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Rating: 4/5 stars.
“I just find it interesting that kids apparently used to cry when Bambi’s mother died. George and I both held our breaths, and then cheered when she didn’t reanimate and try to eat her son.”
Who needs to study when you have a book containing zombies and corruption and cloning to read? Not me!
Well, actually, I do need to. But instead of studying, I spent all of yesterday reading Deadline by Mira Grant! Someone shower me with sympathy, because I’ll definitely need some of it after failing staying up past midnight to study for my exams.
Anyway, back to Deadline. It is the sequel to Grant’s Feed, and it continues the story with Shaun Mason as our narrator. The plot is difficult to summarize without spoiling Feed, so just know that Shaun is out for blood in this book as he leads his motley group of bloggers to take down another conspiracy – this time, involving the CDC.
Although this book did not blow me away emotionally like Feed did, it was similar in that it possessed an intricate plot that was well-paced and had no holes besides the ones that were supposed to be there. There was an adrenaline-inducing amount of urgency, and Deadline held me on the edge of my figurative seat almost the entire time I was reading it.
While I preferred George as the main protagonist, Shaun still endeared himself to me in his violent/emotionally unstable/crazy sort of way. I came to love the side characters in Deadline, especially the amazing Asian Newsie, Alaric Kwong, and the affluent and abnormal Fictional, Maggie.
If you read and loved Feed, you need to catch a copy of Deadline as soon as possible! I cannot wait for Blackout, in which all of my burning questions will hopefully be answered.
the quiet voice 
I loved that line in the book. It’s also a brilliant way to re-emphasize in one sentence just how different the world is in these books.
Agreed! Humor and world-building all in one. (:
Ah, you have my sympathy. Many times I’ve read a book instead of studying. Thankfully, I can usually get away with it.
Thanks Carrie. I don’t doubt that, considering your amazing GPA. 🙂
I finished Feed (and managed to review it) and you were right! It cured me of my fear of zombies AND gave me an enjoyable read. I even ordered Deadline, so I’m glad you liked it.
Nice! It’s not so often that a book can cure you of a fear, especially of zombies. I hope you like Deadline as well!
I absolutely loved it! I can’t wait until Blackout comes out.