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A review by meenie_14
Feed by Mira Grant
1.0
I thought it wouldn’t be possible for me to dislike zombie apocalypse stories in a row, but Feed proved me wrong.
I’ll give praise where it’s due and say that as far as technology goes Grant did a good job of world building. And though she described blood test, after blood test, after bloody blood test they were technically impressive. But there were so many of them it almost negated the impressiveness of her creativity in that regard.
Overall the book is too long. There were so many words spent on needless descriptions, needless commentary, and needless humor. The prose were overwrought by an author who didn’t trust her audience as smart enough to get what she was saying. The book was also not funny, and so many attempts were hokey and cliché.
The main character was awful. Georgia was textbook Cool Girl a la Gone Girl with such comparisons as ‘most girls grow up learning how to accessorize but I learned how to ride a motorcycle’ or some such offal. It was a though she were written by someone whose understanding of what makes a woman badass was shaped only by women written by men. Not to mention the rest of the misogyny aimed at the rest of the female characters (Wagner being the worst). The overall effect was off putting.
The last thing I’ll say, bc I want to move past this book ASAP, is that the way Grant wrote the sibling relationship of George and Shaun was freakin gross. Their interactions were flirty and entirely boundary-crossing. It was uncomfortable to read and had me questioning what the heck was going on. If they had been bffs or simply colleagues the interactions between them would hint at a potential romance, but even as adopted siblings it was icky icky icky.
I do not recommend this book at all.
Edited 6/20
The narrator in this book was pretty good, despite not understand the nuances or even basics of a Southern accent. And for the record it’s pronounced “can-uh-pays” not “can-oh-pees”
I’ll give praise where it’s due and say that as far as technology goes Grant did a good job of world building. And though she described blood test, after blood test, after bloody blood test they were technically impressive. But there were so many of them it almost negated the impressiveness of her creativity in that regard.
Overall the book is too long. There were so many words spent on needless descriptions, needless commentary, and needless humor. The prose were overwrought by an author who didn’t trust her audience as smart enough to get what she was saying. The book was also not funny, and so many attempts were hokey and cliché.
The main character was awful. Georgia was textbook Cool Girl a la Gone Girl with such comparisons as ‘most girls grow up learning how to accessorize but I learned how to ride a motorcycle’ or some such offal. It was a though she were written by someone whose understanding of what makes a woman badass was shaped only by women written by men. Not to mention the rest of the misogyny aimed at the rest of the female characters (Wagner being the worst). The overall effect was off putting.
The last thing I’ll say, bc I want to move past this book ASAP, is that the way Grant wrote the sibling relationship of George and Shaun was freakin gross. Their interactions were flirty and entirely boundary-crossing. It was uncomfortable to read and had me questioning what the heck was going on. If they had been bffs or simply colleagues the interactions between them would hint at a potential romance, but even as adopted siblings it was icky icky icky.
I do not recommend this book at all.
Edited 6/20
The narrator in this book was pretty good, despite not understand the nuances or even basics of a Southern accent. And for the record it’s pronounced “can-uh-pays” not “can-oh-pees”