Gone #1 (Gone Series)
Author: Michael Grant
Rating: ****
Pages:576
Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Release Date: Feb 16, 2009
Audience: Young Adult
Book description
Suddenly there are no adults, no answers. What would you do? In the blink of an eye, the world changes. The adults vanish without a trace, and those left must do all they can to survive. But everyone's idea of survival is different. Some look after themselves, some look after others, and some will do anything for power...Even kill. For Sam and Astrid, it is a race against time as they try to solve the questions that now dominate their lives...What is the mysterious wall that has encircled the town of Perdido Beach and trapped everyone within? Why have some kids developed strange powers? And can they defeat Caine and his gang of bullies before they turn fifteen and disappear too? It isn't until the world collapses around you that you find out what kind of person you really are. This book offers a chilling portrayal of a world with no rules. When life as you know it ends at 15, everything changes.
Review
You can't see from the image, but the pages are neon yellow. I think we all know why I picked this book up. I really enjoyed reading this book and for the first time, Michael Grant. His writing is spectacular and fast paced. The storyline was great, action packed and contained a little bit of romance here and there. I also loved the characters except for Quinn, Caine and Drake. Some of the characters were very likeable and down to earth, for e.g Edilio, Mary and Albert but then there were some that just got on my nerves. The sci-fi feel from the book was absolutely amazing. The power, animals and darkness slightly creeped me out in a good way.
The impenetrable dome, the FAYZ astonished me. Nothing can get out and nothing in. Knowing who caused it irritated me because working out how to escape the dome a whole lot harder.
The book it set in roughly a week. Quite close to Sam's 15th birthday when people poof. I was left wondering what would happen to Sam and the eldest members of Perdido Beach; would they poof or would they stay? The suspense builds up throughout the book to the end where I was sitting, gripping the pages in anticipation waiting for the final chapter to finish.
I was hooked from the start of the book as the plot was intriguing which led me to finish over half of the book in a few hours. There was action and adventure throughout the book and even made me gasp a few times! Twists, twists, twists..
Much to my dismay, I have not yet got the remaining books in the series butI am very looking forward to getting HUNGER, LIES, PLAGUE, FEAR and LIGHT- the last book in the series, released in March 2013. Hopefully I will enjoy them as much or even more than I enjoyed Gone. I thoroughly recommend Gone, just as it was recommended to me. SASTRID 4 EVA.
Bex
