Lies (Gone, #3)

by Michael Grant

[Stephanie]

For anyone that has read my previous review of Michael Grant’s Gone series will know that I suffer from a love-hate relationship with the kids of Perdido Beach. Too many to keep track of, so little pages to figure them all out. The third installment of Michael Grant’s Gone Series “Lies” finally takes a step back from new introductions (there’s only three new ones instead of twelve!) and focuses on what makes the Gone series interesting — the kids.

When I was in highschool, I adored Lord of the Flies. Leave semi-educated children alone in isolation and there is bound to be some infighting, politics and social disaster. For while, Grant’s Gone series skimmed the surface of that scenario, rather, writing about a radioactive monster lurking in the shadows that was driving everyone crazy, and to some extent, murderous. Toward the end of Hunger, Grant finally wised up some of the non-mutant kids who wanted to rule the town and put all those ‘freaks’ down.

Lies picks up where Hunger left off. There is no three month gap like previous books. The Human Crew has sectioned off their side of the town, getting rid of any mutant that shows their face near their barricade. Lies focuses on the natural implosion of Perdido Beach that has been run by children who have no set of rules or government, just a measly town council who hasn’t had their own hand forced to act. Add in a bit of religious preaching and unwilling prophets, and poofing at the age of fifteen is starting to sound better than ‘living in hell’, as Mother Mary so plainly states it.

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