The Dead of the Night (The Tomorrow, #2)

by John Marsden

• ISBN10: 0330337408
• ISBN13: 9780330337403
• Publish Date: 6 November 1998 (first published 1 January 1997)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Out of Print: 13 February 2003
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
• Edition: New Cover ed
• Format: Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
• Pages: 288
• Language: English

Reviews

[Nessa Luna]

Gods, every time I reread this one I remember Harvey's Heroes and how much I hate that son of a bitch Major Harvey OH MY GOD. And then I remember what happens next and I get sad.

[Kelly]

http://www.divabooknerd.com/2013/11/the-dead-of-night-by-john-marsden.html
The Dead of Night is the second installment in the Tomorrow series, in which Australia is invaded by an unknown foreign enemy. I thoroughly enjoyed the first book Tomorrow, When The War Begun, but this one fell flat for me. It didn't have the same tough, rebellious feel but more so an insight into the group, their emotions and relationships. It explores how far each will go to keep themselves safe and protect their country and how to hold onto their humanity. But sadly, it was boring. I craved more action and suspense and the build up to their big act of defiance was far too long. I don't think I'll be continuing on with the series and will base whether or not I read the third installment on Goodreads reviews. It's a seven novel series, and I can't see how it can be stretched that far without losing it's way.

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

Recently I read Tomorrow When the War Began because I missed out on reading it when I was a teenager. Which left the story unfinished and I felt I wanted to know what was going to happen. So I’ve now completed book 2; The Dead of the Night. I actually preferred this book over the first, the innocence of the kids is now gone, while still having to struggle against the enemy that now have to struggle with sexual desire too (actually I don’t think the struggled they just ‘hopped on’…so to speak). The main protagonist Ellie has ended up killing a man and there is the remorse going on in her head while everyone else seems to think she would be ok killing again. All in all I think it was a darker novel and that is what I enjoyed most about it.