Gone
Ratings73
Average rating3.6
15
Ratings73
Average rating3.6
In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears.Gone.Everyone except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not a single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Gone, too, are the phones, internet, and television. There is no way to get help.Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day.It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen and war is imminent.The first in a breathtaking saga about teens battling each other and their darkest selves, gone is a page-turning thriller that will make you look at the world in a whole new way.
Series
9 primary booksGone is a 9-book series with 9 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Michael Grant and Michael Grant.
Reviews with the most likes.
Great plot. Well written. Everybody over the age of 15 disappears and from newborns to 14 have to mend for themselves. As usual there are bullies, wild animals and some supernatural power. At times, it was frustrating but you have to put your mind set that these are kids and they are trying to survive. I did enjoy reading this book.
Story got to be too much like Under the Dome, and not written nearly as well. Pass.
5 star rating remains after the second read through. This got dark really quickly, and my memories said it got darker later. I was wrong.
This is so hard to read, worse knowing what happens, but it is such a good series.
Pros: good pacing, lots of action and plot twists, interesting and realistic (if sometimes infuriating) characters
Cons: I wanted the kids to do the smart thing - rather than the right thing; because a lot of the actions taken are adult, I kept picturing the kids as being at least 16 when the protagonists were actually 14
For Parents: good for reluctant and/or weaker readers, no sexual content but a fair bit of violence and some racial slurs
It's school as usual for Sam until the teacher disappears. It doesn't take the kids long to discover that everyone in Perdido Beach over 15 is gone. There is now a barrier they can't cross enclosing a 20 mile radius and powerful bullies are setting themselves up in positions of power.
And some of the kids are acknowledging they have strange abilities.
Gone has an excellent mix of characters. There are bullies who manipulate with words and others who use violence. There are decent people who want someone in charge who will keep order, who don't want to be the one in charge. There are cowards and heroes, kids who are responsible, kids who are victims. I thoroughly hated a few of them, particularly Quinn and his use of racial slurs.
It was easy to forget that the protagonists were all 14 or under. While there was one real psychopath in the book, most of the kids were adverse to killing - even when it was in their best interest (I find it frustrating when characters in books don't get their comeuppance. In life I'd never urge a 14 year old to kill another kid, but in a book you want to good guys to win and the bad guys to die, not come back in the next book to make things hard for the good guys again. On the other hand, it's a better message for kids that they shouldn't kill, so the author did the right thing).
The pacing was great. For a 550 page book, it's a quick read. There are numerous plot twists and the cause of the disappearance is explained in a rational manner.
Great for adults who want a quick, entertaining read, or kids who want a good story. There is some violence but I don't remember any swearing and there's no sexual content.
