Plague

"You know, I'm kind of disappointed." Brianna said. "Situation like this? Sam would have come up with a plan." The Gone Series has such a special place in my heart. I initially read it when I was 14/15 and I fell in love with everything about it - the characters, the world, the plot. When I read Gone, I was just starting to move into the "young adult" genre, and the Gone series was so unlike anything I'd ever read at the time. It's like x-men crossed with Lord of the Flies .. plus, other stuff I loved it so much. Fast forward 4/5 years, I still love it so much. I KNOW why alot of people don't like these books, but I don't care. Gone means too much, I love it so much. I'm so attatched to these characters, and this world. I've not picked up any of the Gone books since I finished Light in 2013. It hurt me too much to do that - but I've not read Plague in YEARS and it was one of my favourites and I'm so, so glad I picked it up again. ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ For me, there are a lot of things to love about The Gone Series. They're gory, complex, fast-paced and boast a cast of diverse and interesting characters. I have always thought Michael Grant had a knack for understanding the portraying the human condition, and the way the children act in the Gone Series really exemplifies that. I can see myself in their characters, see my friends and how I think they would act. And I like that it's not cliche, I like that friendships fall apart, that people betray eachother and not everyone is a hero. Some people are just scared, some people are arrogant, some people are good leaders and bad leaders and cruel leaders. Some people just want to be left alone, some people don't care what happens. I genuinely love that by Plague, the "good/bad" leader dichotomy between Sam and Caine has been turned on it's head with the rise of my man ... Albert. Sam had to resist the urge to laugh out loud. After all that had happened between him and Caine, after all Caine's posturing today; it wasn't big, charming, handsome, and very powerful Caine, or Sam either, who ran the FAYZ. It was a reserved, skinny kid who's only power was the ability to work hard and stay focussed I mean -- ain't that saying something about the world. Capitalism always wins smh. ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ The Gone series is awfully gory and gross but Plague just takes it off the charts. Bugs which eat you from the inside out, insects the size of busses, a flu which will literally make you cough your lungs up There are scenes in this book that genuinely SCARRED ME. (view spoiler)[I am still disturbed from the bit when they cut Dekka open to get the bugs out (hide spoiler)] But I love that, I always felt like the absolute horror of the situation made these books unique and made the actions of the characters so damn understandable. Character wise, I am actually really in love with some of these characters. I mean, Astrid could of fallen off a cliff at any time and I would have been glad but I love the others (minus Drake probably). The supporting characters were always my favorite - Quinn, Edilio, Dekka, Brianna. They made this series for me, and I love them so much. And despite all his bullshit I do love Caine alot too (my trash son) and even Sam. The characters don't let down the plot and the events of the story at all - which I love. I hate a good story with terrible characters. ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ I don't know, Something about Gone just DOES IT FOR ME. I love it always, it's just insane and awful and unimaginable but I feel it's also realistic to what could happen in this situation. Honestly Gone will forever be my fave don't try to fight me on this