Neither can Sam, so he kills Hunter out of mercy. Drake manages to escape and takes Albert's bodyguard, Jamal, as a prisoner. A drunk Orc smashes around town, and Taylor leaves Sam's group after the bugs. Edilio locks Roscoe up after learning that the bug bit him. Sam, Dekka and Jack are approached by Pack Leader , who is infected. Sam kills him in exchange for the location of the greenies.
He tries to kill the greenies, but Dekka is infected. They then discover an insane boy named Toto with the ability to tell truth from lie. They open the other train cars, most of which contain worthless things, but they do find Pepsi and noodles, which they believe to be a fantastic discovery. They clear the mineshaft after Jamal is fed to them. Drake is given the bugs as an army, and is told to kill Sam, Dekka, and Jack, who have found the lake.
Diana and Caine start sleeping together and have sex. Leslie-Ann finds him lying still in his own blood, his eyes unseeing. However, she sees him blink. Roscoe is killed by the emerging bugs. Brianna follows them as they leave, unable to kill them. This leaves no one playing defense until Brianna returns, unable to beat them. She reports that they are heading to town. Pete blows the roof of his house off and creates a rain cloud. Astrid and Orc take him to Coates after Turk and Lance nearly kill him.
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Medusa Jessie Burton. Featured Books Medusa Jessie Burton. Plague Review. Click here to see Michael Grant getting grilled by Lovereading4kids reporter Hugh from Plague Press Reviews ' I was therefore apprehensive about reading Plague. But no, the story is well and truly back in full swing. The plot was incredible - this time around Michael Grant simply did not have the word 'boring' in his dictionary - and not to mention extremely gory.
As in, flu that makes you cough up your lungs literally gory Damn, this author does not bother to spare the reader any detailed nastiness! I also have to point out that any reluctance I had in picking up this book was more or less eradicated by the opening sentence.
I have ranted and complained in previous reviews about Sam being such an unrealistic, self-sacrificing character. I mean, he's fifteen years old, he should not be such a do-gooder. I distinctly remember saying that at fifteen he should be drinking like a fish and raiding the porn sections at local stores I had to laugh at the hilarity of it.
And yes, it appears to be mostly true: Sam has finally got over his self-sacrificing hero phase and has now moved on to the tortured emo phase. There is only one boy who successfully worked the hero image at fifteen years old - Harry Potter - and we all know he got blasted in the forehead as baby, whereas Sam Temple had no such excuse.
Now we've moved on to the characters in this book and believe me, I have a lot to say , I should probably point out how much I hate Astrid. She said it herself towards the end, something about how everyone must think she's a hypocritical, sanctimonious bitch. Well, yeah, and I wonder why?
Maybe it's because you spout all this religious scripture about sin and God's will and then spend half this book wondering if you should murder your autistic brother. I think we're supposed to feel sorry for her Oh and the whole sex thing in this book: either do it or don't but please stop making it into a huge God issue. I don't know what was more annoying: Sam's constant whining because Astrid won't have sex with him She is a teenage girl from a regular high school in a town on the sunny shores of Southern California - not a nun from some hut in Uganda.
Not that there tend to be a large amount of nuns hiding out in huts in Uganda or anything Oh, and one last thing about Sam and Astrid: chemistry. Or lack of. Know who else is really bugging me character-wise? When did Lana become such an annoying character? She used to be cool This could be forgiven, I mean, she's had it rough She now begrudges all those she has to heal, jesus, she only has to touch them, like it's such a huge bloody chore!
It's not as if she's the only one who's had it hard - other people are having their guts eaten by giant bugs! Ick, stop with the self-pity, I liked you before. Though, it's not all bad in the character department, it must be said. Brianna, you are now my favourite mutant. I always thought you were annoying, and I was right - you are annoying you nicknamed yourself 'The Breeze' But I forgive you because you were so awesomely kick-ass in this book and you completely showed Caine how it's done.
You go girl! You go Breeze! Now, here goes: the rant. Well, sort of. I've had chance to calm down since I first read the offensiveness. But, well, if you've read my other reviews regarding the earlier books in this series, I was majorly pissed because all the strongest characters were male, all the leaders were male, all the girls needed protecting - they were mostly little more than the love interests of the novels.
But I sort of shrugged it off because the series is written by a guy who is probably just trying to cater to the reading desires of teenage boys: superheroes, villains, action scenes and hot girls.
I can take that, especially seeing as there were some strong females to alleviate the blow like Brianna, Dekka and Lana; and, of course, Michael Grant never actually stated that the girls were weak or anything like that.
And then I read a certain line about half way through this book. And then I read it again. Oh dear god I was actually liking Caine and Diana for once, I found their relationship quite touching, and then it had to be said - didn't it? It would have even been forgivable to declare she needed a "strong protector" but the deliberate emphasis on it being male just served to make it a gender issue and Wow, this was just blatantly stating the fact that the women need men to protect them.
That is not what I wanted to read at all. Then just to make it worse, Caine turned into a bully as soon as he was asked to come back to the island. I'd never seen Caine as an evil character. I saw him as troubled and rather selfish but I was sure there would be enough humanity left to redeem him He even went as far as to point out that, even though she'd willingly had sex with him, he could easily have forced her if she hadn't.
That was another reason why it was so wonderful when Brianna swooped in and saved his sorry ass. Who's the tough one now, buddy? My angry girl rant aside, the ending to Plague is my favourite of the series. It's the one that has made me most want to locate the next installment asap - noooooo! The book finished where a lot had been successfully wrapped up - good, because I don't want a year of wondering what the hell will happen to the giant bugs - but it also opened up an entirely new mystery.
I think we're finally getting to the exploration of the extent of Little Pete's powers, he's the biggest mystery of the FAYZ, afterall. But the ending was interesting, mysterious, even ambiguous I cannot wait to read Fear. View all 26 comments. May 01, Alli Chin rated it it was amazing.
View all 14 comments. Jul 11, Amelia, free market Puritan rated it liked it Shelves: ya-kids-teen , series-books , arcs , 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 almost soap-opera For the most part, Plague was just as entertaining and action-packed as its predecessors.
I loved Gone and thought Hunger was very well-done, but starting with Lies , the series started to take on an almost soap-opera element: there were so many characters to keep track of, and they all seemed to develop sudden, inconsequential fights with each other.
And while I initially loved Sam and Astrid the series' main couple , I hate to say that now it's difficult to read their segments, because they're always fighting. For no reason. I understand why the characters are portrayed this way - at least, I think I do. It's like the author's trying to add drama with character interactions, but having characters who don't get along and act incredibly immature is not the way to maintain intrigue.
At least, I don't think it is. To be fair, this was a quick book to read, mainly because the plot was very absorbing. Grant has always done a great job giving readers excitement and lots of action.
However, there really wasn't anything new that happened in Plague. That's one of the reasons I'm getting a little bored with this series: it just seems like everything's been done already and there really wasn't anything new here.
Instead, Plague just kind of meanders along, biding time until the next installment. I still enjoyed Plague and since I'm already hooked on the series, I'll definitely be reading the next installments. If you haven't read the series, I'd still put it on your 'to-do' list, because the concept what would a society made up of kids 15 and younger look like? View all 9 comments. Dec 08, Mitchel Broussard rated it it was amazing Shelves: ya-fiction , dystopia , sci-fi , paranormal-and-supernatural , horror-thriller.
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 unstable soci My favorite ongoing series of the past couple of years continues with Plague, and proves that the first three books were no fluke.
The very unstable societal structure built up in the first books continues here, but the council is loosing its grip, Sam is gone for the majority of this book, and Caine is eying the town from his safety nest on the island. So, the major "problem" in this one is, well, a plague. There are two possible guesses as to what it is: a deathly whooping cough that reaches such extremities it cracks your neck; or a series of bugs that hatch in your intestines and numb your pain sensors to eat your way out without you feeling anything.
They go hand-in-hand in making Plague the most brutal and unsympathetic of the series, which is why it's my favorite. These are kids. The oldest are They are being ripped in half by giant cockroaches, thrown out of windows, decapitated, disemboweled and eaten. Their young age makes the proceedings feel as if you're watching a train-wreck you can't look away from. A glorious, beautiful, exciting train-wreck.
With tons of gore. The previous books were, well, mature in their descriptions of violence, but Plague is on a whole different level. The previously mentioned bugs eating out of your pores; giant roaches chewing on kids lying helpless in hospital beds; someone being cut into three separate pieces by barbed wire; Drake talking about microwaving a puppy. This shit is legit. And I loved it for its brutal, simple and honest portrayal of these horrors. But, otherwise, it's what we expect from this series.
We get to know a lot more about the giaphage and its origin. I can't help but feel like I know exactly what it is and why its doing what its doing, but I know Grant has something up his sleeve. We also get, in some three or four chapters, the perspective of Little Pete, Astrid's autistic brother.
The kaleidoscopic and disjointed view he has on the life of the FAYZ is so intriguing, I wished we had gotten these from book one. My only real bash against this series as a whole is the re-caps. Or lack there of. I feel like this series lends itself to a TV show set-up amazingly well. And in that regard I felt like I needed a little "Previously On And even within this novel, there are so many characters, so many plots, that I forgot the death of a major character, to the point that when it was brought up by someone else in the story, I was shocked and horrified a second time.
I'm not saying Grant doesn't handle this all well, he does, like a pro; I just feel like maybe this one in particular does definitely jump around perspectives more so than the previous books.
There are now only two left in the series. And I read that the last will fully explain the causes of the FAYZ and detail life after it has ended for the kids. I don't want this series to end. And, as always, with the scandalous cliffhanger this one ends with, waiting another year will be utter torture.
View all 13 comments. Jul 14, Alayne Emmett rated it it was amazing. This book was more involved and the characters were getting more exciting. View all 4 comments. May 13, Rachel rated it it was ok. 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! Only A, D, G, and C.
How in the world did that get past the editors?!?!?! Did any of them have a musical background? I guess not My friends can't even pronounce that name correctly. We'd be just happy if you left it at the Darkness even if it does sound a tad cheesy. Please elaborate!!!!! What do they mean? Where are they coming from? You don't even get an explaination for that!
Some goes for the weed smoking. View all 48 comments. Mar 25, Emma Hoke rated it really liked it. 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 Plague, out of all the four Gone novels, was definitely the most graphic and harsh, but very realistic.
The kids were all very relateable, to me, with all their strengths and flaws put out there in the wide open. They made me laugh and cry: they really held the novel up. It is a fast read that kept me up all night, fast-paced and suspenseful. He moved in with his wife Katherine Applegate after only 24 hours. He has co-authored over books but promises that everything he writes is like nothing you've ever read before! Michael is a World Book Day author for Other books in this series.
Lies Michael Grant. Add to basket. Plague Michael Grant. Hunger Michael Grant. Michael has now written around books with Katherine, as himself, under pseudonyms and as a ghostwriter. He now lives in the San Francisco Bay area taking his inspiration from his charming view of Alcatraz. Rating details. Book ratings by Goodreads. Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers with over 50 million reviews.
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