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Feed (Newsflesh, #1)

Mira Grant

Start date: April 1, 2013

Finish date: May 1, 2013

Discussion: 2013 Nominees

Why we're reading this: Secondary read, preparing for Blackout.
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Mar 25, 2013 Bradley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sci-fi, fantasy, horror, zombies-go-braaaaaaaaaains

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I fell hard for this book the first time I read it and its sisters, confirming in my mind just how much I love Mira Grant -- or rather, Seannan McGuire. But at the time, this was my first taste of the author.

I admit I cried. I thought I just loved it for the light and often funny tone, the great setup for a post-zombie-apocalypse, loving to death the medical basis, the hella great worldbuilding, and especially the main characters. Georgia. Shaun. Buffy. They all snuck in under my skin. Sl ...more

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Apr 04, 2013 D.L. Thurston rated it it was amazing

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. In a first person narrative, I often have the right-hand problem. That is to say that I never feel the narrator is in actual peril because I can look in my right hand and see how many pages are left. I know they'll be fine because I've got more than two pages remaining.

Touché, Mira Grant. Touché.

I'm going to say up front that I don't read a lot of zombie fiction. So as far as I know Feed is a collection of every overused cliche and trope within the subgenre, but they're new to me if they are.

Thi In a first person narrative, I often have the right-hand problem. That is to say that I never feel the narrator is in actual peril because I can look in my right hand and see how many pages are left. I know they'll be fine because I've got more than two pages remaining.

Touché, Mira Grant. Touché.

I'm going to say up front that I don't read a lot of zombie fiction. So as far as I know Feed is a collection of every overused cliche and trope within the subgenre, but they're new to me if they are.

This is a book that never forgets that zombie stories aren't about the zombies. They can't be. Zombies are boring. Oh, sure, they're terrifying in concept and the characters are justifiably afraid of them, but at the end of the day they're still the shambling dead. Zombie stories instead need to be about the people, and Feed gives us good people.

What becomes of modern politics in a post-zombie world is an approach I've not seen before. Most of my post-zombie fiction experiences come from The Walking Dead, where survivors are too few and far between to worry about things like who the president should be.

I perhaps got annoyed at how frequently the main characters had to take and complain about the blood tests. I'm not sure, but I think that's with intentional effect. The characters are annoyed, I'm annoyed, we're on the same page. I suppose when I'm making excuses like that for the book it's clear just how much I loved the rest of it.

The one place it falls down, regrettably, is during the final confrontation with Governor Tate. The character has become almost cartoonishly evil by that point, and he gets a twirling mustache monologue before being dispatched. Hell, he even takes the weight off the new narrator by infecting himself, making it a justified killing instead of a nice bit of potentially justified murder.

It's hard to say that an ending falls down but still give a book five stars, yet there it is. The book sucked me in early and held me close through the various plot twists. Looking forward to Deadline and Blackout in the coming months. ...more

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Jul 06, 2011 Jeff Stockett rated it really liked it

Shelves: zombies

I was first made aware of this book when it was nominated for the Hugo award several years ago. I was filled with happiness that a zombie novel had received a nomination. I read through the reviews and found that many people were frustrated by the lack of zombie action.

I will say that many of those reviews are correct, this is not a zombie novel in the traditional sense. It is not a book about survival amidst the living dead. It doesn't even take place during a zombie apocalypse. It takes place ...more

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Sep 22, 2011 Maylin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, sf, dystopian

It took me a couple of chapters to get into this and I honestly considered giving up at the beginning. I think it was me being annoyed at what I perceived as the know it all attitude of these youngsters who are suddenly superstars in their own world. Once I got into it though it was gripping and intelligent.

The scenarios made sense, it was tense, intriguing and I really started to care about the characters and how accepting they were of the world they were living in. The author took some very br ...more

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Aug 30, 2013 Katie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: horror-paranormal, dystopia-post-apocalyptic

Smart, intelligent zombie fiction that isn't just your average zombie novel. This one packs a wallop! When I picked Feed up, I thought, "Do I really want to read another zombie book?" Yes, it turns out I did want to read another zombie book! Mira Grant brings something fresh and different to the zombie table. ...more

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Sep 09, 2012 MD rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction

Jan 02, 2016 Prab marked it as to-read

May 23, 2012 Annabel rated it it was amazing

Jun 27, 2013 Jerry rated it liked it

Shelves: 2013, hugo-awards, epub

Apr 21, 2014 Marcus marked it as to-read

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