Charlie Higson

The Dead

THE DEAD begins one year before the action in THE ENEMY, just after the Disaster. A terrible disease has struck everyone sixteen and over, leaving them either dead or a decomposing, flesh-eating creature. The action starts in a boarding school just outside London, where all the teachers have turned into sickos. A few kids survive and travel by bus into the city. The bus driver, an adult named Greg, seems to be unaffected by the disease. Then he begins to show the dreaded signs: outer blisters and inner madness. The kids escape Greg and end up at the Imperial War Museum. A huge fire in South London drives them all to the Thames, and eventually over the river to the Tower of London. It is there they will meet up with the kids in THE ENEMY in Book 3, THE FEAR.

The Dead (new cover) (An Enemy Novel)

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“He was a different person now, and not a better one, Oh, he could fight, he could swat sickos like flies; he was a bloody hero, wasn't he? He was Death himself. Riding a bike. But in the end, all he was doing was adding to the score of the dead. Was that all a hero was, then? A killing machine without a heart?” 


WARNING ! ZOMBIE GIFS AHEAD

This series literally has me shook I can't believe I read these when I was little they are so violent ??? like SO violent ? 

It's basically the book version of The Walking Dead, except only adults become zombies. Which means the world is now run by 15 year olds who are trying not to get eaten by the adult zombies. Oh, also the zombies are smart, and they make traps and ambushes for the kids ,,,, its fuckin intense and TRUST I would be dead in this world I would be so dead 

 (actually I'd be a zombie bc I'm over 15 but SHUT UP I would somehow not get the sickness ok I hate adult life) 



THE DEAD offers a differing story of the events in THE ENEMY, explaining the story of the London Tower kids and how they established themselves following the apocalypse. and hoNESTLY the kids from the London Tower are sooo much more interesting then the Waitrose kids. 

I like how THE DEAD starts to develop the storyline outside of just ZOMBIES and killing. The addition of Matt, Archie and The Acolytes was really interesting!! I remembered alot of this storyline from when I first read these books but I liked to explore that since I'm pretty sure it's going to become more important later. 

I really enjoyed the characters in THE DEAD and thought they were more realistic and interesting. I liked Jack and Ed's dynamic and thought theirs was a pre realistic portrayal of things tbh. I liked that they weren't always the best of friends ahaha. And I also really liked the development of Justin and Jorden Horden 

I JUST WISH THERE WERE MORE GIRLS !!!!!! plsss like Brooke was in it a bit but then she disappears and Frederique is just annoying and I'm like ?? where my girls at #yeah the girls I WANT THEM

Also, I wish the perspectives didn't just randomly change mid paragraph because I CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THAT SHIT its so confusingg 



but like, overall these are pretty darn good. I mean, ok they're zombie books and I'm trash BUT THEY ARE PRETTY AMUSING OK

The second heart-stopping, mind-blowing book in this killer series - the Enemy is back. A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit as they go on the run with a mismatched group of other kids - nerds, fighters, misfits. And one adult. Greg, a butcher, who claims he's immune to the disease. They must work together if they want to make it in this terrifying new world. But as a fresh disaster threatens to overwhelm London, they realize they won't all survive

Sian Wadey

The Dead by Charlie Higson

I had read The Enemy and was expecting this to be a sequel so I was very surprised when I discovered these events happened a year before with a completely new set of kids. Higson is a brilliant YA writer. He manages to grab your attention and keep hold of it right until the end of the book. The characters he creates can be stereotypical but generally there's someone there for everybody to like. The amount of gore and the vivid descriptions do surprise me for the age group but it's not any different from his first book. The fact that the kids get killed off so quickly and suddenly is a surprise too but regular readers will learn not to get too attached to anyone. Overall when I'm reading the book I can't put it down, but when I'm finished I feel like there's something missing from making it one of my favourite YA books.

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           It was so good. I was a bit disappointed that we did not get to see Maxie, Achilleus, Ollie and the Holloway Crew but Ed and Jack were really good main characters and I loved their friendship. I loved that their relationship was so complicated and flawed because it seemed real and it would have been strange if they had never struggled with each other. In the end, Jack's death broke my heart. He was a tough boy, and his last moments with Ed made me cry. I knew he would not make it alive but he came home and that's all that matters. I'm so sad for Bam too. So many kids died and Ed went on a hell of a journey. I loved his arc. He is such a great character, with all his flaws, his humanity and his complicated feelings. ♥ 
I loved that we get to see Small Sam and The Kid but I am confused about Mad Matt's vision. I thought he and Archie were just being crazy. I'm intrigued. 
The parts with the bus and Greg terrified me aha XD and if I get it right, Greg will kill Callum now because of his St George t-shirt. I just hate him omg. My poor boy did not deserve to die. 
What else? Fred's narrative arc made me cry as well. I hope Justin and Arthur are right and that Ed won't get sick. ♥
I loved Jordan with all my heart, and DogNut. I was pleased to meet the David of before the Enemy. He was a prick but what else is news? XD but in a strange way, I kinda liked him here? He was funny. 
I wonder if Brooke, Courtney, Justin and the others made it safely. 
I can't wait to read the next book. ♥♥♥

Milana Marie Waller

After much deliberation, I have decided to stop reading his book at page 108. I just didn’t do anything for me. The walking dead is so much better that I just couldn’t put up With this. I rated it two stars because I may not have given it a fair chance

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