Hunger (Gone, #2)

by Michael Grant

[Stephanie]

There is an old adage that says “Never judge a book by its cover”. A tried and true literal and figurative piece of advice. For a long time, I did not live by this rule. I judged Michael Grant’s Gone series so hard because angsty, wind blown teenagers on the covers bugged me. Their hollow eyes bore into me and every time I thought “well… maybe” I immediately told myself “put it down those kids are freaking me out”. Finally after I gave into the fact that I should not be so easily scared of book covers and kids with shaggy hair, I gave Gone a read and scolded myself for being so late to the game because of an irrational fear of pouty faced children on covers.

Michael Grant’s Gone series is worth flipping past the terrifying kids. Unfortunately, this site is younger than intended, so I never did get a chance to give my thoughts on the novel described as “if Stephen King wrote Lord of the Flies”. Yeah, that’s about right. I like to call it “crazy, wild fun!” So this is a review of Hunger, with thoughts on Gone intermingled.

You can thank me later.

Gone is about a small beach town in California that is suddenly cut off from the outside world. Every person over the age of 15 have disappeared in one mass exodus of the supernatural kind. Not only are these young kids left alone, but some start developing superpowers while battling with other kids for supremacy over the town. Picking up where Gone left off, Hunger does not disappoint.

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