489 pages

English language

Published Jan. 7, 2016

ISBN:
978-0-316-37934-2
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OCLC Number:
972700469

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4 stars (9 reviews)

"FEEDBACK is a full-length Newsflesh novel which overlaps the events of Feed and covers the Presidential campaign from the perspective of reporters covering the Democrats side of the story. There are two sides to every story ... The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beat the common cold. But in doing so we unleashed something horrifying and unstoppable. The infection spread leaving those afflicted with a single uncontrollable impulse: FEED. Now, twenty years after the Rising, a team of scrappy underdog reporters relentlessly pursue the truth while competing against the superstar Masons, surrounded by the infected, and facing more insidious forces working in the shadows."--

In 2014 we cured cancer, beat the common cold-- and unleashed an infection that unleashed an uncontrollable impulse to feed. Now, twenty years after the Rising, a team of scrappy underdog reporters relentlessly pursue the truth while competing against the superstar Masons. …

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reviewed Feedback by Mira Grant (Newsflesh novel -- [4])

Did you like the others in the series? Then you will probably like this one.

4 stars

The main characters are if anything more relatable than the Masons. I always found the semi-incest thing a bit creepy in the other books.

There is are central (positive) non-binary and lesbian characters, for people looking for that kind of thing.

McGuire (writing as Grant) revisits some of the issues about freedom, safety, and privacy that she has touched on in previous books in the series. I think these are interesting topics, and she does a good job of talking about them, but there is probably nothing really new to think about here if you're read several other of the series.

There is a rousing story, and a pleasant sort of escapism for those of us that will probably never actually save our friends by clever application of violence.

I think this would be readable without reading the Mason's volumes first, but I didn't read it that way.

The audiobook …

Review of 'Feedback' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

‪Feedback by Mira Grant is refreshing. It’s zombies, politics, blogging, lesbians, a platonic marriage, the first genderqueer character I’ve ever read, death, and conspiracies. It’s an Irish girl in a sundress with a winsome smile as she shoots a zombie raccoon.

If that doesn’t make you want to read it, I don’t know what could. It mentions some main plot events from Feed, but, to be fair, Blackout mentions a pretty big event in this book. If you intend to read the whole series, I recommend starting with the original trilogy (Feed, Deadline, Blackout) before coming here, but if you are reading either one book or nothing, make damn sure you read this one.

reviewed Feedback by Mira Grant (Newsflesh novel -- [4])

Review of 'Feedback' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I love, love, love Mira Grant's Newsflesh series. I'm irritated that I missed the release of this book in October 2016 -when I was actively looking out for more in this world.

Please tell me someone has done a chapter read mash-up for Feed and FeedBack. I would love to go through and read this book like that.

I would not recommend reading this book before reading Feed, however. Because there are major spoilers for that book in this one. Read Feed, read Deadline if you like, but definitely read Feedback.

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Subjects

  • Reporters and reporting
  • Virus diseases
  • Journalists
  • Zombies
  • Fiction