throw the book of the floor. But I couldnt, because I was on my iPod. My God, that book is depressing. And THERE IS NO POINT IN HAVING THE PREVIOUS BOOK!!!!!! Except to depress the readers more. I mean Remy (the heroine) seemed fine with the fact everyone she was with in the last book (including the dude she apparently loved) is either dead or she won't ever see them again. And she just ups and gets a new...more ERGHPFFTBLEGGHH.
i Just read Hollowmen -Amanda Hocking- and wanted to just . . . errgh, just throw the book of the floor. But I couldnt, because I was on my iPod. My God, that book is depressing. And THERE IS NO POINT IN HAVING THE PREVIOUS BOOK!!!!!! Except to depress the readers more. I mean Remy (the heroine) seemed fine with the fact everyone she was with in the last book (including the dude she apparently loved) is either dead or she won't ever see them again. And she just ups and gets a new boy - which I'm actually down with because i was team Tatum (Lazlo is just . . . erghh idk just not right for kickass Remy) but guess what?
Tatum died. Straight up. No heroic death, just "oh, im going for a pee" then BANG he's dead.
And this new story is based on characters we've never met before . . . okay with the exception of AMAZING Ripley the tiger . . . and we don't even see her til pretty late in the book. So, the previous book she's rolling with: Harlow, Blue and Lazlo. Last chapter is all the heartfelt, teary goodbyes; the "i love you"'s and the "I'll wait for you forever"....which I have to admit made me like Lazlo more in the first one, then (as I needed cheering up) I went and reread the first one and in this scene I wanted to punch him. In the face. With a metal pole.
Now, first chapter is her getting TORTURED. But of course kickass Remy is dealing, still making herself stronger. (Unrealistic, I know) Then zombies have got into the compound so she escapes with Tatum (and at this point I'm thinking....awww she was tortured lets go kill thosee ...bleeeeeeeeeeep .... and OHMYGODDYAYYY!!! TATUM!!!!) so she asks about everyone else we actually KNOW ... and they've left her. They HAD to, but they didn't try get her out, check on her or ANYTHING. This Lazlo of "I will wait forever" blah blah BLAAHH!
And then Tatum dies. BLERGH. And she sees Blue's dead corpse zombie thing. Depressing. And then (for you Team Lazlo's) she gets a radio with him on the other end. (This is quite far in BTW) And he's basically like "Oh, yeah, I'm alive but we can't meet up because the zombies will kill us all, but we can meet up in Canada - no place, no time, no NOTHING but yeah, we can meet! Oh, BTW Harlows dead. Toodles."
D.E.P.R.E.S.S.I.N.G.
Oh and one of the people torturing her (literally cutting her open WHILE SHE WAS AWAKE because they didn't want to waste sedatives) is rolling with the group. Good news is, she's found her brother. But he was doing fine without her and doesn't add ANYTHING to the story. AT ALL.
And also, by the time you get to ... not like because the extra characters in this book are completely POINTLESS and they have NO personality ... but by the time you get used to them they die. Seriously. Even the guy that tortured her, Remy becomes friends with. (Yeah, I was like ..Okaaaaaaaay as well.) EVERYONE dies except her new guy and this random guy they picked off the street. He says absolutely NOOOOTHING.
The ONLY good thing is Bodem her new boy - he's kinda kickass too, army boy and that. In fact, he's kinda like Tatum. Just not dead. And them two get together and it ends with Remy like "oh, I can't stop the end of the world, everyone's gonna die... but hey at least I have a nice guy to sleep with." -_____________-

Considering I loved the first one, Hollowmen was just ...erghff. Crap is the wrong word, because Amanda Hocking can write - not literary write, I mean keep you wanting more and turning the pages . . . i mean, the books not BAD its just not something I like...(less)

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May 08, 2012 Nina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: heartbreaker, series, young-adult, zombies-are-cray

I had a love/hate relationship with this one, but for me, that's a good thing. It was like I didn't want to read it, but when I started I couldn't stop reading. There's such a capable voice here. You want so much for Remy and you want this all to be over. You scream out, "I NEED THIS TO STOP." But it doesn't and that's scary. Because the whole time you're like, "Well, what would I do?" And as you're starting to care for the characters they end up dying grotesquely and then you have to move on as...more

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Apr 12, 2012 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was different to Hollowland somehow, even though both books featured a road trip with plenty of zombies, corrupted people, desperate people, gore and moments of horror (the ones that really get me usually have to do with bad people, not zombies - go figure). It was less rich, maybe. It seemed shorter, for sure. But I really enjoyed it.
Lazlo wasn't around but I liked that fact, because really, in the event of a zombie apocalypse, if your boyfriend leaves a place without you, chances are you...more This was different to Hollowland somehow, even though both books featured a road trip with plenty of zombies, corrupted people, desperate people, gore and moments of horror (the ones that really get me usually have to do with bad people, not zombies - go figure). It was less rich, maybe. It seemed shorter, for sure. But I really enjoyed it.
Lazlo wasn't around but I liked that fact, because really, in the event of a zombie apocalypse, if your boyfriend leaves a place without you, chances are you will not be seeing each other again for a long time, if ever. Go realism! And in the case of Boden and Remy's romantic shenanigans (that makes a love triangle, people!) I saw no issue with this. Like I say, this is the apocalypse, and Lazlo is not around. Do you really think that if he was attracted to some girl wherever he is that he would say, "oh no, back off lady! I have a girl waiting for me somewhere in North America right now!"? I think not. It's believable for the situation. (what's less believable is the fact that there are always hot, age appropriate guys of substance around in these types of novels, but that's obviously forgivable!)
As for the plot, with the zombies rendering the quarantine useless and a small group of survivors making their way up to Canada, being picked off bloodily along the way, it was done well. The book was fast paced and unflinching. And if any of the other survivors annoy you, don't worry - chances are they will get eaten very soon!
I love that Remy isn't one of those whiny dwellers you find a lot of. If I had to name names, I would mention that main character from Eden. I like that book, but oh my goodness that girl continually dwelled whinily about her love woes. Hopefully if Remy catches up with Lazlo and Boden is still around, there will be none of this.
Now, with Daniels' hypothesis and findings about the virus communicating with itself amongst bodies but ignoring Remy's blood in the Petra dish (catch my breath), should that not mean that if she were traveling along on her own or with only her also immune brother, that zombies would not bother them at all unless they literally saw them and wanted a bite?(less)

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Mar 15, 2012 Tom Coakley rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Feb 09, 2012 Susan Griscom rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, dystopian, paranormal, young-adult

Call me silly, immature, or even shallow. I don't care. I loved this book as well as the silly little series it was part of. It was a page-turner the whole way through. Zombies can be gruesome, but the dedication of this young girl to the people she loved and cared about was extraordinary. Both this book and the first one,

“You were mad at me?” He sighed. “So your plan to punish me was to kill yourself?”

“Do you see that, Remy? You were out of commission for a few days, and the world didn’t end...more

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Jan 28, 2012 Ciara rated it 5 of 5 stars

So I was really wondering how Hocking was going to tie up all of her storylines and I found myself with a smile on my face when it was all said and done. In every Hocking story I have read I always love her heroines, but Remy is by far my favorite> After 6 months of being a lab rat to the scientists, the zombies infiltrate the quarantine and she finds a way to escape only to discover that everyone has evacuated leaving her to leave with the remainder of the unaffected civilians, Tatum, Boden,...more

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Jan 22, 2012 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-booklist, paranormal-suspense, dystopian

You should read my review of Hollowland because a lot the same problems exist here as well and they start right away. Believe me, someone who has repeatedly undergone abdominal (and other) surgeries without anesthesia for 6 months will not be sane. They will have at LEAST post-traumatic-stress-disorder not to mention that surgeries like those depicted here take at least 6 weeks to heal even partially and yet she underwent MANY in 6 months time and was still able to hop off the table after being...more You should read my review of Hollowland because a lot the same problems exist here as well and they start right away. Believe me, someone who has repeatedly undergone abdominal (and other) surgeries without anesthesia for 6 months will not be sane. They will have at LEAST post-traumatic-stress-disorder not to mention that surgeries like those depicted here take at least 6 weeks to heal even partially and yet she underwent MANY in 6 months time and was still able to hop off the table after being left there by all sorts of men who swore they'd never let harm come to her (Lazlo said he'd never leave and he did and didn't say sorry, nor did she ever venture to question his desertion!!! What??) *breathe* anyway, so she has to sew herself up, kick some zombie butt and then trek all over the country while recouping from yet another MAJOR abdominal surgery. Wow. Not even to mention her conversation with Tatum directly after her escape was so ridiculous in context considering WHAT SHE HAD JUST BEEN DOING!! How can that be so minimized. It just felt soooo contrived!

This book is more of the same running around...find Max again...find another safe haven. Mirror image of book 1. We even found another stud for her to fall into bed with for who knows why since THAT relationship came out of nowhere. Some big long weird kiss in the room where a dead man lays, then nothing....then wham...they're in bed and playing house. Um Serg...AWKWARD. He's a little third wheel, right?

No third book that I can see but this book did totally ended in the middle of nowhere, like no real ending at all. Like she just decided to be done after this paragraph. And nothing that's really causing me huge angst to get my hands on #3. They found a safe haven, zombie shows up probably alerts more zombies before he dies but no one seems too concerned and even though the zombies have virtually destroyed every concrete quarantine they've ever been in, Remy is evidently confident they can protect themselves in this house. That's laughable. I would have preferred a possible ending where a chance of total zombie annihilation presents itself. That would have made for a more enticing #3. As it stands, I have no faith for this little group. They won't see the next winter. They're going down. (less)

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Jan 05, 2012 Tommy rated it 3 of 5 stars

just started reading this so only a few chapters in but... really? girl is "skin and bones" has been getting sliced and diced for 6 months and has been kept away from all her friends but when she gets free she talks to tatum as if nothings happened and she has ridiculous strength straight away... not to mention the fact that the first book talks about how important she and her brother are to the doctors in trying to discover a cure yet when the zombies are getting in they just leave her there li...more

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Jan 04, 2012 Noelwellin rated it 3 of 5 stars

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There was both good and bad about this book. I really enjoyed the first installment of this series, which is why I bought the second one. The plot twists that Hocking tosses in, such as killing off main characters, definitely makes the plot interesting. It almost helps keep the entire book from being too formulated. However, the majority of the book is way too rushed and easy. The entire thing blows by ridiculously fast, and every few pages something is popping up that...more *******SPOILER ALERT*******

There was both good and bad about this book. I really enjoyed the first installment of this series, which is why I bought the second one. The plot twists that Hocking tosses in, such as killing off main characters, definitely makes the plot interesting. It almost helps keep the entire book from being too formulated. However, the majority of the book is way too rushed and easy. The entire thing blows by ridiculously fast, and every few pages something is popping up that's entirely too convenient for the character, starting right from page one. It really seemed as though Hocking rushed to publish the book instead of taking the time to put out something with substance, like her other works.

For starters, the story begins with Remy explaining to us how incredibly emaciated she's become from all of the tests and operations she had to endure in the quarantine. Literally skin and bones, veins popping out, etc. Yet once she breaks free of the operating table and gets out of the building, she is somehow able to get by with hardly any food, walking for hours and hours right away, without passing out from exhaustion or breaking any bones while jumping off roofs and fighting zombies. If she really was the skin and bones girl she described, there would've been no way for that to happen. She mentions occasionally how she's not quite strong enough for certain things, but it seems as though that's always after several chapters of scaling down buildings, running from or killing zombies, miles upon miles of walking, and after doing dozens of crunches and push ups each day to build her strength up. With a soon-to-be infected surgical incision that she sewed up herself after being abandoned on the operating table eating away at her stomach.

After that, they kept coming upon one piece of good fortune after another. First, they found Remy's brothers, Max, along with her pet lion, Ripley, with almost no effort. Then they found multiple safe, secure shelters, the last one chock full of weapons and ammunition. Remy's near-fatal infection from the surgical incision that became exacerbated after she'd run several miles tracking Stella, who'd been kidnapped by a former friend-turned-zombie, and carried her back through a blizzard, was cured conveniently with vodka and bed rest.

In all honesty, I felt this was a pretty disappointing sequel from an author who's written some pretty great books thus far. I'm undecided as to whether or not I'll read the third book in the series, but I might just have to give Amanda Hocking another shot. (less)

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Dec 25, 2011 Nicky Cartwright Pashley rated it 4 of 5 stars

Hollowmen by Amanda Hocking

Hollowmen - the sequel to Hollowland....

“After six months in the quarantine, Remy finds out things are much worse than she feared. Her plans to escape come with a heavy cost, and she realizes that zombies aren't the worst of her problems.
This is a young adult novel with language, violence, and sexual situations. Not recommended for readers under the age of 17. “

When I read the first book, Hollowland, I did so with trepidation as I am not normally a reader of zombie bo...more Hollowmen by Amanda Hocking

Hollowmen - the sequel to Hollowland....

“After six months in the quarantine, Remy finds out things are much worse than she feared. Her plans to escape come with a heavy cost, and she realizes that zombies aren't the worst of her problems.
This is a young adult novel with language, violence, and sexual situations. Not recommended for readers under the age of 17. “

When I read the first book, Hollowland, I did so with trepidation as I am not normally a reader of zombie books. The only reason behind my decision was that I have become a fan of Amanda Hocking’s work and have yet to be disappointed with her stories. Hollowland blew me away! It held me firmly in my grasp from beginning to end and left me disappointed that I couldn’t immediately download the sequel.

The sequel packs the same sort of punch. It is action packed from the first page, continuing the story of Remy in a world gone mad. I fell in love with Boden immediately, as the strong, quiet but determinedly stubborn sort of hero that attracts me. He repeatedly demonstrates tact and sensitivity despite the strength of his army training.

The book begins 6 months after the last one has ended. Remy has basically spent that period of time being a vivisection experiment, as scientists try to find out why she is immune to the zombie virus that is sweeping the planet. Desperate to find her younger brother, unsure who is trustworthy and hunted by hungry zombies., Remy and her rag-tag band trek North whilst narrowly avoiding death, rape and consumption. However, their journey is perilous and lives are lost, friends made, enemies found and love blossoms in the most unlikely of circumstances.

This is another great read by Amanda Hocking. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the novel (after my initial surprise at the price hike from the price of Hollowland) . I am a big fan of Amanda’s work. My only surprise was how abruptly the book ended. I enjoyed the story despite this. Another great read by Amanda Hocking.
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Dec 23, 2011 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Remy has spent months being a lab rat in the Quarantine while a group of faceless scientists attempt to find a cure to the Zombie virus. When the Zombies outside become smarter and find a way to infiltrate the compound, she faces a new problem. Escape with her life, find Max again and head north to Canada.

I wanted to love this book, was even willing to ignore the same number of spelling errors and missing words in the Kindle version of this book as there were in the first one. There was just som...more

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Dec 06, 2011 Nyimah rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Hollowmen

I'm not really sure how I feel about this read. I am an Amanda Hocking fan but I just didn't really care how this story player out. It just seemed overly brutal and I really didn't understand why she had to kill off all the previous characters it was like a favorite movie franchise got all new directors producers and writers for the sequel and they wanted to shake things up. And sometimes it was a bit inconsistent one moment she beheaded and older zomb...more

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Dec 05, 2011 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

We start out with Remy 6 months after she helped her little brother Max escape from the medical lab at the quarantine and she is weak, depleted and cut up. She was a living lab rat with worse treatment than any animal. When all of a sudden she is thrust back into the world fighting for her life and again searching for Max and trying to find a safe place with the few survivors she made it out with. Remy is a tough chick, she grew up quickly and it shows, she's hard and doesn't want to let anyone...more

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Dec 04, 2011 Camila rated it 4 of 5 stars

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

Okay I was expecting alot more from this book. I agree with other readers that there was some lack of emotion but I'm just putting myself in the character's shoes, and I guess I could grow numb to people dying around me too.
The book was also lacking in description, from what I'm used to, I like it when the author is very descriptive of ALL characters including those just introduced and less important ones, NOT just the MAIN characters.

For example,in regards to Serg, all I knew...more

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Nov 19, 2011 Stephanie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: apocalypse, fantasy, horror, ya, zombies

Hollowmen (The Hollows #2) by Amanda Hocking
high school & up

Remy has rescued her brother from the endless medical testing & research. Unfortunately, the only way to do this was to take his place. Remy is suffering endless, progressively debilitating operation; most of them performed while she is still conscious. When the quarantine zone is overrun by zombies she barely makes it out safely. Together with a new, much smaller, group of survivors she reunites with her brother Max and searche...more

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Nov 16, 2011 Cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, paranormal, post-apocalyptic, young-adult, zombies

Wait, so...I'm just reading along and then suddenly...the book is over. How long was this? Like twelve pages?! (Okay, I admit that I'm being sarcastic on that point.) Was there a conclusion? Well, yes, I suppose there was. Was there a plot? Hmmmm...um, kind-of?

If there ever was a way to like something while feeling extreme disappointment in it, Hollowmen was it for me. I think it's that I expected more from it. Hollowland was the ultimate end-all for me. It had everything that I love. Hollowmen...more

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Nov 11, 2011 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Ok,wow, I'm not sure where to start, to be honest. I have been waiting since February, when I finished Hollowland, for this book to be out. I've been very busy with my review blog and life so I hadn't been stalking Amanda's blog for information like usual. I was surprised when I saw a Facebook post that it was available. It was an easy read, I breezed right through it. When I got to the end I thought "Wait..What? That's it?" It seemed like such a short read. This book picks up with Remy at the q...more Ok,wow, I'm not sure where to start, to be honest. I have been waiting since February, when I finished Hollowland, for this book to be out. I've been very busy with my review blog and life so I hadn't been stalking Amanda's blog for information like usual. I was surprised when I saw a Facebook post that it was available. It was an easy read, I breezed right through it. When I got to the end I thought "Wait..What? That's it?" It seemed like such a short read. This book picks up with Remy at the quarantine and what she had been through to get to the quarantine seemed like a walk in the park compared to what she is and has been going through. Because she is immune to the virus, the doctors have been using her as their lab rat to find out why and more about the virus. I have a pretty strong stomach but I even cringed a little at parts. One minute she is laying on a cold steel table being cut open and the next the alarms are blaring and she is left alone. After finding her way out of her predictable, as only Remy can, she meets up with others that were left behind and they all start off to the north, where it is colder and hopefully zombie-less. Remy is also hoping to find her brother along the way. During their travels and struggle for survival, their group gains some members...and looses some members. Overall I enjoyed this sequal, it was fast paced kept me wanting to read more. I enjoyed the ending (which I'm not going to discuss as don't spoil it for those who haven't read it yet). BUT, I could not give it 5 stars for the fact that by now, as popular and "big" as Amanda Hocking has become, I would of expected one, maybe two, grammatical errors. Things like pick tables instead of picnic tables or words missing to make a complete sentence (usually of or an) meant the difference between that last star to me, as I take grammar and spelling into consideration when writing my reviews. I know no one is perfect but the errors were little ones that should of been caught. I'm not sure if there will be another book in the series or not and I'm not sure where it would go after the ending of Hollowmen. All that said, I would recommend Hollowmen, or any of Amanda's books for that matter, and would like to read both books in this series again!(less)

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Aug 09, 2012 Heather Elizabeth rated it 3 of 5 stars

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