Gone - Michael Grant Reviews
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Newest Review: ... is like The X-men meets Lord Of The Flies meets Under The Dome and, for me, didn't really gel together as a whole. I know I ... more
... am not the intended market, you get the feeling from the writing style that this is a book aimed more solely at the teenage market, but the plot had too many strands that it tried to fit together, characters who to me seemed vacuous and unintresting and the story too many parallels with other stuff I have read that was written so much better!
I picked this up for 70p in a charity shop so have not really lost out but I do feel kind of cheated. The bumpf on the cover and just inside the book contains all...more
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Customer Gone - Michael Grant Reviews (1)
by - written on 23/04/10 (Very useful, 26 readings)
Rating:
Like a teenage version of Stephen King's Under The Dome, Gone follows a similar premise with one added element. On the day the dome comes down, everyone over the age of fifteen in the area vanishes. This leaves a load of adolescent kids basically in charge of the asyllum with newly orphaned babies, toddlers and autistic children to take care of. And then, as if that wasn't bad enough, some of the kids left behind begin exhibting strange and superhuman powers.... This is like The X-men meets Lord Of The Flies meets Under The Dome and, for me, didn't really gel together as a whole. I know I am not the intended market, you get the feeling from the writing style ... Read the complete review
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