Monster

Ugh, I love Michael Grant.

It was great to dive back into a Michael Grant novel, specifically in the “Gone” universe. I agree with many of the reviews that Shade Darby was indeed a very annoying character. Still, I found her interesting. I found everyone interesting and everyone had their own story and point for existing in this fictional universe.

The theme of power corrupting was completely outright in this book, in a way I don't think was as directly explained and explored in the rest of the Gone series and I appreciated that insight and the struggle of the corrupting power even with the “heros.” This was explored with Sam a bit as he got more and more annoyed by everyone in the FAYZ and tried not to crumble from the pressure put on him but this book explored more of the INTERNAL struggle with having all this power but still remaining “good.”

Finally, the last line of this book proved to me that no matter how old I get and even though this particular character was not even my favorite....Michael Grant can reduce me into a fan girl even in the dark universe of his scifi/horror. I audibly gasped and reread the last couple lines multiple times haha.

I'm thinking I'm going to reread the whole series, but I'm so invested I almost feel like I'm making the characters relive all the atrocities by rereading the series. Still, this is one of my favorite series by one of my favorite authors and I'm glad I gave this addition to the series a chance.