Gone by Michael GrantMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Huh I actually forgot that I rated this book this low. I thought I rated it a 3. It's more of a 2.5 I guess anyway.
Now this book is like a mixture of a lot of different things. First of all, let me tell you how I like my dystopian literature... IN THE FUTURE!! I feel that this was one of the first attempts at teen dystopia and it was more a mixture of sci-fi and fantasy. I wasn't thaaaaat bad, but I didn't enjoy it. Now to go back, I felt that this book was a mixture of The Lord of the Flies, because they were just a bunch of kids, Heroes, when they all started to have weird powers, and Under the Dome when they noticed that they were under a dome. Now if it would have just been that, that's fine... I guess. I could have lived with that, but no.. how about we addtalking dogs and amputated arms that grow into octopus legs or something like that.
Anyway, this book is set somewhere warm, California I think, where kids like to surf. Now right there isn't that the most boring setting ever? It's been done like a million times. The main character of the book, Sam I think (see how this book affected me, I don't even remember the name of the main character) lives alone with his mom and when he was younger, helped saved a school bus of children when the bus driver was in distress. The book starts off when he is sitting in class and pouf, all of the adults just disappear, well anyone who is 15 years or older. Ok... now that's a cool idea! But no, don't get too excited, because the rest SUCKS! I swear, the only part I actually really liked was (view spoiler). Anyway for most of the story, the kids are wondering what happens when they turns 15. Do they just disappear like everyone else did? Do they die? Where do they go? Again, don't get your hopes up.. the truth isn't that exciting. At the end of the book, it's Sam's 15th birthday. There's other stuff going on, like some sort of battle with the "bad kids" (they're all 14 years old or less... how bad can the kids be really) and his falling in love with some girl, who by the way is the stupidest character ever. I mean really I know that Michael Grant is a good writer, and to be fair everything was written very well, but his character development was a little... eh! This girls is unbelievably smart and super pretty and blonde. Like that character's been done a million times! GET NEW IDEAS!!!!! Anyway, you know what I mean.. this is a weird book. Honestly, I think it belongs more into children's books than teens, there was nothing there that would interest a 16 or 17 year old in my opinion. But of course, since I like to torture myself, I will finish the series... someday! But if you haven't already started... save yourselves :) haha
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So...you highly recommend it? :) You say get new ideas but hey, isn't an amputated arm turning into an octopus a new idea? Just kidding, this book sounds like a mess. Very enjoyable review!
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