Review: Feed

Feed by Mira Grant

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



This came up as a recommendation based on my having read other young adult, zombie books. This label is a bit of a misnomer, actually. More appropriately it's a book about how far journalists will go to find that ever elusive truth. In this case, it's a trio of young bloggers in a zombie world.

The world was interestingly designed, if completely unlikely. The one detail that annoyed me every time it came up was the near-constant blood tests. In a world of carriers and the exposed, how would this truly help? And the intentionally oversized needles that hit palms, wrists and all fingers simultaneously is too much. What on earth would show up in one spot that wasn't in another? And why wouldn't people have devised other systems that were less painful. I was also bothered by the zoning that determined zombie lands and had various rules in place. Wouldn't you expect two zones: Watch out for zombies! and You're safe.

I would have enjoyed the book more if the characters were even a little bit likable. I suspect they were intentionally written as unlikable. Bottom line - I wanted more zombies and less journalism. The unexpected twists and the overall readability earned it a third star.



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