Charlie Higson

The sickness struck everyone sixteen and over. Mothers and fathers, older brothers, sisters, and best friends. No one escaped its touch. And now children across London are being hunted by ferocious grown-ups who are hungry, bloodthirsty, and not giving up. DogNut and the rest of his crew, in search of the friends they lost during the fire, set off on a deadly mission from the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace and beyond, as the sickos lie in wait. But who are their friends and who is the enemy in this changed world?

The Fear (new cover) (An Enemy Novel)

Jamieson

“...the smell that came out of the lorry was disgusting. Sour and rotten. 'Jesus, who's died?" he said. 'About four-fifth's of the population of the world' said Justin.
'Very funny”


HOLY FREAKIN HELL these books are so much better then I actually remember them being the first time. I cannot believe this !!

WHAT IS THE ENEMY? It's The Walking Dead meets the Gone series. In the near future, the entirety of the population over 15 is either dead, or diseased and now "zombies" (or sicko's as the kids call them) who are looking to eat all the kids they can

AND ITS FREAKIN WILD.
Ok it sounds like trash
(it kinda is sometimes)
BUT ALSO ITS SO GOOD

 psa ! The third one, THE FEAR, is definitely the best so far!
Especially because all the different groups are now meeting and interacting and merging together
When Brooke met up with Maxie and Blue I yelled !!!!!!

ANYWAY


  REASONS WHY THE FEAR + THIS WHOLE SERIES IS THE BEST 


→ It's got lots of different storylines, which all merge up together. LIKE BASICALLY all the kids move into different areas of London - you got the Buckingham Palace Crew, London Tower Crew, Natural History Museum Crew, Parliament House Crew .... and then they all meet up, and all their stories combine and it's BEAUTIFUL. It's so beautiful. Also, they all shit talk the other crews which is a good laugh for me, the reader, who knows them all individually and loves them all. 

→ The timeline. So you'll be following one crew, but while you're following them other crews are making deals and working together. You'll switching perspectives and realise what's going on behind other crews backs. I love how it seems like the world is always active and things are happening no matter which characters you're following at that time 

→ The zombies. They are. freakin. terrifying. SO SCARY. The zombies are organised !! they make plans !! they ambush kids !! some of them use knives and things !! some of them even talk a bit !! yikes yikes yikes. Also there are different zombie groups and like, sub groups within the zombies so they are actually really interesting !!

→ The setting. The books are all set in London, and the fact the kids are living in iconic London places is so cool !! I love it !! 

→ Fast paced af. Literally so much happens, and not all fights between kids and zombies. There is a lot of politics between the different groups of kids, lots of little fights between them and exterior plots, like discovering cures for the sickness or some religious stuff going on which means it's actually alot more complex then kids fighting zombies 

→ The different groups of children. Love how they all have different cultures, ideologies, beliefs. Love how each group is v different ! Love how there is lots of politics and drama between the groups and there are even people who don't fit into groups, some kids who are good and want an organised world, some who are anarchists, some who are loners. Some who drift. It's very cool getting to know them all !! I love the diversity 


  SOME OF THE LETDOWNS 


→ The characters can be a bit boring and plain. Not all, some of them I love so much !! But some of them are boring and not very deep. The characters do go through character growth, but this is more about the plot and so the characters suffer a little because of it

→ Lack of diversity. Anytime there is a character that is a "minority" they die. It's so annoying. In all of these kids its a bit urggh most of them are white and straight. Like why god WHY. I'm annoyed the diverse characters are always killed off. It's not good enough imo 

→ Rep of women can be a bit iffy at times. There are some great female characters (Jackson, Courtney, Nicola) but in general the way that women are talked about and portrayed is a little stereotypical and blergh at times. I don't like it how the women are stereotyped really badly into "mothers", "bitches", "weaklings" u know it's the worst 

HEY THO ! These books get better and better with each one, and after book3 we are caught up with the events at the end of The Enemy which is exciting !!

I'm coming up to the books I've not read yet (I had to reread the series to finish it because I couldn't remember) and I'm excited to see where it goes from here 

I really recc these books ! They are fun and read really quickly, and are actually alot more complex then they let on. 
ALSO THE NEW COVERS ARE THE BEST 


  “If we make our own history, if we tell stories that bring us together, we'll be stronger. It'll give us something to believe in. The sickos can't do that – they're no better than animals – but we can. Every battle we win we have to tell the story over and over, so that we can win more battles. People love stories. They've told stories since even before they could write. Myths and legends, stories of heroes and villains, gods and monsters. Real things happened, the story got told and then the stories became legends. That's what we've got to do – tell our own heroic stories.”

The Fear (new cover) (An Enemy Novel)

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