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Light (Gone #6)

by Michael Grant (Goodreads Author)

4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 · rating details · 4,768 ratings · 968 reviews

It's been over a year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.

In the time since everyperson over the age of fourteen disappeared from the town of Perdido Beach, California, countless battles have been fought: battles against hunger and lies and plague, and epic battles of good against evil. And now, the gaiaphage has been reborn as Diana's malicious mutant daughter, Gaia. G...more

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Published April 2nd 2013 by Katherine Tegen Books (first published April 1st 2013)

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Apr 15, 2013 Jessica (Goldenfurpro) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: harperteen-books, book-series-that-are-over-with, hall-of-awesome-4-stars-or-more, school-year-2012-2013, sci-fi, series-books, dystopian-and-post-apocalyptic, pov-multiple, read-in-2013, released-in-2013, covers-blueness, i-have-superpowers-or-an-ability

AFTER READING:
This series was the first book obsession I had in high school, and I believe that it actually made me more interested in books.

And now I must say goodbye to this amazing series :'(

BEFORE READING:
WHY?
WHY MUST THIS BOOK COME OUT AFTER THE WORLD ENDS?
WHY?
*Cries*

EDIT:
Okay! FALSE ALARM!!
The world didn't end!

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Apr 28, 2013 Paul Beimers marked it as to-read

So I haven't started it quite yet. I'd like to finish my current reads before tackling this one, I think.

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May 03, 2013 Carrie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-for-my-favorite-epic-shelf

I can't wait! Although, not to criticize, but come on. Gone. Hunger. Lies, Plague, Fear. And now LIGHT? Really? Maybe the title should have been a LITTLE less positive. It's making me worried that it will have a cruddy, cliche happy ending, like the FAYZ wall comes down, and everyone's happy and it's all virtual reality and the dead kids aren't really dead. I'm crossing my fingers that this amazing series won't end in an annoying way!

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May 03, 2013 Sabrina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: oh-my-god-the-cover, amazing-heroes, favorite-romances, favorites, heroines-that-gmh, makes-you-think, romance, stepped-on-my-heart, well-written, hall-of-fame-book-series, real-tears, dystopian

Don’t fight it, Nemesis. The end is the best part of any story. The end.

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I remember back when the first Gone book came out, I was wal...more

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Apr 03, 2013 Carissa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: i-love-you, i-want-to-be-your-friend, finished-sat-in-a-corner-cried

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

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Apr 23, 2013 Emily May rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-na, sci-fi, dystopia-utopia, 2013

And so the Gone series has come to an end. I'm obviously not going to post any spoilers for the ending and I see no real point in reviewing just this book because you're probably going to base your decision of whether or not to read Light on your experience with the previous books. So I thought I'd do something of a series review here, for those who haven't picked up this series and are maybe considering it. Or those who haven't heard of the Gone series before and find themselves randomly on th...more

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Apr 03, 2013 emily_oriley rated it 5 of 5 stars

Raise your hand if you opened this book and did not put it down until you got to the last page? *raises both hands*

Holy crap and a half, Batman. Michael Grant, I applaud you, good sir. A perfect ending to a nail-biting series. I laughed, I cried, I screamed, I cried, I threw my Nook in angst, I cried some more, I cheered, I cried and I cried and I cried.

And.....my favorite character.......DID NOT DIE!!!!!!! ^.^

And thank you, thank you, thank you, for adding in the Aftermath Chapters -I would ha...more

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Mar 26, 2013 Deena Beena rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So I started reading this the night before school, I told myself that it was going to be very emotional for me and that I was going to cry a lot. So the next day I continued reading at school, and as I was reading, I thought "Ha, this isn't that bad after all, I don't even feel remotely upset", only to get half way through the book and find tears streaming down my cheeks and goosebumps on my arms, several times I had to stop reading because I seriously couldn't control my emotions, even now, wri...more

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Jun 21, 2012 H.D. Tolson marked it as to-read

COME FASTER.

that is all.

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Mar 18, 2012 Jess marked it as to-read

Shelves: need-to-read-own

i have to wait till 2013 to see if they all live or die?!?!!?! whyyyyyyyy

3/18...omg the cover!!!! i'm so in love with it! i want, i want, i want, i want, i want, i want, i want, i want it nowww. wahhh i'm such a needy person :p

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Jun 03, 2013 Ricky rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: action-adventures, apocalyptic-or-post-apocalyptic, fantasy, freaky-supernatural-adventures, read-this-if-it-kills-you, thrillers, young-adult, science-fiction, why-isn-t-this-a-bloody-movie-yet

REVIEW AND RECAP, TO BE COMPLETED AFTER THIS CAN'T-WAIT-FOR-IT-TO-SAVE-MY-EVER-LOVING-LIFE NOVEL IS IN MY HANDS NEXT SPRING...

More than a year ago, Perdido Beach, CA, was cut off from the world by an impenetrable force field twenty miles in diameter. All the children age 14 and under remained, while everyone else vanished, resulting in what was called the Fallout Alley Youth Zone or FAYZ. Some of the kids developed powers. All sorts of powers.

More than eight months ago, the food started to run o...more REVIEW AND RECAP, TO BE COMPLETED AFTER THIS CAN'T-WAIT-FOR-IT-TO-SAVE-MY-EVER-LOVING-LIFE NOVEL IS IN MY HANDS NEXT SPRING...

More than a year ago, Perdido Beach, CA, was cut off from the world by an impenetrable force field twenty miles in diameter. All the children age 14 and under remained, while everyone else vanished, resulting in what was called the Fallout Alley Youth Zone or FAYZ. Some of the kids developed powers. All sorts of powers.

More than eight months ago, the food started to run out, and the Darkness in the wilderness began to grow.

More than five months ago, the Darkness tried to convince the kids of the FAYZ to kill themselves in order to make it through to the other side.

More than four months ago, two different plagues, a freakishly mutated flu and an even more freakishly mutated variety of insectoid parasiste. So much body horror.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, the FAYZ wall started to go dark, and the Darkness tried once again to work its evil on the land around it, by trying once again to insert itself into a helpless host body. Then the wall turned transparent as glass - just in time for the whole world to see the unthinkable. Sam Temple. School Bus Sam himself. Burning. A. Baby. As promised, Grant wrote a story so dark he had to resist his editor's request to tone it down, to the satisfaction of his devoted readers.

Now, the story will conclude...but how? How? They say it's always darkest before the...Light. But how can there possibly be a bright, light, even remotely happy ending to this wild series that has followed me from high school to college?

There is. But it takes a very long time to get there. And yes, it's darker than dark and freakier than freaky. Especially when Gaia comes into play. Good God, she's scary. And it's a more than satisfying ending to the series. Short and sweet, if slightly bogged down by Ending Fatigue. But everything you could ask for and more. If you haven't started this series yet, do it now, and don't take six years to read very single book. Do it in six days if you can. Trust me, you'll thank me later.(less)

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Mar 09, 2013 Braiden rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If you haven’t yet begun this series I urge you not to continue, or even are at least finished Fear.

BEWARE OF EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS, TOO.

Originally published at Book Probe Reviews.

‘Turn out the light, Sam.’
Sam reached for the switch and turned out the light.

For the past four years I’ve followed Michael Grant’s Gone series. I’ll admit I came to this party almost three years late. One day browsing Borders I stumbled upon this book with blue-edged pages. That book was, of course, the UK hardcover o...more

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Apr 06, 2013 Belle rated it 5 of 5 stars

NOTE: This review used to be predictions, but since I have read it now I am writing an ACTUAL review here.

So... one of my all time favorite series is over. It is actually the first time I have had to part with a favorite so far. I'm lucky that way, though the ending for those are close too. So I gave this book five stars, but I have a few VERY small complaints. This said, I ALMOST decided to give it four stars, but obviously I decided against it. I understand that when you are a writer it is har...more NOTE: This review used to be predictions, but since I have read it now I am writing an ACTUAL review here.

So... one of my all time favorite series is over. It is actually the first time I have had to part with a favorite so far. I'm lucky that way, though the ending for those are close too. So I gave this book five stars, but I have a few VERY small complaints. This said, I ALMOST decided to give it four stars, but obviously I decided against it. I understand that when you are a writer it is hard to remember to conclude absolutely EVERYTHING, especially when the series it six books long and they are each HUGE. I get that and I am happy that Michael Grant did conclude pretty much everything.

Complaints (containing very minor spoilers):

1) What up with the power of Astrid's that you introduced in Gone and then completely ignored? I really though you would not forget Michael Grant. I had faith in you :(

2) Lana and Sanjit? What happened there?

3) Quinn? Where are you, I thought you would have a bigger role...

4) The Gaia/Petey thing at the end went by SO fast!

5) Taylor, what happened to you? You came back and then you just sort of left the story at the end. They mention at the end that someone saw her (or was that a joke...), but we don't really know EXACTLY what happened.

6)Ummm...Ii think that's it, but I WILL be back if I remember anything else

(WARNING THERE ARE SOME SPOILERS IN THIS PART OF REVIEW)
So even though I have some complaints, they are very minor and as endings of series go, is was very good and pretty darn satisfying. It was repulsive as always. Gotta love a grown man's arm getting ripped off. It grosses me out, but that is just the way this books are and I except that. I had my problems with Astrid in this series, but I kind of liked her in this one. There were a lot of sad deaths, but the worst for me was Orc. At least Dekka lived, I love her. Everything wrapped up nicely and there was much, much action. (that was totally a sentence with good grammar...) I ABSOLUTELY LOVED how Michael Grant put in the death count and everything before the Aftermath chapters. It was smart of him, it added a nice depressing and dramatic feeling after everything. The acknowledgements at the end were well done. So, even though it was not perfect, it was a good ending. It will be interesting to go back and read them again some day knowing what happens. I am very sad to let it go...

Well, as Michael Grant put it, "[We] are now free to leave the FAYZ."(less)

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Mar 25, 2013 Reading Teen rated it 5 of 5 stars

LIGHT was absolutely amazing and I'm so sad that it's over. What a fantastically satisfying conclusion to one of my favorite series ever!

Watch me babble incoherently about it on my video mini-review on the blog
here

-Kit

(Also, we're giving away the books on the blog! Giveaway)

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Apr 16, 2013 Jack rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: april-2013, 2013, to-re-read

My Book Blog: YA Bookstop

Rating: 8/10

*WARNING: This review may contain spoilers of the first five books in the Gone series.

Bravo!

Light is the 6th and final book in the best selling Gone series by Michael Grant. Filled with action, suspense and shocking revelations. Light, and the rest of the Gone series, represents dystopian thrillers at their best.

All eyes are on Perdido Beach. The barrier wall is now as clear as glass and life in the FAYZ is visible for the entire outside world to see. Life...more

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Apr 05, 2013 Matt rated it 4 of 5 stars

Here are some of the things bouncing around my head right now, about this book:

1.) I expected people to die. They did.
2.) I also expected people I liked to die. They did. (Only two of the major characters die. Guess who?)

And that's...really pretty much what happened. Not huge shockers in this one - most of the plot twist and FAYZ revelations happen in the earlier books of the series. Well, almost all of them. There aren't too many plot twists, or unexpected results here, which is part of what bu...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Autumn Wind rated it 4 of 5 stars

cover: Sam and Gaia.

You just had to kill my favorite, did you?

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Apr 09, 2013 Francesca rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: five-stars, dystopia-and-post-apocalyptic, favorites

Emotional rollercoaster. Those words are so overused, but man, I can't think of anything that better describes Light.

Actual rollercoasters and other rides used to terrify me. I'd be so scared getting on, and for a while during it. But when I got off, I'd instantly think 'I want to do that again!' The scary bit is over a little after you get on it. Now it's emotional ones that I'm afraid to get on. I'm always a little—that’s an understatement—scared to open a book, or start a TV series. Why? Beca...more

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Jun 08, 2013 Justin rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013-releases, favorites

"It's the beauty of light, don't you see...? It reveals, but it also distracts and blinds. It's even better than darkness."

It's been over a year since all the adults disappeared. GONE. 332 kids stuck in the FAYZ.

Nine months since the kids survived HUNGER.

Five months since they went through LIES.

Four months since they survived the PLAGUE.

Just recently since they went through terrifying FEAR.

*DO NOT READ PAST HERE UNLESS YOU HAVE READ THE PAST 5 BOOKS.*

With the barrier transparent and the gai...more

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Apr 03, 2013 Peanut Butter Jelly Time rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: series, read-again-and-again, profound-insights, deep-issues, badass-heroines, all-time-besties, heart-wrenching

If Sam dies, I think I will also die a little inside.

EDIT: MARCH 3: Holy f***. Holy f***. Holy shit. What the f***. How the f*** am I supposed to live now? This was the best book of the year for me, so far, and that's a lot since I'm mainly a romance reader and this is not a... typical romance.

But OMG. It was so badass, you guys, the end was so badass. Like you would not believe. You will laugh, you will cry, you will gasp, your heart will wrench and break and then break again and then shatter a...more If Sam dies, I think I will also die a little inside.

EDIT: MARCH 3: Holy f***. Holy f***. Holy shit. What the f***. How the f*** am I supposed to live now? This was the best book of the year for me, so far, and that's a lot since I'm mainly a romance reader and this is not a... typical romance.

But OMG. It was so badass, you guys, the end was so badass. Like you would not believe. You will laugh, you will cry, you will gasp, your heart will wrench and break and then break again and then shatter and then put itself together and finally evaporate.
Michael Grant is one of those authors, that a budding writer like myself, looks up to as a writing GOD. He is so awesome, he tied everything up, the characters are amazing, and he is one of the few that knows how a teenager talks like, and I'm gushing, and I don't care...

And it occurred to me, in the ending hours of the FAYZ; it occurred to me, as I was sneering at the outside worlds' ignorance of the FAYZ, that if this happened in the world we live in today, we would probably have the same reaction.

Don't scoff, now. Don't say, no i wouldn't! i would know there are good people in there!

What if we didn't have the inside scoop, we didn't know the situation, or what they were thinking, or what the consequences were, all we knew was what they

did?

And that was all we knew? Would we really be so kind? I don't think all of us would be.

I think one of the greatest messages of this book was just that, that there are shades between evil and good, and it's not always easy to pick. And it's never easy to decide to do something that general society considers immoral. We need to try and understand why people do things rather than just jumping to conclusions all the time. We shouldn't be all holier-than thou, turn up your nose and assume shit. And really, we should understand that all we can do is try our best, do what we hope is right, and if it ends up not being right, we shouldn't judge them for it. Because we're not perfect.

We're only human, after all.(less)

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Jan 15, 2013 Brendan rated it 5 of 5 stars

All right...so does anybody else think that the Gone kids should have a massive battle with freaky mutant alpacapillars to free themselves from the FAYZ?

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...because I do.

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Mar 13, 2012 Salinna marked it as to-read

I NEED THIS BOOK. NOW. Grrr :(

AH THE COVER.

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May 04, 2013 Marjolijn Van opstal added it

I just finished fear and yes, the same ending as every book, an ending that makes you want the next book SO badly!
But 'Light', I'm not sure what to expect. I mean, what could happen? When the wall breaks down, there will not happen a lot , not so much to fill a hole book.. I think there will happen something outside, that the family's will try to break the wall or something.

But I'm so curious to how Michael Grant will end the Gone series! I hope it's a really unexpected ending, and I hope that...more

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May 25, 2013 Kelly Leigh rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: x-men-esque, young-adult, contemporary-fantasy, dystopian

Well, I'm a sobbing mess. What an awesomely epic ending to an equally epic series! Grant didn't disappoint. Not at all. From start to finish this series has captivated my attention, shocked me, saddened me, I've cheered for certain characters, wished others would meet their maker sooner rather than later, mourned for many, and vowed to curse Grant if he killed two in particular, (view spoiler). Truth be told, I'm cursing him right about now, but it's all good....more

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Mar 31, 2013 Crazyjamie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

There is not a lot of point going into the plot of the final book in a six book series. All I really need to say is that Light is superb and fitting ending to this series.

In many ways it would have been very easy for Grant to not hit the target with this book after everything that has come before, but thankfully he has managed to create one of the most accomplished final books to a series that I have ever read. It is a fast paced finale that manages to pour a lot of emotion into an action packed...more

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Jun 01, 2013 Milly rated it 5 of 5 stars

-------------------------------------------SPOILER ALERT-------------------------------------------------

I wouldn't read this review unless you have read all of the series.

I'm going to review the whole series (pretty much) on here, I think it would be difficult to review the books individually as they are so interlinked; even though they are different books they may as well be one, you couldn't read them as stand alone books.

So two years ago, I picked up a book called Gone out of the library,...more -------------------------------------------SPOILER ALERT-------------------------------------------------

I wouldn't read this review unless you have read all of the series.

I'm going to review the whole series (pretty much) on here, I think it would be difficult to review the books individually as they are so interlinked; even though they are different books they may as well be one, you couldn't read them as stand alone books.

So two years ago, I picked up a book called Gone out of the library, and took it on holiday with me, except I wasn't really on holiday because my head was stuck in said book the whole time so I didn't really participate in 'holiday activities'. As soon as I got home from the weekend away I sprinted to WHSmiths, (it's a stationery/book shop, do you have it in the US?) and bought Hunger, Lies and Plague (obviously Fear and Light weren't out yet) all at once. After a wait which seemed endless, Fear was released and once again I sprinted to WHSmiths and bought Fear, for only £10, which is excellent considering how good it was. Three days ago (I think) Light was released in the UK and I sprinted, not to WHSmiths but to Waterstones (cause they had signed copies, yay!) and bought Light. Two days later I was crying hysterically in my bed after finishing my favourite series of all-time.

I'm not going to do a summary of the series as hopefully anyone who reads this will have taken heed of my spoiler alert and not read it until they had finished the series.

First off, the concept. This is what grabbed me at first. 'A world without adults, where normal has crashed and burned.' It sounded really exciting, a book I've always dreamed of seeing on the shelves. The cover drew me in as well, (I'm not sure you can get the covers with people on in the UK but I don't care cause I much prefer the coloured writing ones anyway) it was black and green, so simple. I loved how Michael Grant didn't faff, he cut to the chase, on the first page, the adults disappear and you are thrown into the FAYZ, not to return until the series is finished. And I love mutant powers. They are the coolest things ever. I'm very much an X-Men girl, and any books with mutant powers I will try to read. I would be telekinetic like Caine if I had a power, then I wouldn't have to get up to change the channel ;)

I also love Michael's writing style. He deals with difficult topics such as homosexuality in a very good way, very realistic I think, not singling the characters out and not making it into a big thing, which I was very impressed by. He is also funny! At the end of Light when Caine signs his letter 'King of the FAYZ' and when Lana laughs for five minutes about cutting herself when peeling carrots it was so special, because I laughed and then cried. I love how he slips humour in, especially when there seems to be no hope, then Lana makes a snarky comment, or Caine bigs himself up, or Diana is sarcastic, and the mood is lightened and we can all breathe a small sigh of relief. The author is also very to the point. I made a mistake of reading a bit of Light to my six year old brother, (he is obsessed my the covers and so always wants me to tell him about the books) and I read 'she ate some of his thigh' and my brother is just looking at me like 'What?' :)
But I like how to the point it is, no waffling. The books are perfect length as well, if he waffled around they would be too long.

THE CHARACTERS! This is the real reason that I love the Gone series (and the mutant powers). I've read other reviews saying 'blah, blah, too many characters, blah' but I completely disagree. Often I read books with about four developed characters in, I'm really picky when it comes to characters (they have to be realistic, with faults and good parts, you'd be surprised how many books fail to meet these requirements and are put back on the shelf) and so the fact that in the Gone series there were so many characters helped loads, especially as I didn't like Sam an awful lot and Astrid was so annoying in the first four books. But Caine Soren. He is the perfect character, he has lots of flaws and does lots of bad things but he is a good person deep down. His love for Diana is beautiful and I love their relationship so much. Caine is my favourite character ever. Period (is that what you say in America? We say full stop) ;) I also love Brianna, Edilio, Quinn, Lana, (even Drake a little, especially in Hunger, when he's just an evil psychopath, not a gaiaphage-possessed lunatic). And of course Diana, I feel so sorry for her at the end. The only thing I think is sad is how many died, CAINE :'(, Jack, Brianna, Orc, all these people who were so close to getting out. It's really heartbreaking when Caine and Diana have their last moments together. (How did Patrick survive and not the Breeze, I do love Patrick though, but he's a dog!) I wish not so many people had died, even though I know that it's realistic.

These books have made me so happy and so sad at the same time, what am I actually going to do with my life now it's all over?! Oh wait, there's still the sequels to BZRK :) (psst, go buy BZRK as well, it's almost as good)

Sorry this review is so long and contains so many boring anecdotes and love for Caine. WHY DID HE DIE? WHY?

Thank you Michael Grant, you deserve a medal for being one of the best authors ever.(less)

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Apr 10, 2013 Tahura rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

332 kids between the age of one month and fourteen years are confined within the FAYZ.

196 eventually emerged.

136 lay dead.

Dead and buried in the town plaza.

Dead and floating in the lake or its shores.

Dead in the desert. In the fields.

Michael Grant takes us to place where all adults are Gone

Hunger is breaking them apart.

They have told Lies

Everyone is dying from the Plauge

They are all living in Fear

In this book, the FAYZ wall is a glass. Adults CAN see the horror that is happening,...more

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May 08, 2013 Lilly rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I feel like this book was a really solid ending to a really good series. It was violent and harsh, but considering the circumstances of the book, it was really realistic in that sense. I liked that the end of all the characters were all explained. You got to know how their life after the FAYZ was, or at least, got a slight glimpse of it. I found that I started liking at lot more of the characters by the end, too, especially Caine and Diana. I actually really hated the adult who got into the FAYZ...more I feel like this book was a really solid ending to a really good series. It was violent and harsh, but considering the circumstances of the book, it was really realistic in that sense. I liked that the end of all the characters were all explained. You got to know how their life after the FAYZ was, or at least, got a slight glimpse of it. I found that I started liking at lot more of the characters by the end, too, especially Caine and Diana. I actually really hated the adult who got into the FAYZ, Alex, purely for messing with stuff in the FAYZ. He had no idea how horrible the things that went on in there were, like all the other adults, yet the never ceased to mess things up more, what with preventing the kids from working. I also really hated the adults when they were trying to decide what to do with these kids when they got out of the FAYZ, because they really had no judgement whatsoever on the matter. These people thought they could just stick these kids in jail for being forced by their so-called "God" or the gaiaphage or whatever to kill other kids and animals and destroy things? Do these adults not understand the meaning on survival of the fittest? these kids had to do their best to get supplies and use them well to live, because they were in that bubble thing for over a year, and these adults still believed they had authority over them and could send them to jail or kill them off after they come out.

However, I was really impressed by the kids' will to survive. By the end, most of them were gone, and yet most of the ones that got out alive were able to go to therapy and move on with their lives. I think that the fact they could get on with their lives (not necessarily forget about the incident, but get on with their lives) is pretty amazing. I think Michael Grant created really strong characters that could live and really weak characters that died, and I think all of them had a good end for themselves. Even Brianna, who really should have lived.

Anywho, i really enjoyed this book. I thought that it was really well done (i liked the Lord of the Flies reference made with Golding Street), and i really enjoyed this book. It was really worth the time it took to read, which wasn't all that long, but definitely worth it. (less)

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Apr 13, 2013 Darrian rated it 5 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

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Mar 31, 2013 Jennifer Rae rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I feel like a survivor of the FAYZ. I made it through everything and now there is nothing but memories. I smile at some and cry at others and over all I feel like chocolate is the best thing in the world. Because as those children suffered, i suffered with them. every hunger pain, every moment of joy and fear, the ups and downs on The FAYZ was shared with the audience. That is the world Michael Grant created. So strong and whole you felt like it was true. The integration of our world, Facebook a...more

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About Michael Grant

I was born in a manger and grew up in a log cabin where I read law books by firelight. . . Oh, wait, that wasn't me, that was someones else.

I had a hard childhood. Hard for my parents. Not that bad for me. I was an Army brat, moved around a lot. Then I didn't settle down. I just kept moving. Why? What inner turmoil drove me? Mmmm, I gotta say none. I just have a short attention span. Easily bored...more

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“Sam’s probably out there somewhere being his usual heroic self,” Caine said. “I can’t let that boy save the world all alone. I’d never live it down.” — 51 people liked it

“Deep down, she's a good person, Diana is," Caine said, and sighed. "Deep down, I'm not. But she is.” — 41 people liked it

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