Review of "Feed" by Mira Grant

[klwilliams]

"I don't like zombie stories."

"This isn't a zombie story."

"But it has zombies in it."

"But it doesn't--"

"OK, fine. I'll read it."

Um. This isn't a zombie story, though it does, in fact, have zombies in it. It's a political thriller, and a story about reporting the news. Most of all it's a story about grit, and smarts, and loyalty, and politics inside a presidential campaign, and terror and fear. It's about finding and telling the truth, when powerful people don't want you to. And there are some zombies in it, but it's not a zombie story.

Read it.

Comments

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

I was surprised by how much I liked the series. So far I was not as impressed with the new bio-slug book. (Although it wasn't bad, just not as good.)

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

Okay, you've convinced me.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was one of my first reactions. This is a story about a zombie apocalypse that's not about zombies. Yes, the first scene in the book is somebody being chased by zombies, but that's a feint.
(https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/139656610 if you care.)

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read it because Seanan wrote it (and because I got it on sale as an ebook). She was the one who assured me it wasn't a zombie story.

I like your review. I tried to add you as a friend but I couldn't figure out which one you were.