Unruly Stacks reviewed Blackout by Seanan McGuire
Review of 'Blackout' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Not a very satisfying conclusion. Plus, many of my issues with these novels were unresolved.
eBook, 671 pages
Published May 22, 2012 by Orbit.
4 stars
(29 reviews)
The explosive conclusion to the Newsflesh trilogy from New York Times bestseller Mira Grant — a saga of zombies, geeks, politics, social media, and the virus that runs through them all.
The year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we cured the common cold. And the year the dead started to walk. The year of the Rising.
The year was 2039. The world didn't end when the zombies came, it just got worse. Georgia and Shaun Mason set out on the biggest story of their generation. They uncovered the biggest conspiracy since the Rising and realized that to tell the truth, sacrifices have to be made.
Now, the year is 2041, and the investigation that began with the election of President Ryman is much bigger than anyone had assumed. With too much left to do and not much time left to do it, the surviving staff of …
The explosive conclusion to the Newsflesh trilogy from New York Times bestseller Mira Grant — a saga of zombies, geeks, politics, social media, and the virus that runs through them all.
The year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we cured the common cold. And the year the dead started to walk. The year of the Rising.
The year was 2039. The world didn't end when the zombies came, it just got worse. Georgia and Shaun Mason set out on the biggest story of their generation. They uncovered the biggest conspiracy since the Rising and realized that to tell the truth, sacrifices have to be made.
Now, the year is 2041, and the investigation that began with the election of President Ryman is much bigger than anyone had assumed. With too much left to do and not much time left to do it, the surviving staff of After the End Times must face mad scientists, zombie bears, rogue government agencies-and if there's one thing they know is true in post-zombie America, it's this:
Things can always get worse.
fiainros reviewed Blackout by Seanan McGuire
Review of 'Blackout' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I read this book in about 2 days. Granted, one of those days I basically read from the moment I got up until I finished the book, but still.
This is a really good conclusion to the trilogy. In Feed and Deadline, Grant established that not all the characters in the main group are going to survive. This holds true in this book as well.
Of the 3, I think Feed is the book I like best. It definitely surprised me the most and I wanted to see what happened and how the story unfolded. By Blackout, I was just wanted to get to the scene about half-way through the book by the second chapter. I used to be a skip ahead-er, but I have broken myself of the habit. It was very hard not to do that with this book, which is both a good sign for the book …
I read this book in about 2 days. Granted, one of those days I basically read from the moment I got up until I finished the book, but still.
This is a really good conclusion to the trilogy. In Feed and Deadline, Grant established that not all the characters in the main group are going to survive. This holds true in this book as well.
Of the 3, I think Feed is the book I like best. It definitely surprised me the most and I wanted to see what happened and how the story unfolded. By Blackout, I was just wanted to get to the scene about half-way through the book by the second chapter. I used to be a skip ahead-er, but I have broken myself of the habit. It was very hard not to do that with this book, which is both a good sign for the book (ie, the characters are really well developed and I just need to know what happens!) but also not always a great sign, because it means that there are parts that are not holding up their weight.
Subjects
- Conspiracies
- Political corruption
- Paranormal fiction
- Blogs
- Fiction
- Viruses
- Hostages
- Reporters and reporting
- Zombies
- Twins
- Virus diseases
- Corruption
- Good and evil
- Fiction, horror
- Journalists
- nyt:mass-market-paperback=2012-06-10
- New York Times bestseller