Lies: A Gone Novel
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- ISBN13: 9780061449093
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
It’s been seven months since all the adults disappeared. Gone.
It happens in one night. A girl who died now walks among the living; Zil and the Human Crew set fire to Perdido Beach; and amid the flames and smoke, Sam sees the figure of the boy he fears the most: Drake. But Drake is dead. Sam and Caine defeated him along with the Darkness—or so they thought.
As Perdido Beach burns, battles rage: Astrid against the Town Council; the Human Crew versus the mutants; and Sam against Drake, who is back from the dead and ready to end where he and Sam left off. And all the while deadly rumors are raging like the fire itself, spread by the prophetess Orsay and her companion, Nerezza. They say that death is a way to escape the FAYZ. Conditions are worse than ever and kids are desperate to get out. But are they desperate enough to judge that death will set them free?
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For sure the best book in the series so far. I finished it in 3 days!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I LOVED this book. I ordered it in March, and the day after it unrestricted, the book shipped to me. I received it in four days and finished it the day after
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I am a small bit sad. For the past two weeks, my life (well, my book life) has been revolved around reading this series. I re-read the thrill rides which are Gone and Hunger– then it was time for the main event, the newest installment in the Gone series. Lies.
I have to say it wasn’t my favorite in the series. The flaws I had previously brushed aside in the first too became so blatant in this one that I couldn’t snub them. Don’t get me incorrect- it was still fantastic and I loved it immensely, but it just wasn’t my favorite.
The first disappointment was the part. Hunger was a monster, but this one was like it’s runty cousin. I was confused about that. Usually books get longer as the plot thickens, and I didn’t see why that wasn’t the case for this installment. I mean, it was certianly possible to make it longer. There were plenty of loose ends and point that could have been ellaborated on. Perhaps he wanted to place that to the next book (Plague!!). Also, maybe the fact that the time period for this one was shorter (only a few days as opposed to a couple weeks) had something to do it.
All the characters were fantastic though. They become darker, more complex. Gone (yay for puns!) are the innocent children. Now they are intense. Every person to the smallest tot carries a weapon. Everyone is looking out for themselves, most concerned only about getting food. They aren’t hesitant to kill, either, or do what they have to to stay alive. And yes, everyone lies. Huge manipulative lies that are the reason for the title. Everyone is changed though, for the worse or for the better. We are also introduced to some new characters, which makes up for the loss of some of the ancient ones (kinda). I really reflect Michael Grant is accurate is portraying the desperation these kids would have.
The writing was meh. I mean, it was never incredible to start with, but in this book it got worse. I reflect he should get a new editor. Many typos and things that didn’t add up to previous infromation agreed in the previous books. Sam said Caine and him where half brothers, when they are twins. Dekka said she loved Brianna from first sight, where in Hunger, she said she fell in like with Brianna when they were imprisoned. And where did Astrid’s powers go? After the first book, they are never mentioned again.
The plot was kinda jumpy. I really like how he tries to get everyone’s point of view in, but it didn’t pull together that nicely. It was very character driven, and there was less sci-fi (which isn’t automatically a terrible thing). It was also more slow-paced than the previous two.
Overall, I still really loved it. This is one of my favorite series. It’s thrilling and thought-provoking and dark. All the things I didn’t reasonably like about Lies, I shall attribute it to being a middle book in the series. I am very excited for Plague and cannot judge the relief date is an entire year away! Fortunately, Michael did some foreshadowing, which leaves me with fantastic material for speculation.
And does anyone mind telling who the kids on the back take in are supposed to be? I’m guessing Brittany and Drake, but I’m not sure.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
Despite my caveat regarding the first two installments in this series (having to do with exposing teens to excessive violence and cruelty), I pre-ordered this third book and, honestly, looked forwards to its relief. I read it in three days; my grandson read it in two. (He likes the series, and we’ve been able to have some pretty in depth conversations about character motivation and future outcomes. Too cool.)
I despise when people give spoilers in reviews, so I refuse to do so, but I will say that while I judge the characters stay right to form, Grant offers an ending with this book that does not. I had the sense, suddenly (“three days later”–you’ll see when you get there), that Grant had his 400+ pages and realized, ‘Shoot, I gotta wrap this up,’ and so he ends this time with narrative synopsis. Grrrrr….
Another criticism I had regarding this installment was the giant ‘dis’ of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and their adoption of foreign-born children. Perhaps I should recuse myself, having adopted kids who don’t look like me. (I promise you, Mr. Grant, I did not kidnap them.) I just don’t reflect there’s a place in a fantasy series for a broad political statement of this scenery. It kept slapping me back to reality every time I read about Sanjit and his sibs. Grant would do better to channel his strong feelings on the theme into some additional form of writing.
Persons frustrations aside, I did read the book in three days because I simply couldn’t place it down. The tension is palpable from the first pages and continues to heighten with every new chapter. I disagree with the reviewer who felt there were too many characters with not enough depth. I like the complexity of Sam, and I reflect Grant continues to give us thorough motivation for Sam’s actions. And Astrid’s. And Mary’s. (I like her character because I identify with it the most.) And Edilio’s. And Lana’s. (Poor Lana–Where has she gone???)
I want to judge that Grant is sitting in a room somewhere, effective furiously at a keyboard, finishing the last pages of the next installment. Can’t wait.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I reflect Grant kept up to par with his previous installments reasonably well with “Lies.” It is quick-paced and teeming with several characters’ viewpoints. Though I feel some of persons viewpoints feel superfluous right now, I’m hopeful they will have greater significance in later parts of the series.
As I have felt from the beginning, this series is certainly for the more mature young adult readers as well as adults. The themes are graphic and harsh at times. Grant does not skirt the more devastating or gruesome parts of a bunch of kids being left alone to fend for themselves. While some reviews aver this is for 6th to 9th grade, I reflect it depends on how mature the kid reading it is. It might be more hard psychologically on the younger crowd. Being in my 20s, even I have establish it hard to swallow at some points. But, to me, that makes it all the better because of how realistic Grant makes such an impossible world.
Of course, we are not left satisfied. With the tease of what may be going on in the world outside the FAYZ, Grant makes us beg for the next novel in the series.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5