geekyAmanda at Diary of a Book Addict has posted her review of An Artificial Night, and says, "With characters that are just as fascinating as the plot and the world, An Artificial Night is so mesmerizing that you'll desperately be looking for the next installment as soon as you finish the last page." I love you, too!
KB did a guest post at the Book Smugglers, listing her favorite reads of 2010, and Feed made the cut! Quoth KB, "If Edward R, Murrow, one of the greatest American broadcast journalist was still alive, he would embrace Feed for its message. George Romero, the godfather of the zombie apocalypse, would stand up and cheer. Possibly one of the best zombie stories I’ve ever read, behind George Matheson's I Am Legend." Wow. That's...wow.
Kristin at Aspiring Author has posted her review of Feed, and says, "This book is smart and will appeal to lovers of the zombie genre as well as those who don't like the gore. It's well-written and well-executed, and it will be interesting to see how the story progresses through the rest of the trilogy. Recommended." Yay!
LJ review time!
christina_reads has posted her review of A Local Habitation, and says, "I'm really impressed with the complex world of this series—I get the impression that McGuire has really thought things through—but it sometimes seems a little overcrowded." A fair cop.Tansy Rayner Roberts has posted a long and thoughtful review of Feed, calling it "a hard-edged SF political thriller which deals with the future of communications and the media, and happens to have zombies in it," and saying, "Georgia is an extraordinary protagonist." Hooray! She also has some fair issues with the portrayal of Congresswoman Wagman, and some very interesting thoughts about the book as a whole. Give it a read.
Travels Through Iest has posted a nice review of Feed, and says, "I found myself getting wound up in the story and the lives of the participants. The dialogue is snappy and funny, the action well described and at times I found myself genuinely sad for what was happening in the story. Feed is a tight, well told tale full of zombie goodness and plenty of pop culture references. It's been given a number of accolades and totally deserves them all."
That seems like a good place to stop for right now, don't you think? More to come!
Regarding that one review.
December 22 2010, 04:08:35 UTC 6 years ago
I didn't consider it slutshaming the reactions to Wegman.
It looked to me like she was using her stripper know how to gain votes, since that's where her experience lay, and also something she knew would get votes. Which is not something I would do since I don't have that knowhow, but no different than, say, if Shaun Williams (the Flying Tomato olympian guy?) ran for public office on the "dude can totally shred on the slopes" platform. I don't think people would necessarily think that made him good for a job in politics, but they'd vote for cool factor just like Wegman got votes for hottie factor.
Re: Regarding that one review.
December 27 2010, 23:53:54 UTC 6 years ago
I wanted both Ryman and Tate to be male so that it wouldn't either be slut-shaming through defeating a powerful woman, or Madonna-making by having my "perfect political candidate" be a woman. The main contender for the Democrats was female, and I'm going to do more with her later.