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By: Mira Grant
Narrated by: Paula Christensen, Jesse Bernstein
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Feed is an electrifying and critically acclaimed novel of a world a half-step from our own that the New York Times calls “Astonishing” — a novel of zombies, geeks, politics, social media, and the virus that runs through them all — from New York Times bestseller Mira Grant.

The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beat the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED.

Now, twenty years after the Rising, Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives—the dark conspiracy behind the infected. The truth will out, even if it kills them.


More from Mira Grant:

Newsflesh
Feed
Deadline
Blackout
Feedback

Rise


Praise for Feed:
"I can't wait for the next book."―N.K. Jemisin

"It's a novel with as much brains as heart, and both are filling and delicious."―The A. V. Club

"Gripping, thrilling, and brutal... McGuire has crafted a masterpiece of suspense with engaging, appealing characters who conduct a soul-shredding examination of what's true and what's reported."―Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“Feed is a proper thriller with zombies.” —SFX Adventure Dystopian Goodreads Choice Award Horror Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Scary Fiction

Critic reviews

"Astonishing ... a fascinating exploration of the future."—New York Times
"While there's plenty of zombie mayhem, political snark, and pointedly funny observations here, the heart of this book is about human relationships, which are still the most important thing in the world...even in a world where you might have to shoot the person you love most in the head, just to stop them from biting off your face."—Locus on Feed
"Feed is a proper thriller with zombies. Grant doesn't get carried away with describing her world or the virus. She's clearly thought both out brilliantly, but she doesn't let it get in the way of a taut, well-written story."—SFX on Feed
"The story starts with a bang as corruption, mystery, danger and excitement abound."—RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars) on Feed
"Gripping, thrilling, and brutal... Shunning misogynistic horror tropes in favor of genuine drama and pure creepiness, McGuire has crafted a masterpiece of suspense with engaging, appealing characters who conduct a soul-shredding examination of what's true and what's reported."—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on Feed
"Intelligent and intense, a thinking-person's post-apocalyptic zombie thriller set in a fully-realized future that is both fascinating and horrifying to behold."—John Joseph Adams on Feed
"I can't wait for the next book."—N.K. Jemisin on Feed
"It's a novel with as much brains as heart, and both are filling and delicious."—The A. V. Club on Feed
"OK, all of you readers who want something weighty and yet light, campy and yet smart, horror with heart, a summer beach read that will stay in your head and whisper to you "what if," Deadline is just what you are looking for."—RT Book Reviews on Deadline
"Deft cultural touches, intriguing science, and amped-up action will delight Grant's numerous fans."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Deadline
"Intelligent and exciting...raises the bar for the genre."—Telegraph on Deadline
"Wry and entertaining."—NPR Books on Blackout

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Sherry and I participated in Goodreads 2016 TBR Twins Challenge. We chose to read Feed (Newsflesh Book 1) by Mira Grant. It was a very good choice.

When Sherry was about one third of the way through the book, she shared with me, “it's an interesting concept of how the whole thing came to be and about blogging. I kind of like the blogging aspect as now in 2016 you don't see much bloggers. It is like they say, mostly teenagers blogging about their depress/antsy life. I used to do that all during high school.

I thought the blogging aspect was cool. It is a more rounded view of what is happening. Not just one person or one organization. What I really like is that it is a zombie apocalypse where civilization has not totally fallen. There is still a government. Still communication. Still the trappings of a normality. Yet there is this constant threat. If you replace "zombie" with "terrorist", it lends itself to a very good conversation. I grew up during the cold war. While we lived everyday normal lives, there was a threat constantly hanging over our heads but not visible. This book reminds me of that type of threat that is there but not there. I

When Sherry finished the book, her summary was, “I LOVE IT!!!!! I can't wait for book #2. I don't want to spoil it for you but sad ending. I also think it's awesome that society did not fall. In movies you always see humanity fallen, people just savage and live off the grid. I like that it is still organized and civilized.

Once I finished I decided I would give it 5 out of 5 stars. Again the main selling point for me was the uniqueness of a not completely fallen civilization. The ending was sad but left room for so much more to happen. I liked seeing Shawn grow from idiot brother to a fully realized character.

As you can tell both Sherry and I were captivated by a semi-apocalypse. Most post apocalypse books I have encountered are somewhat of a scorched earth, nothing left, no civilization, no infrastructure, no communications. It was so refreshing to read a book that still has government and lights and communication. It sets a totally different feel for the book. As I referenced above, the concept of safe areas where no one is truly safe is probably the most horribly aspect of the book. Sherry and I would both highly recommend it.

I also picked up the Audible version of Feed and found it to be wonderful. The narrators, Paula Christensen and Jesse Bernstein did a fantastic job. The production values were perfect. 5 of 5 stars.

the concept of safe areas where no one is safe

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This is more a political drama then a zombie apocalypse drama.

There's a lot in this book about election, politics and journalism. Honestly the zombie stuff is so minimal that you could probably easily forget there are zombies in this world sometimes.

Its a slog and i could not finish it. 7 hours in and i just felt nothing that interests me. The rules and world building of a post zombie time was interesting.

The reason i guess i found it sorta boring is it wasnt really an apocalypse. It was more like a zombie event. Zombies sickness happened, it didn't destroy the world, just changed it very slightly. Which is a new take i guess but really kills the drama.
You could seriously just replace zombies with any other weapon and it'll be the same book. Like a bombing happened and now theres increased security.
So a zombie event happened and theres increased zombie testing.

Its soooooo mild.

I would skip on this, this is the sorta book you can listen to loosely in the background though.

Kinda boring =/

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The Story:
A journey into a tomorrow with outbreak as a part of current events, Georgia & Shawn are adopted siblings who run a blog site reporting first hand accounts of zombie occurrences until they win the journalistic lottery to cover a presidential candidate.

The story moves through more political and current events, medical as well, that sets up a world worth remembering and experiencing. This undercurrent of tension about contact with the virus, and the great lengths the population, sat with me going through the experience of the story. I had to remind myself on occasion that I didn't have to wory about catching the
"Kelsen Amberly Virus" which turns you into a zombie. The violence isn't fetishistic or overstated, there's a fair bit of humor and care at the same time taken into the cost of this virus. There are few great scenes of intense moments that will give most thrill seekers what they're looking for, don't count on widespread zombie killings in this book. The political conspiracy element has some intriguing elements, unfortunately some are quite cliched. Hopefully the following books will be able to open that political conspiracy into something more believable and take a cue from the stronger "CDC" elements that have a real cost to the population, there's something really interesting there.

The Narrators:
Two voices, mostly that of the character Georgia (Paula), run through the book. The character Shawn (Jesse), his voice is less integrated and feels more tacked on, and his accents leave a lot to be desired. Paula's run through the majority of the book is playful, emotional, & picks up the excitement very well. Her performance was worth taking the journey with.

The Sum:
There's a real sense of what's at risk here which would compel me to continue into at least the second book, as long as those very few cliched villains and dot by dot plot connections stay behind. Overall the story was interesting, timely and off the beaten path from what you'd expect from the genre. Like I said if you want to see a Zombie version of "All The President's Men" this is your book.

"Zombieland" meets "All The Presidents Men"

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This book did not work for me. I feel that the characters acted very juvenile for their age. They were supposed in their 20s. The plot does not hold any surprises; there’s not much character growth. I’m not impressed with the first book of this trilogy.

Nothing new

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Solid book, Not your Typical Zombie Book. Nice plot with lots of great and entertaining characters. The whole series is great

Solid book, Not your Typical Zombie Book

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