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 t...
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Apr 23, 2011
Alli
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OMFG. this was amazing. i loved it. great character development, action-packed plot....just wow.
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Jun 28, 2011
Jillian -always aspiring-
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Ongoing series. Some people have their favorites among young adult fiction: Maximum Ride, Morganville Vampires, House of Night, etc. Me? I have an unyielding love for the Gone series.
Truth be told, Gone is one of those series that I'm sure makes a lot of my reader friends raise their eyebrows and think, "Really? She likes that?" Yes, I do. Very much so. Even though my reading reportoire is laden down with young adult contemporary, fantasy, and paranormal, Gone piqued More...
Truth be told, Gone is one of those series that I'm sure makes a lot of my reader friends raise their eyebrows and think, "Really? She likes that?" Yes, I do. Very much so. Even though my reading reportoire is laden down with young adult contemporary, fantasy, and paranormal, Gone piqued More...
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Jul 08, 2011
Emma
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POST READING UPDATE:
Why do I do this to myself? Even as I was checking it out from the library, I was berating myself for my lack of common sense. Checking out a book I am fully aware will terrify me...
And it did. Not as much as the others, because I read it quickly and in the daylight, but I have the feeling I'm going to be checking the far corners of my room for glowing green lights and being freaked out by the lightbulb on my smoke detector...
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Why do I do this to myself? Even as I was checking it out from the library, I was berating myself for my lack of common sense. Checking out a book I am fully aware will terrify me...
And it did. Not as much as the others, because I read it quickly and in the daylight, but I have the feeling I'm going to be checking the far corners of my room for glowing green lights and being freaked out by the lightbulb on my smoke detector...
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May 02, 2011
Abdal
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OMFG I am totally shizzing myself due to the awesome-waves this book is radiating XD.
A friend and I found early copies in a WHSmith close to our school.
OMFG.
Ultra-eeek.
I've read about two hundred pages or so.
IT. IS. EPIC.
o_0
Too much awesomeness, not enough time *flail*
Will review this soon.
Now, must go back to reading
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A friend and I found early copies in a WHSmith close to our school.
OMFG.
Ultra-eeek.
I've read about two hundred pages or so.
IT. IS. EPIC.
o_0
Too much awesomeness, not enough time *flail*
Will review this soon.
Now, must go back to reading
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Nov 03, 2011
Emily
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This book pretty much completely overruled everything negative I may have said about Lies. The last book seemed like the series was running out of juice and I found it impossible to believe that Grant could sustain the story throughout the 3 more books he had planned. But alas, all is forgiven and Plague was pretty much awesome, apart from some of the same old annoying factors that got on my nerves before in Gone and Hunger. Books 1 and 2 built up this overall plot about the radiation effects fr
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Jun 16, 2011
Amelia, the pragmatic idealist
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For the most part, Plague was just as entertaining and action-packed as its predecessors.
To be honest, though, I'm starting to have an issue with the determined length of this series.
You see, I kind of wish this series would only be 5 books, instead of, like, 6. Knowing that there are (at least) two more books to go before any kind of resolution hits is rather exhausting.
I loved Gone and thought Hunger was very well-done, but starting with Lies, the series started to take on an More...
To be honest, though, I'm starting to have an issue with the determined length of this series.
You see, I kind of wish this series would only be 5 books, instead of, like, 6. Knowing that there are (at least) two more books to go before any kind of resolution hits is rather exhausting.
I loved Gone and thought Hunger was very well-done, but starting with Lies, the series started to take on an More...
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Jul 30, 2011
Emma
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Plague, out of all the four Gone novels, was definitely the most graphic and harsh, but very realistic. The thing I like about Michael Grant is that he doesn't gloss over stuff, but dives right into it-- the characters, the plot, the drama, was all perfectly detailed and well- written. I like how the author goes between different kids in all his books, because it lets the readers get a good feel of what everyone is going through. The kids were all very relateable, to me, with all their strengths
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Jun 11, 2011
Adam
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AGH!!!!! I NEED THIS BOOK! THE COVER LOOKS AMAZING!
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Feb 08, 2012
Carina
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I have no words to describe how awesome this book was...okay maybe I do.
Compared to the rest of the books in Michael Grant's Gone Series, I found Plague to be by far my favorite. For me, the third book, Lies, just didn't cut it for me and I was afraid that the rest of the forthcoming books in the series would suffer as well. Luckily this wasn't the case.
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Compared to the rest of the books in Michael Grant's Gone Series, I found Plague to be by far my favorite. For me, the third book, Lies, just didn't cut it for me and I was afraid that the rest of the forthcoming books in the series would suffer as well. Luckily this wasn't the case.
Michael Grant loves to keep readers guessing, all the while leaving them gripping tightly to the edge of their seats in a fr More...
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Apr 11, 2011
Mitchel
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My favorite ongoing series of the past couple of years continues with Plague, and proves that the first three books were no fluke. This is just as action-packed, jaw-dropping and lightning-paced as the first books. And a TON bloodier.
So it's been eight months since every adult disappeared and the impenetrable dome descended on the sleepy town of Perdido Beach. Throughout fires, horrid blood-baths, mutating monsters, and freak evolutions in the kids, the town has survived. The very u More...
So it's been eight months since every adult disappeared and the impenetrable dome descended on the sleepy town of Perdido Beach. Throughout fires, horrid blood-baths, mutating monsters, and freak evolutions in the kids, the town has survived. The very u More...
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Jan 23, 2012
Evelyn
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I absoultly agree that the book is more intruging and as always in the Gone series full of suspense. The story is about kids trying to survive in the Fayz which is a sphere shaped barrier which has separated them from the world.
At the begining of it it all, in the book "Gone", they've tryed to live without any adults because they disappeared, they were simply gone. In the second book, "Hunger", they sufered basically from hunger and had to try to live through More...
At the begining of it it all, in the book "Gone", they've tryed to live without any adults because they disappeared, they were simply gone. In the second book, "Hunger", they sufered basically from hunger and had to try to live through More...
Nov 24, 2011
Cindy
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Grant does it again...creates an exciting story of desperation, difficult decisions, and teenage angst. There are two more planned sequels so don't expect a happy ending. Expect deaths, destruction, and more freaky disgusting creatures. The writing may be geared to a younger audience but not the subject matter which gets darker and more disturbing. My only quibble is the title of the book. I was expecting an entire novel focused on the kids dealing with an illness, with a superflu that woul
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Oct 12, 2011
Jenben8426
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Nothing can ever go right for the children of the FAYZ. Things just keep going from bad to worse and in the pick-up of Grant's 4th book in he GONE series, a deadly flu is seizing the kids, and no one can do anything about it. Things are desperate with no supplies, food is low, and drinkable water is on the verge of being gone. Sam and his friends set out on a mission to find some water and on the way encounter human eating bugs, more flying snakes, a monster who has escaped and is determined
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Oct 04, 2011
Sherry
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In this fourth book in the Gone series by Michael Grant, the kids discover that flying snakes called greenies are spreading parasites through their droppings. The parasites eat the infected host and eventually hatch as huge insects, or “gut roaches”, which cannot be killed by Sam’s blazing powers. Hunter is the first person to succumb to the parasites. Additionally, a deadly flu is spreading among the kids. This flu literally causes the sick person to cough up his lungs and die. Unfortunately, t
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Sep 27, 2011
Micah
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THIS IS THE BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BOOK OF THE SERIES SO FAR!
Yes!
After a mediocre and disappointing Lies(ugh), Plague redeems the series and brought what I loved about Gone and Hunger and combined them into this great installment.
Pros:
Caina---You naughty couple you. And look what happens to Diana at the end :) This should make Fear an interesting installment.
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Yes!
After a mediocre and disappointing Lies(ugh), Plague redeems the series and brought what I loved about Gone and Hunger and combined them into this great installment.
Pros:
Caina---You naughty couple you. And look what happens to Diana at the end :) This should make Fear an interesting installment.
Human Crew---They were great in this book but my issue is that given all the super More...
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Sep 10, 2011
Alicia
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**POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THE SERIES**
My god I love the Gone Series. After devouring and loving the previous three books - Gone, Hunger and Lies - I was more than eager to get my hands on Plague, and I finally spotted it at my library! You’d think the six-part series would steadily be getting worse by now, but that is most definitely not the case – if anything it gets better and even more gripping as the kids become more desperate to survive…and ill; because illness is More...
My god I love the Gone Series. After devouring and loving the previous three books - Gone, Hunger and Lies - I was more than eager to get my hands on Plague, and I finally spotted it at my library! You’d think the six-part series would steadily be getting worse by now, but that is most definitely not the case – if anything it gets better and even more gripping as the kids become more desperate to survive…and ill; because illness is More...
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Sep 09, 2011
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Originally Reviewed on The Book Smugglers: http://thebooksmugglers.com/2011/05/book...
Life in the Fallout Alley Youth Zone – or The FAYZ – is not easy for the teens and children trapped inside, cut off from the outside world and encased in a tiny, psychically-barricaded bubble. In the eight months of the FAYZ’s existence, the children of Perdido Beach have survived the initial disappearance of adults, the terrifying Darkness, gnawing hunger, sickness, and each other – but the worst is More...
Life in the Fallout Alley Youth Zone – or The FAYZ – is not easy for the teens and children trapped inside, cut off from the outside world and encased in a tiny, psychically-barricaded bubble. In the eight months of the FAYZ’s existence, the children of Perdido Beach have survived the initial disappearance of adults, the terrifying Darkness, gnawing hunger, sickness, and each other – but the worst is More...
Sep 07, 2011
Reading
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Wow. That's all I can say about these books. Every single one of them is amazingly intense, and I absolutely love them all. They're definitely some of the strangest books I've ever read, they're just plain bizarre, but maybe that's what makes them so enticing. I'm pretty sure I'm addicted. If he didn't write any more, I might have some interesting side effects. To communicate to you just how suspenseful and creepy they are, I would like for you to watch this. Yes, I know it's the U.K. ver
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Aug 18, 2011
Drebbles
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It has been several months since everyone over the age of 15 disappeared from Perdido Beach and nothing has gotten better for the residence of the FAYZ - in fact, things are getting worse. Sure, Brittney/Drake has been captured but for how long? Water is scarce and badly needed as more and more members of the FAYZ are coming down with a killer flu. Some set off to find more water, but the trip will be dangerous as there are killer insects on the loose - insects that like to eat people from the i
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Aug 10, 2011
Donna
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This is the 4th installment in the Gone Series, and it was a great read. When I read one of these Gone books, I'm transported to another world for the couple of days it takes me to read them, and in this series, things keep happening to make you wonder... 'What could top this?', but something always does! Michael Grant is a great story teller, but I will say that I'm really hoping that the final book will be written and released already! I want to know the who/what/when/why and how of this story
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Jun 19, 2011
Hannah
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Three words to describe this book... No, scratch that. Three words to describe this entire series: violent, melodramatic, and drawn-out.
This book was pretty much exactly like the other books. Things go from bad to worse, of course. More minor people die, the main protagonists continue to live, and new issues continue to present themselves. No new ground is made in breaking out of the FAYZ. But this entire plot follows along the same exact freakin' lines as the other books. Yeah, More...
This book was pretty much exactly like the other books. Things go from bad to worse, of course. More minor people die, the main protagonists continue to live, and new issues continue to present themselves. No new ground is made in breaking out of the FAYZ. But this entire plot follows along the same exact freakin' lines as the other books. Yeah, More...
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Jun 14, 2011
Ginny
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Jun 01, 2011
Snshyne79
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This one made me think bit more. I wasn't a big fan of how the Darkness/gaiaphage was present in this book. It was a little too "Starship Troopers" to me - but I did like the character development in this book. Those I love grew in depth (Dekka, Sam, Jack, Lana), and those I dislike either creeped me out to a new extreme (Drake and Pete) or surprised me completely (Caine and Diana). I also have to give props to Orc for not being a static character. While the other characters pigeon-hol
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May 17, 2011
Mary
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When I first came across Gone in 2008 it didn't really jump out at me.. but I think perhaps 4 months later I came across it and thought to myself "What the hell might as well.". Best. Decision. Ever.
I think what turned me off to reading it at first was the fact it was gonna be about a bunch of kids that were 15 yrs and under but I gave it a chance and could not put it down!I absolutely love Grants characters and admit I've grown attached to them and sit on the edge of my s More...
I think what turned me off to reading it at first was the fact it was gonna be about a bunch of kids that were 15 yrs and under but I gave it a chance and could not put it down!I absolutely love Grants characters and admit I've grown attached to them and sit on the edge of my s More...
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May 13, 2011
Lucille
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Wow. These books are creepy and disturbing and they kind of give me nightmares but they are so damned good and it is killing me to have to wait a year between each book.
So, when we left off in Lies, Drake has taken over the little island paradise with food and electricity and running water. There is a lot going on between him and Diana, and as there relationship intensifies, Astrid and Sam's is faltering. Attention fifteen year old characters! Cool the hell down. You're fifteen. You don't More...
So, when we left off in Lies, Drake has taken over the little island paradise with food and electricity and running water. There is a lot going on between him and Diana, and as there relationship intensifies, Astrid and Sam's is faltering. Attention fifteen year old characters! Cool the hell down. You're fifteen. You don't More...
May 13, 2011
Rachel
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Eh....
I read the first book of the series and loved it. Second, a tad less. Third, I started to hate the characters and find some mistakes in the writing. And now I'm just reading it to see how it ends. I mean, it's a good book, it just has a lot of stuff going on.
Things that bother me:
1) The amount of characters. He just keeps throwing them at you! There's so many that when they reappear in the story line I have to text my friend so she can remind me who they are!
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I read the first book of the series and loved it. Second, a tad less. Third, I started to hate the characters and find some mistakes in the writing. And now I'm just reading it to see how it ends. I mean, it's a good book, it just has a lot of stuff going on.
Things that bother me:
1) The amount of characters. He just keeps throwing them at you! There's so many that when they reappear in the story line I have to text my friend so she can remind me who they are!
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May 04, 2011
Stephanie
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Michael Grant is an author who has no problem killing his darlings–and I’m not just talking pretty adjectives here, but whole characters, too. In fact, Grant seems to take rather a good deal of joy in torturing them, tormenting them, and eviscerating them in as gory a manner as possible. While Grant’s characters don’t exactly have a fun time of it, the reader certainly does. And with Plague the most visceral, cruel outing t More...
Michael Grant is an author who has no problem killing his darlings–and I’m not just talking pretty adjectives here, but whole characters, too. In fact, Grant seems to take rather a good deal of joy in torturing them, tormenting them, and eviscerating them in as gory a manner as possible. While Grant’s characters don’t exactly have a fun time of it, the reader certainly does. And with Plague the most visceral, cruel outing t More...
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May 01, 2011
Ilsa
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If you’ve been following this series, you know that things are going from bad to worse to downright AWFUL in the FAYZ–and I’ll bet you’re loving every second of it. There’s no easy way to summarize this penultimate installment, but suffice to say that the usual cast of bad actors make their reappearance; the food’s just about gone and so is most of the water; Sam and Astrid are having major relationship issues (Grant doesn’t believe in sugar-coating a thing, and so not only is there a fair amou
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Apr 30, 2011
Evi
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No real spoilers here until the last paragraph.
I love these books. The great thing about them is that it's the kind of series that can span six books of such large proportions-- it's not a trilogy stretched to fit some bloated plot. There's enough action, turmoil, and adventure here to fill every page.
Another great thing about these is that you forget you're reading. Invisible prose is the true mark of a good book-- story-lines and characters so intriguing that it ceases t More...
I love these books. The great thing about them is that it's the kind of series that can span six books of such large proportions-- it's not a trilogy stretched to fit some bloated plot. There's enough action, turmoil, and adventure here to fill every page.
Another great thing about these is that you forget you're reading. Invisible prose is the true mark of a good book-- story-lines and characters so intriguing that it ceases t More...
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