SpiderKitten reviewed Feed by Mira Grant (Newflesh Trilogy #1)
Review of 'Feed' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
The premise was good, but... I found the novel to be somewhat tedious.
Feed follows a group of young Bloggers who are chosen to follow a US senator around on his campaign trail as he runs for President during a time when Zombies exist.
The characters were interesting, but the politics involved were quite boring. I'm not sure if that is because I am not American, or if the process really is all that dull but I could have forgiven that if it was not the primary focus of the novel. Added to this, was the repetitiveness of the story. It could probably be summed up as: Everyone gets a blood test, mention of George's eye condition, another blood test, buffy's tech expertise, another blood test, mention of ratings, mention of George's eye condition, another blood test. Then, Everyone gets a blood test, mention of George's eye condition, another blood test, buffy's tech expertise, another blood test, mention of ratings, mention of George's eye condition, another blood test. Rinse and Repeat.
By the time I was half way through I was struggling to make it through each chapter, and I felt like if they mentioned George's eye condition, or went through yet another blood test I might have to scream. The blood tests are necessary of course, but I don't feel like we needed to have the entire process (and sometime's history) of getting tested explained to us every single time they needed to have one. The same with George's eye condition. Every second chapter, it was George putting in contacts, putting on her sunglasses, turning the lights down, getting questioned over it.
Feed could have been an interesting story of the world as we dealt with life post viral outbreak, but instead just left me feeling bored.