Blackout by Mira Grant

Blackout (Newsflesh, #3)

by Mira Grant

The year is 2041, and Shaun Mason is having a bad day. Everyone he knows is dead or in hiding. The world is doing its best to end itself for the second time. The Centre for Disease Control is out to get him. With too much left to do and not much time left to do it in, he must face mad scientists, zombie bears and rogue government agencies before the conspiracy that killed Georgia manages to kill the only thing he has left of her - the truth.

And if there's one thing he knows is true in this post-zombie, post-resurrection America, it's this: Things can always get worse.

Reviewed by ibeforem on

4 of 5 stars

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If you haven’t read this series and plan to, you might want to skip this review. It’s impossible to talk about this third book without spoiling a major plot point.

With that said …

I did enjoy having Georgia back, even if was only 97% her. I didn’t buy the science behind her cloning one bit. I also found the way she and Shaun meet again to be more than a little coincidental. And don’t get me started on the EIS’s “plan”.

The problem with conspiracies is that they rarely make sense, and this one was no exception. I think it got a little too big and convoluted for the author to handle correctly.

BUT… What I’ve always liked about this series is the characters and the way they respond to adversity, and that still holds true in this book. I think it could have been a better story if the author had dropped the CDC conspiracy she created and instead made it a story where the world is confronted with the clone they’ve created. At least then, George’s return would have been necessary.

However this book turned out, whatever Mira Grant comes up with next will certainly be on my to-read list.

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