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Oct 31, 2011

karen rated it:

three stars - look at me!! i am right in the middle of the road with this one!! watch out for traffic, karen!!!

i wanted to read this as soon as it came out. i think i bought it the week we got it into the store. but, you know how i roll, this was just sitting around for ages and ages in a stack by the door. and then i heard that it was amaaaazing. and then i heard that it was terrrrrrible. and etc etc.

and it wasn't until zombie month 2011 that i managed to see for my dam More...

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Jun 04, 2011

Wendy Darling rated it:

This book has zombies in it, but to call it a zombie or horror novel does it a disservice. There are some awesome action sequences, but no gratuitous feeding scenes, screaming teenagers, or B-horror movie cliches or gore. It's more of a novel about journalism, the right to information and free speech, and the personal and political ramifications of a wide-spreading disease. With occasional zombie action.

This is also not necessarily a young adult novel. Not because it's inappropriate More...

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Aug 05, 2011

Flannery rated it:

A Venn diagram with 3 large circles-politics, blogging, and zombies. The mixture of politics and blogging is The Huffington Post. The portion with blogging and zombies is http://zombieresearch.net and the mixture of zombies and politics is 'Theories of International Politics and Zombies' by Daniel Drezner. The central portion mixing zombies, politics,and blogging is 'Feed' by Mira Grant

I think my Venn diagram says it all. What? It doesn't? Well, alright then. This book was a real roller coaster for me. I attempted to read a library copy in November and I just couldn't make it through. THE POLITICS. THE BLOGGING. There are several sections of Feed that really slow down the pacing. At points, I felt like I was running around an empty track. At others, someone had tied concrete blocks to my feet and I was running in quicksand. I am so happy that I finished it my secon More...

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Aug 15, 2011

Maja rated it:

This book broke my heart. Twice. Today I have a headache and puffy bags under my eyes. But it was worth it.

Kellis-Amberlee is a fact of existence. You live, you die, and then you come back to life, get up, and shamble around trying to eat your former friends and loved ones. That's the way it is for everyone.

Two of my favorite books this year both have zombies in them. One is The Reapers Are the Angels. The other is Feed. <spoiler>I wonder what that says about me.< More...

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May 23, 2011

Michelle, the Bookshelf Stalker rated it:

Update- 5/23/11- I did say I would pre-order the next book, and I did. Even though I have a Kindle and can get the book the same day I order it, I actually pre-ordered book 2 for my Kindle. Yes, I know I am a dork but I do love this book THAT much!

I'm not very good at writing reviews. Why? Because I don't like big words, suck at grammar, and frankly, I just want everyone to trust me when I say "read the book" without explanation. Nevertheless, I know that I must put forth m More...

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Apr 25, 2011

Kemper rated it:

This book is about mobs of mindless zombies influencing American politics. Surprisingly, it’s not about the Tea Party.

In the year 2014, genetically engineered viruses mutated and caused the dead to come back to life and start munching on people like senior citizens at a casino buffet. Over 20% of the world’s population got gobbled up like popcorn shrimp, and in 2040 the threat of the still existing virus and zombies has changed life forever. Since the virus is present in everyone’ More...

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Jul 15, 2011

Catie rated it:

Please, please don’t let the z-word turn you away from this book. I mean, don’t get me wrong: this book has some fantastic, edge of your seat type action, including some of the zombie battling classics...

I only have one bullet left!
SAVE IT FOR YOURSELF!

But the truth is, the zombies are merely the stimulus behind the really scary stuff in this book: human complacency and fear, the mass marketing of lies, and the biggest freak show of them all – the republica More...

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Sep 02, 2011

Janina rated it:

A gripping, suspenseful read with lots of heart.

Feed is by no means a perfect book. It could be considered lengthy. There is way too much info-dumping (although I found the info dumped very interesting!). The blood testing procedure is described in detail about 478 times. Georgia is forced to take off her sunglasses by unfriendly security officers at least every 50 pages. The senator and his wife are a little too nice, whereas the villain is a little too fanatic and easy to spot. It More...

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Jan 27, 2012

Ari rated it:

I am used by now to read books that are ~~great~~ amazing in the beginning, ok by the middle, and surprise the hell out of me all through the ending.
Feed is that kind of book and even more.

I loved how it started (with such a great adventure), and I loved that feeling I got through the story, like I was part of it, finding more and more information about the world, the virus, the people involved. Yes, at some point it got to be a bit slow, but it was still full of usefu More...

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Sep 21, 2011

Jo rated it:

Initial Thoughts
I’m sorry, I can’t actually read this last page BECAUSE OF THE TEARS. Or at least the metaphorical ones… because I don’t cry at books… but you get what I mean. This book is horrifically sad.

High points.
ZOMBIES. I am a huge fan of zombies… and I always thought that everyone else was too, but from reading reviews of this a main reason why people were unsure about this was because of the zombies. Zombies were the reason why I picked up these books. More than More...

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Jun 04, 2011

Isamlq rated it:

Second time around and this is me:

o.O

Gosh.

Second time around and my hair still stands on end.

Deadline had me wanting to go back to where it all started... and FEED is still, most definitely, a favorite. A zombie book, but much, much more than that. It's smart and it's got heart. It had my heart pounding, had me bursting out into tears, had me excited, had me feeling so many things that I am again left at awe at Mira Grant's storytelling skills. More...

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Oct 16, 2011

Lisa O. rated it:

I started reading this book with all the wrong expectations: I thought it would be YA and that it would be about zombies.
As already stated in endless reviews before mine, zombies do not represent the lion's share in this book.
Nor is it YA lit.

The year is 2039. Society as we know it has changed profoundly. Due to the combination of two potent "vaccinations", one meant to cure colds and the other cancer, a new virus had developed and has affected the whole world More...

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Apr 15, 2011

Paul rated it:

The short of it is I had a like/hate relationship with this novel.

The Good: FEED has an undeniable energy to the pace and proceedings. The world building, in terms of how folks deal with the zombies/viral outbreak is very good too. The author clearly knows her stuff when it comes to tech and virology. That aspect of the novel is very impressive.

The Bad: In my opinion, the politics read too much like a white/middle class/suburban dream. The dueling candidates were broad br More...

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Jun 01, 2011

Chichipio rated it:

Confession time. I'm not a fan of zombie movies. Well, maybe the Resident Evil series, but that's more because of Milla Jovovich being a badass with big weapons and small clothes; the zombies are just convenient dummies for her to punch. But movies like 28 days? *yawn* No, thanks. They're too predictable, and improbable. Besides, the human race is almost gone in those films, so where is the fun in watching the last survivors being hunted by a gazillion zombies? It's already over. They won, even More...

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Jul 24, 2011

Lyndsey marked it as to-read

Hell freakin yes! Only $2.99 on Kindle!! Find it HERE. I have been wanting to read this FOREVER. The price is down from $9.99 and this probably won't last long at all, so get it as soon as possible. Woot Woot!!

This book has been nominated for a Hugo and the second book will be released on June 1st. Also, apparently DO NOT read the blurb for the second book as it contains major spoilage for the first book.

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Jan 04, 2012

Donna rated it:

Feed came so highly recommended by those whose opinions I trust most that I finally put aside my aversion to all things zombie and decided to read this book. And wow, am I so glad that I did. I was told that Feed did not have what you would usually expect from a book containing zombies, there weren't any vivid brain devouring scenes of blood and gore, the absence of which is what finally prompted me to pick this book up. There are essentially zombies all through this book and they are a huge par More...

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Sep 06, 2011

Laura rated it:

Our world changes everyday. In a heartbeat, everything can change that makes us who we are and how we live.

Mira Grant’s Feed presents an altered world where something did happen that changed the world. A catastrophic chain of events that touched and changed everything and everyone worldwide. Now the “before” world has to adapt and change to live and survive with the “after”world. Governments, laws, communtites, families, and individuals all trying to play catch up with a world sp More...

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Nov 08, 2011

rachel rated it:

To get the aptly named elephant in the room out of the way: this book is enormous. Almost 600 pages. I wouldn't say it was ever boring, but that is a lot of information to process for this kind of story and I think it will lose some people along the way. (To frustration. Not zombies. Thank god.)

That said, I love what "Mira Grant" did with this, a mish-mash of zombie horror and futuristic sci-fi (really, tech) speculation about how our increased security measures will c More...

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Jun 28, 2011

Wendy F rated it:

I'm struggling to write this review. Normally when I review a book I find that the words should just flow right from my mind because I've been so inspired. I usually have so much to say. But occasionally I'll read one of those books that just blows the mind and I'll sit in front of this computer and stare at the screen unable to find words; just ANY words. Imagine me sitting here and I'm like this, 'duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh'.

I'm like that right now. What can I possibly say that would More...

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Jul 15, 2011

Diana (Offbeat Vagabond) rated it:

Review posted here: http://offbeatvagabond.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-review-feed-newsflesh-1-by-mira.html

Wow, just WOW! Thanks to friend and fellow book blogger Kristin (@mybookishways), she let me know that I must, MUST read this book. So after waiting next line to download the audiobook from the library, I got right on. Oh my goodness. I love zombies, but man this book was the icing on the cake. If this is not made into a movie soon, I will be extremely pissed. George Romero, More...

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May 28, 2011

Katie(babs) rated it:

At first I had no interest in reading Feed. The reason was because of my bias against the author.

For those who aren’t aware, Mira Grant also writes under Seanan McGuire, who writes the popular October Daye series. When I first read, Rosemary and Rue, I was less than pleased, and because of that, when Feed was published back in May, I didn’t even take a second glance at the book. But then Thea from The Book Smugglers reviewed Feed, and when I went to NYC Comic Con and met Mira/Seanan, More...

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Dec 19, 2011

Pauline rated it:

First off, this book was nothing like what I expected it to be at all and I enjoyed it a lot more than I ever thought. I actually wound up staying awake past the time I was supposed to sleep just to finish this book. Prior to this, I had read two other zombie apocolypse books. World War Z and The First Days. Both of these books covered zombies. In "The First Days" it was set right during the breakout and followed two women. In "World War Z" it followed a reporter gathering f More...

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Dec 07, 2011

Angela rated it:

I loved this book. I enjoy the author's books under her other pen name, Seanan McGuire, so it doesn't come as a surprise to me that I liked this book. But it did come as a surprise that I loved it.

There are a lot of reviews here on Goodreads (and elsewhere) detailing what the book is about, what issues it may have (it is LONG), etc., but I'll tell you why I liked it: it was different from other "zombie" books out there. Instead of taking the zombie twist and making it an u More...

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Jul 14, 2011

Nikita rated it:

~~will make my review soon.~~

First off, I would really want to say that I've had 5 attempts (at most) in reading this. And if not for the constant persuasion of my dearest friend, Jean Pearl, I wouldn't, in a million years, finish this book. BUT, don't get me wrong. I did finish the book and OH MY GOSH! It was ONE HELL OF A RIDE!

The book started soooo slow. Well, for the most part of like one half of the book, it was really boring. Nothing was really interesting except for th More...

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Jul 14, 2011

Flail rated it:

"Our story opens where countless stories have ended in the last twenty-six years: with an idiot--in this case, my brother Shaun--deciding it would be a good idea to go out and poke a zombie with a stick to see what happens." Feed, page one, by Mira Grant

The world-building of Feed was pretty fabulous. High Five to Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire. She did her research and it totally showed.

The premise of Feed: 25 years in the past, the cure for cancer warped the mas More...

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Jun 13, 2011

Mike rated it:

A well-written and quickly-paced look at politics, journalism, and the effects that living in a state of fear can have on people. All told through the lens of a "day after tomorrow" future where the rise of the living dead didn't quite manage to be an apocalypse but has never really stopped happening either.

My two concerns as I started the book were that:

1) The whole "bloggers/new media are so cool and better than traditional news" would feel too trend More...

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Feb 18, 2012

Kevin rated it:

This is part of a trilogy (the last two books as yet unwritten), but stands well on its own. There are questions at the end, but the story that exists in the book is complete.

As zombie books go I'd compare it to WWZ. It's not a "oh crap there are zombies, let's try to survive!" book. People already know how to survive so the zombie fight scenes are more a matter of execution (pardon the pun) than discovery.

Feed, like WWZ is more about what happens after peopl More...

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Jun 12, 2011

Deb, the Word Muse rated it:

Bloggers, politics, and zombies...

The first book in The Newsflesh Trilogy has a fantastic backstory that isn't told but shows in how real this world feels. I can only say, read it to understand how amazing this one is.

fyi-I've always considered myself more a vampire and shapeshifter fan; but between World War Z (Max Brooks) and Feed, I'm developing a taste (sorry about the pun) for zombies. I'm interested in seeing how this trend evolves.

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Jun 17, 2010

Danielle rated it:

Smart, engaging suspense novel, no Zombie gore!

Feed is Seanan McGuire's first novel to be published in the Newsflesh trilogy, written under the pen name, Mira Grant. Grant's writing is well thought out and thoroughly researched providing for a very convincing post-apocalyptic future. In the year 2014, scientific efforts to cure cancer and the common cold resulted in two viral strains that when mixed together, created a deadly infection. The new viral strain known as Kellis-Amberlee s More...

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Feb 08, 2011

Annmarie rated it:

All right, this turned out well. I would give it a 3.5 stars if I could. The novel is a mash-up of zombie and political suspense thriller. It takes place in the U.S. some 20-30 years after two medical cures went haywire and cross pollinated themselves into creating zombies, thus decimating the population. The exploration of how a modern technological society deals when faced with the ever present danger of zombies and infection is interesting.

Georgia and her brother Shaun are young More...

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