Gone
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Dystopian
3.8
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Michael Grant
The first in New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant's breathtaking dystopian sci-fi saga, Gone is a page-turning thriller that invokes the classic The Lord of the Flies along with the horror of Stephen King.In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened.Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day.It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: on your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else. . . .“A potent mix of action and thoughtfulness—centered around good and evil, courage and cowardice—renders this a tour de force that will leave readers dazed, disturbed, and utterly breathless.” —ALA Booklist (starred review)Read the entire series:GoneHungerLiesPlagueFearLightMonsterVillainHero
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Author
Michael Grant
Pages
576
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2009-05-19
ISBN
0061909645 9780061909641
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"I just wanna clear some stuff up for people thinking about reading it.
1. This is not a dystopia. I don't know if people know what it is, but it does not take place in the future, it's science fiction.
2. This covers some f*cked up topic, look up trigger warnings if you want to know specificalalities.
3. There is 9 books in the series. 6 main books, 3 after a time skip.
4. I highly recommend these books, I know there are a lot of mixed reviews, but I swear to you this might mess up your mind but you'll quickly forget about all that because of how amazing it is. "
"Great plot and diverse characters. Has an intense plot. Great for fans of physiological thrillers. Not great if you don't want to read the r-slur every 10 pages. Also ed , sewerslide ,VERY graphic descriptions of violence , and other intense themes play a pretty heavy roll in the book. Not a must read but addicting once you start. "
"I like this book way more than Maze Runner but Gone reminds me the Maze Runner. <br/>1. Teens stuck in an area without adults<br/>2. Mystery of what’s going on<br/>3. Young kids create a society <br/><br/><br/>This isn’t a far comparison because they are way different. I thought that Maze Runner was ok for many reasons but I really like Gone. There is a lot of mystery of what is going on. As the story continues it gets more and more interesting. The story does start right away with the adults disappearing. After that it takes its time with the characters being introduced and figuring everything out. <br/><br/>My favorite character is Lana. Lana is strong and street smart. Lot of her strength comes from how she responds to different situation. She is scared but she finds a way out of almost every situation. Over half the book Lana is surviving in the woods. It is just her and her dog. Only more reason to love her. <br/><br/>There are two things that may scare readers away: violence and big cast. <br/><br/>Big Cast: this book has so many characters that sometimes it is hard to keep track of who is who. There are three main POV Sam, Astrid, Lana. Plus there are the villains and people that are backing up the villain. There is a lot going on and the POV switches to whoever it is easier to tell the story. There are also a lot of side characters. I don’t think Albert needed a POV because fir the most part he just works at Mcdonald’s. He doesn’t have many chapters to himself so it doesn’t interrupt the story that much. When the POV does switch outside the main characters it does stick to the people that play a part in the story. The only one that i would say can be cut out if you really wanted to was Albert because his chapters could easily be told outside his POV. <br/><br/>Violence: there is definably a lot of it. A bully has beaten a kid, so much that she died. Someone had to get their arm removed. Not all but some of the scenes have some gore. Towards the beginning one of the characters get in a car crash and breaks its arm and legs. The arm scene was hard to read even though they did not go into too much detail on the gore. <br/><br/>I am interested in the story partly because of how real it feels. If all adults disappeared and kids got powers what would happen. This is a survival story. It shows what would happen without holding any punches. Especially with the fact that this author is not afraid to kill his characters because that is what happens sometimes when you are trying to survive. It doesn’t matter the age. No one is off limits. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Spoiler<br/>*<br/>*<br/>*<br/>*<br/>*<br/>*<br/>*<br/>*<br/>I still wasn’t the biggest fan of how easily they could just not disappear. It does take away some of the tension that they could just said no this whole time. Especially with the big conflict was with Sam going to poof in a few days. I realized on this reread that it was foreshadowed and there were only 4 poofs during the story that we hear about. It makes sense why they would leave. They all didn’t have much keeping them in the Fayz and they all had a parent."
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