Denton Little's Still Not Dead (Denton Little, #2)

by Lance Rubin

Living sucks when you have to pretend to be dead.
SPOLER ALERT: Denton didn't die. But as the only person in the world, apparently, not to have kicked it on his deathdate, there are lots of people after him. And some of those people are not good people. And some of them would rather just kill him than have to deal with it. And also his Mum's involved. Even though he thought she was dead too. It's all pretty confusing.
Lance Rubin's incredible sense of humour shines through once again in this laugh-out-loud sequel to DENTON LITTLE'S DEATHDATE.

• ISBN10: 0553497014
• ISBN13: 9780553497014
• Publish Date: 7 February 2017 (first published 7 April 2016)
• Publish Status: Cancelled
• Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Format: Hardcover (Library Binding)
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Denton's story took such a sharp turn at the end of the last book, and it continued in this one. There was a lot more action and peril in the sequel. But don't worry, Denton was funny. His bromance with Paolo continued to be one of my favorite things in the book, and Denton was still trying to determine if it was better to know when you would expire or if it was better to not know. I was hoping for one thing to happen by the end of the book, but it wasn't a huge disappointment that it didn't.

And you know what? This book has me believing that a dystopian book can be fun.

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[mrs_mander_reads]

Enjoyed this immensely. Not as good at the first, in my opinion, but still a fun read.

[Joséphine]

Initial thoughts: Denton Little's Still Not Dead didn't fascinate me as much as Denton Little's Deathdate. Neither did it answer the questions that I had at the end of the first book. Expectations aside, Denton Little's Still Not Dead was just as original a sci-fi story set in our present day. YouTube, cars, etc exist as they do today but the difference is that fixed death dates are coded into human DNA.

Half the time, though, I wasn't all too interested in what was going with Denton. Drawn out "on the run" stories really aren't my jam and Denton Little's Still Not Dead didn't change that. The relationships between Denton and his family, and between him and his friends, however, still kept my interest. Seeing how they fought capitalism in the health industry was pretty cool too.