Friday, July 22, 2011

Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

Generation Dead (Generation Dead, #1)Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

This was taken from goodreads.com/jess_readerwriter, I wrote the review freely and I apologize if the reviews are not written in a professional manner.

Synopsis: Phoebe Kendall is just your typical Goth girl with a crush. He’s strong and silent…and dead.  All over the country, a strange phenomenon is occurring. Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead. But when they come back to life, they are no longer the same. Feared and misunderstood, they are doing their best to blend into a society that doesn’t want them.  The administration at Oakvale High attempts to be more welcoming of the “differently biotic." But the students don’t want to take classes or eat in the cafeteria next to someone who isn’t breathing. And there are no laws that exist to protect the “living impaired” from the people who want them to disappear—for good.  When Phoebe falls for Tommy Williams, the leader of the dead kids, no one can believe it; not her best friend, Margi, and especially not her neighbor, Adam, the star of the football team. Adam has feelings for Phoebe that run much deeper than just friendship; he would do anything for her. But what if protecting Tommy is the one thing that would make her happy?



My rating: 3 stars of 5
Characters weren't believable
Cliff hanger

I just finished my reread of this book because when I got back into reading, I found Kiss of Life at Half Priced Books and thought, why the hell not?!



So I started this booking thinking, "God, could you talk ANYMORE about how she's goth..?" I understand, yes, she wears black. but you don't have to talk about how she's gothic in every damn chapter.



I jumped into this book again thinking, Ihatethisbookihatethisbookihatethisbook.



The book starts with introducing Phoebe, Margi, and Adam. Adam is Phoebe and Margi's best friend although he pretends he's not in school. There's a new dead kid in the school, Tommy Williams, who Phoebe takes immediate interest in. Tommy signs up for the football team, causing huge controversy and racism. Adam is neutral to the dead kids while Pete Martinsberg (I think that's his name) makes racist comments and threatens Tommy. As Phoebe takes more interest in Tommy, giving him poems and such, she attends his football game where there are riots and protesters not wanting him to play. When he is finally put into the game, people realize how good he is but then he quits. Phoebe, Adam, and Margi join a Differently Biotic class to learn more about the dead kids. They realize how bad things really are. While Phoebe and Tommy get closer and closer, Tommy reveals to her the murders of the already dead kids that the news doesn't report about and things take a wild turn.



In a lot of my reviews, I describe how the characters feel "real" to me. I'd say that but, it'd just be pure irony. The characters aren't as strong as characters I've read in other books but they're still lovable. Karen and Tommy remind me of my own friends in some ways.



The writing was good although it felt like he repeated things a few times. I was happy with the way he worded things. Really made me feel like high school kids were talking.



This was a rather annoying book up until the end. I liked how it ended, a good cliff hanger and it led up to conflict well although many conflicts are still unresolved.



On to the next book.

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Friday, July 22, 2011

Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

Generation Dead (Generation Dead, #1)Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

This was taken from goodreads.com/jess_readerwriter, I wrote the review freely and I apologize if the reviews are not written in a professional manner.

Synopsis: Phoebe Kendall is just your typical Goth girl with a crush. He’s strong and silent…and dead.  All over the country, a strange phenomenon is occurring. Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead. But when they come back to life, they are no longer the same. Feared and misunderstood, they are doing their best to blend into a society that doesn’t want them.  The administration at Oakvale High attempts to be more welcoming of the “differently biotic." But the students don’t want to take classes or eat in the cafeteria next to someone who isn’t breathing. And there are no laws that exist to protect the “living impaired” from the people who want them to disappear—for good.  When Phoebe falls for Tommy Williams, the leader of the dead kids, no one can believe it; not her best friend, Margi, and especially not her neighbor, Adam, the star of the football team. Adam has feelings for Phoebe that run much deeper than just friendship; he would do anything for her. But what if protecting Tommy is the one thing that would make her happy?



My rating: 3 stars of 5
Characters weren't believable
Cliff hanger

I just finished my reread of this book because when I got back into reading, I found Kiss of Life at Half Priced Books and thought, why the hell not?!



So I started this booking thinking, "God, could you talk ANYMORE about how she's goth..?" I understand, yes, she wears black. but you don't have to talk about how she's gothic in every damn chapter.



I jumped into this book again thinking, Ihatethisbookihatethisbookihatethisbook.



The book starts with introducing Phoebe, Margi, and Adam. Adam is Phoebe and Margi's best friend although he pretends he's not in school. There's a new dead kid in the school, Tommy Williams, who Phoebe takes immediate interest in. Tommy signs up for the football team, causing huge controversy and racism. Adam is neutral to the dead kids while Pete Martinsberg (I think that's his name) makes racist comments and threatens Tommy. As Phoebe takes more interest in Tommy, giving him poems and such, she attends his football game where there are riots and protesters not wanting him to play. When he is finally put into the game, people realize how good he is but then he quits. Phoebe, Adam, and Margi join a Differently Biotic class to learn more about the dead kids. They realize how bad things really are. While Phoebe and Tommy get closer and closer, Tommy reveals to her the murders of the already dead kids that the news doesn't report about and things take a wild turn.



In a lot of my reviews, I describe how the characters feel "real" to me. I'd say that but, it'd just be pure irony. The characters aren't as strong as characters I've read in other books but they're still lovable. Karen and Tommy remind me of my own friends in some ways.



The writing was good although it felt like he repeated things a few times. I was happy with the way he worded things. Really made me feel like high school kids were talking.



This was a rather annoying book up until the end. I liked how it ended, a good cliff hanger and it led up to conflict well although many conflicts are still unresolved.



On to the next book.

2 comments: