A review by jesslyntimm
Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
3.0
I just finished my reread of this book because when I got back into reading, I found Kiss of Life at Half Priced Books and thought, why the hell not?!
So I started this booking thinking, "God, could you talk ANYMORE about how she's goth..?" I understand, yes, she wears black. but you don't have to talk about how she's gothic in every damn chapter.
I jumped into this book again thinking, Ihatethisbookihatethisbookihatethisbook.
The book starts with introducing Phoebe, Margi, and Adam. Adam is Phoebe and Margi's best friend although he pretends he's not in school. There's a new dead kid in the school, Tommy Williams, who Phoebe takes immediate interest in. Tommy signs up for the football team, causing huge controversy and racism. Adam is neutral to the dead kids while Pete Martinsberg (I think that's his name) makes racist comments and threatens Tommy. As Phoebe takes more interest in Tommy, giving him poems and such, she attends his football game where there are riots and protesters not wanting him to play. When he is finally put into the game, people realize how good he is but then he quits. Phoebe, Adam, and Margi join a Differently Biotic class to learn more about the dead kids. They realize how bad things really are. While Phoebe and Tommy get closer and closer, Tommy reveals to her the murders of the already dead kids that the news doesn't report about and things take a wild turn.
In a lot of my reviews, I describe how the characters feel "real" to me. I'd say that but, it'd just be pure irony. The characters aren't as strong as characters I've read in other books but they're still lovable. Karen and Tommy remind me of my own friends in some ways.
The writing was good although it felt like he repeated things a few times. I was happy with the way he worded things. Really made me feel like high school kids were talking.
This was a rather annoying book up until the end. I liked how it ended, a good cliff hanger and it led up to conflict well although many conflicts are still unresolved.
On to the next book.
So I started this booking thinking, "God, could you talk ANYMORE about how she's goth..?" I understand, yes, she wears black. but you don't have to talk about how she's gothic in every damn chapter.
I jumped into this book again thinking, Ihatethisbookihatethisbookihatethisbook.
The book starts with introducing Phoebe, Margi, and Adam. Adam is Phoebe and Margi's best friend although he pretends he's not in school. There's a new dead kid in the school, Tommy Williams, who Phoebe takes immediate interest in. Tommy signs up for the football team, causing huge controversy and racism. Adam is neutral to the dead kids while Pete Martinsberg (I think that's his name) makes racist comments and threatens Tommy. As Phoebe takes more interest in Tommy, giving him poems and such, she attends his football game where there are riots and protesters not wanting him to play. When he is finally put into the game, people realize how good he is but then he quits. Phoebe, Adam, and Margi join a Differently Biotic class to learn more about the dead kids. They realize how bad things really are. While Phoebe and Tommy get closer and closer, Tommy reveals to her the murders of the already dead kids that the news doesn't report about and things take a wild turn.
In a lot of my reviews, I describe how the characters feel "real" to me. I'd say that but, it'd just be pure irony. The characters aren't as strong as characters I've read in other books but they're still lovable. Karen and Tommy remind me of my own friends in some ways.
The writing was good although it felt like he repeated things a few times. I was happy with the way he worded things. Really made me feel like high school kids were talking.
This was a rather annoying book up until the end. I liked how it ended, a good cliff hanger and it led up to conflict well although many conflicts are still unresolved.
On to the next book.