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lilwiccankitten's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
scottpm's review against another edition
5.0
A great collection to bring you back to the Newsflesh world.
trengsin's review against another edition
3.5
actually liked this far more than the trilogy. going into detail abt random peoples lives and how the virus affected them was so intriguing and it reminded me of why i love grant's writing. the novella abt the doctor that invented the virus was truly :/
aedoran08's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
skopsreads's review against another edition
5.0
Damn, this was good. While I'm not new to the author, I am new to to the Newsflesh writings, and it definitely did not disappoint! I loved how each story somehow connected with another to keep the world cohesive and continuous, while focusing on different characters and even different parts of the world. What I enjoyed most, though, is that the stories sort of strayed from classic outbreak storylines and gave us a new look at different aspects of what could happen.
icarooster's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
leavingsealevel's review against another edition
4.0
All the Feed stories, many of which I hadn't read. Many of which deal with the start of the zombie plague pandemic...too soon? These were all written before the (actual) pandemic, but they seemed very relevant and gave me a bit to think about wrt security and hygiene theater, actually.
a_verthandi's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars, this is some good ish.
Love the Newsflesh series.
Love the Newsflesh series.
pamwinkler's review against another edition
4.0
Very good collection. I got access to a lot of these through audiobooks of individual stories, thanks to my lovely library.
Countdown was beautifully creepy and lovely.
Everglades was interesting, but very short.
San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats was good, but didn't grip me really strongly.
How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea was really interesting. I thought it was going to have more of a big plot than it really did; more personal suspense. It felt like more of a interesting travelogue and I was expecting a tense political thriller, I think. It was good, but my expectations were off.
The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell was good. I kept expecting more people to live. And the ending; how it went was truly horrifying.
Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus was good. I really enjoy Dr. Shannon Abbey, she's a wonderful character.
All the Pretty Little Horses was mostly just sad.
Coming to You Live was good, and it was nice to get a full conclusion to Shaun and Georgia's story.
Countdown was beautifully creepy and lovely.
Everglades was interesting, but very short.
San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats was good, but didn't grip me really strongly.
How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea was really interesting. I thought it was going to have more of a big plot than it really did; more personal suspense. It felt like more of a interesting travelogue and I was expecting a tense political thriller, I think. It was good, but my expectations were off.
The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell was good. I kept expecting more people to live. And the ending; how it went was truly horrifying.
Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus was good. I really enjoy Dr. Shannon Abbey, she's a wonderful character.
All the Pretty Little Horses was mostly just sad.
Coming to You Live was good, and it was nice to get a full conclusion to Shaun and Georgia's story.
nanceoir's review against another edition
5.0
To be fair, I only read the two new novellas (and the short story I hadn't read before... and all the intros), so it's not like I read the whole book through. But I'd read those novellas before (and still think that what Mira Grant pulls off in San Diego 2014 is rather amazing), and I liked them all.
As for the new stories, they're pretty great. Not to give anything away, but "All the Pretty Little Horses" gives some pretty unsympathetic characters from the full novels remarkable depth and I think meeting them again in the novels will be a different sort of experience. As for "Coming to You Live," even with everything they're going through and how difficult it sometimes was being in their heads, I just found that I'd missed those voices.
As for the new stories, they're pretty great. Not to give anything away, but "All the Pretty Little Horses" gives some pretty unsympathetic characters from the full novels remarkable depth and I think meeting them again in the novels will be a different sort of experience. As for "Coming to You Live," even with everything they're going through and how difficult it sometimes was being in their heads, I just found that I'd missed those voices.