klherring's review against another edition
4.0
Love you Michael Grant! Fun and exciting and wildly inappropriate for YA readers, which I'm not so...
ellen's review against another edition
5.0
YeAH WILKES WAY TO ADD A HUNGER GAMES REFERENCE WHOOHOO
but omfg this was amazing and sadie was so awesome and wow wow wowowow
but omfg this was amazing and sadie was so awesome and wow wow wowowow
delaneybull's review against another edition
5.0
Great second book. This one was much easier to follow character and plot wise, since I got acclimated to the unique narrative style and character-jumping in the first book. This is totally different than the stuff I usually read, but I really love it. The descriptions "in the meat" freak me out in the best way, and the narrative that's mostly impersonal and descriptive with glimpses into different characters' POV is really unique and captivating. It did take me a little while to remember who was who since I took a pretty big break between BZRK and this one, but it didn't hinder my enjoyment.
Spoiler
SO excited for the downfall of the Armstrong Twins (HOPEFULLY) in the next one.paperbackprodigy's review against another edition
4.0
It took me a while to get into BZRK, and Reloaded more than made up for the time it took me to get attached to this story. The end of the second book has made the wait for the next installment almost painful.
bookworm_630's review against another edition
3.0
Meh. Read it because I found it on my Kindle. Still don't really care.
shiv91's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't like it as much as book 1 but I still thoroughly enjoyed it.
Once again Michael Grant delivers a fast paced, well written novel filled with action, suspense and it's the kind of book that really makes you think.
I love this series because you do actually find yourself so engrossed in the story that you feel as if you're physically there with the characters.
The first book seriously stressed me out and this one was no different. Everything is so vividly described and the characters so well written that like me, you may find yourself screaming at some point (very often) at the book; "NO, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE WORLD DON'T DO THE THAT."
Definitely a book that keeps you on your toes.
Make sure to read book 1: BZRK first because you might get pretty confused reading these out of order.
Once again Michael Grant delivers a fast paced, well written novel filled with action, suspense and it's the kind of book that really makes you think.
I love this series because you do actually find yourself so engrossed in the story that you feel as if you're physically there with the characters.
The first book seriously stressed me out and this one was no different. Everything is so vividly described and the characters so well written that like me, you may find yourself screaming at some point (very often) at the book; "NO, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE WORLD DON'T DO THE THAT."
Definitely a book that keeps you on your toes.
Make sure to read book 1: BZRK first because you might get pretty confused reading these out of order.
heydeij's review against another edition
4.0
My only real problem was that I read the first book waaay too long ago, so a lot... well.. most of what happened before is a blur to me. Nevertheless, it was still really good
emkathh's review against another edition
4.0
Michael Grant's books are in no way literary masterpieces. Gone (awesome series) wasn't, and neither is BZRK. I don't expect them to be. And I don't want them to be either, because what I like so much about Grants' books isn't the (non-existent) purple prose and metaphors, it's the fast pacing and quick narrative, the action and different set of characters! In a way I guess you can compare it to I Am Number Four in that they are both pageturners and more plot-driven than character-driven. Still, I like BZRK a lot more, because even though it plays mostly on a good storyline, the characters are great too! I was even brought to tears in the first book. So even if it doesn't exactly change my view on life, it is great entertainment! And I would recommend both BZRK and Gone to everyone who just wants a fun read where you dont have to be emotionally drained or ask yourselves important philosophical questions!
aira_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Potential spoilersSsSsSs.
Down in the meat...(As the twitchers say)
---------Characters--------
I like how we've got Vincent, Nijinsky, Plath, Keats, Wilkes and they're all BZRK pipur but the characteristics are so different from one another. You have the leader whose gone insane, the gay male model who's pushed into being a Number One and he's not enjoying it, the privilege girl planning to run away with the poor boy, the badass maniac with her heh heh heh.
Aaand then you get Billy the Kid. Let me tell you about Billy. So, bad guy Burnofsky is provoking him to wear these special gloves yea and Burnofsky provokes Billy to wear them and then there's a sachet of nanobots and provokes him further to experiment with em' by switching them on AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA RIGHT.
The whole time Billy knows he's being provoked but doesn't know exactly why. To what end?? So why the fricking fracking heck would you toy with the sachet and let it fall on your hands??????? The bots starts eating his skin and producing new sets of babies and those babies eat his skin and produces new sets of babies and those babies eat - yeah you get the point.
Everyone is panicking and Burnofsky is all, "Welcome to the end of the world."
----------Writing---------
Reading BZRK: Reloaded you get experiences like...
In and out of desert ravines, past scattered balls of pollen in half a dozen different colors and shapes. The pollen grains looked oddly like an assortment of footballs and soccer balls left carelessly on a playing field.
Onto the cheek. Here the skin was smooth - no more ravines. Those would come no doubt with age - but for now her skin was a carpet of leaves, dead cells drifted onto a living substrata. As she watched a handful of dead cells broke loose and fluttered away.
The biots could not see distances well. So Plath knew that the massive, Everest-size mountain off in the distance was her nose, but she wouldnt easily have recognized it as such.
-Page 208.
It's describing her freckle. FRECKLE!! Such a beautiful and intricate way of describing. MICHAEL GRANT SUCH WORDS MUCH WOW.
and and and
If the bacteria were frightening, other things were startlingly beautiful - crystals of unknown provenance, bubbles of soap that turned the ring of light into a rainbow, fantastic sculptures of debris trapped in balls of hair
-Page 417
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS SCENE IS ABOUT? INSIDE A SHOWER DRAIN, THAT'S WHAT. This is a testament to Grant's storytelling because wow honestly how many times have i open a book to read a similar situation? Um, never. I don't recall anyone describing the what's in a shower drain as beautiful as this. Diaper poo sounds gross? Give it to Grant and he'll Michelangelo it!
I love how in the middle of it all the good guys were losing and questioning whether they could don the White Hat? Bad guys were leading and then BAM! Tables turn, guns ablazing, things explode, characters die.
FYI, I love the references! I don't know why but it just makes it more this century. So far I can remember he made a High School Musical, a Jason Bourne, The Avengers and a very cute Katniss and Peeta.
--------Overall--------
I cannot stress this enough SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE BZRK INTO A MOVIE PLEASE I mean it's got Michael Bay written all over it. After Hunger Games movie came out, wave after wave of dystopia is 'in development' (i.e Delirium, Legend) but there's also movies like Divergent and Maze Runner and while I love some of these books and I love the movieness of it, I really hope SOMEONE HELLO ANYONE will turn this into a blockbuster movie because it's very different and fresh
Down in the meat...(As the twitchers say)
---------Characters--------
I like how we've got Vincent, Nijinsky, Plath, Keats, Wilkes and they're all BZRK pipur but the characteristics are so different from one another. You have the leader whose gone insane, the gay male model who's pushed into being a Number One and he's not enjoying it, the privilege girl planning to run away with the poor boy, the badass maniac with her heh heh heh.
Spoiler
When Wilkes smash the bricks to Burnofsky's mouth. Wow. Bravo!)Aaand then you get Billy the Kid. Let me tell you about Billy. So, bad guy Burnofsky is provoking him to wear these special gloves yea and Burnofsky provokes Billy to wear them and then there's a sachet of nanobots and provokes him further to experiment with em' by switching them on AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA RIGHT.
The whole time Billy knows he's being provoked but doesn't know exactly why. To what end?? So why the fricking fracking heck would you toy with the sachet and let it fall on your hands??????? The bots starts eating his skin and producing new sets of babies and those babies eat his skin and produces new sets of babies and those babies eat - yeah you get the point.
Everyone is panicking and Burnofsky is all, "Welcome to the end of the world."
----------Writing---------
Reading BZRK: Reloaded you get experiences like...
In and out of desert ravines, past scattered balls of pollen in half a dozen different colors and shapes. The pollen grains looked oddly like an assortment of footballs and soccer balls left carelessly on a playing field.
Onto the cheek. Here the skin was smooth - no more ravines. Those would come no doubt with age - but for now her skin was a carpet of leaves, dead cells drifted onto a living substrata. As she watched a handful of dead cells broke loose and fluttered away.
The biots could not see distances well. So Plath knew that the massive, Everest-size mountain off in the distance was her nose, but she wouldnt easily have recognized it as such.
-Page 208.
It's describing her freckle. FRECKLE!! Such a beautiful and intricate way of describing. MICHAEL GRANT SUCH WORDS MUCH WOW.
and and and
If the bacteria were frightening, other things were startlingly beautiful - crystals of unknown provenance, bubbles of soap that turned the ring of light into a rainbow, fantastic sculptures of debris trapped in balls of hair
-Page 417
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS SCENE IS ABOUT? INSIDE A SHOWER DRAIN, THAT'S WHAT. This is a testament to Grant's storytelling because wow honestly how many times have i open a book to read a similar situation? Um, never. I don't recall anyone describing the what's in a shower drain as beautiful as this. Diaper poo sounds gross? Give it to Grant and he'll Michelangelo it!
I love how in the middle of it all the good guys were losing and questioning whether they could don the White Hat? Bad guys were leading and then BAM! Tables turn, guns ablazing, things explode, characters die.
FYI, I love the references! I don't know why but it just makes it more this century. So far I can remember he made a High School Musical, a Jason Bourne, The Avengers and a very cute Katniss and Peeta.
--------Overall--------
I cannot stress this enough SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE BZRK INTO A MOVIE PLEASE I mean it's got Michael Bay written all over it. After Hunger Games movie came out, wave after wave of dystopia is 'in development' (i.e Delirium, Legend) but there's also movies like Divergent and Maze Runner and while I love some of these books and I love the movieness of it, I really hope SOMEONE HELLO ANYONE will turn this into a blockbuster movie because it's very different and fresh