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Lord of the Flies with zombies . . . tons of nail-biting action! (Rick Riordan, creator of Percy Jackson )
Brutal, blood-soaked, full of zombies . . . it's ace (FHM.com )
Brutal, blood-soaked, full of zombies . . . it's ace (FHM.com )
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Lord of the Flies with zombies ... tons of nail-biting action! Rick Riordan, creator of Percy Jackson Brutal, blood-soaked, full of zombies ... it's ace FHM
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Excellent Teen book, The Fear starts just 5 days before the events described at the end of the also excellent book "The Dead" and as the books plot progresses towards its conclusion some of the events described in another of Higsons excellent titles "The Enemy" are also brought to the fore but from another point of view and slowly but surely all the storylines and thread come together.
This is a well written well paced book and its no wonder there is an increase in reading and the young reading market with this level of quality out there.
Well reccomended
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This is a well written well paced book and its no wonder there is an increase in reading and the young reading market with this level of quality out there.
Well reccomended
(Parm)
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After being really impressed by the first two books in this series, I was itching to read this one - I ploughed through it and read it all really quickly.
I think this is easily the best book in the series so far, and it strikes me as an outstanding piece of horror writing for young people - but, like Harry Potter, I can see it's going to appeal to people way beyond the teen demographic. I enjoyed it at 37, and a five-star review on Amazon was written by a 55-year-old.
It gets increasingly gory as the army of caniballistic zombies begin to organise themselves and increase the terror on the streets. Meanwhile, more groups of surviving kids emerge, and other groups we've already met begin to interact. The first two books feature an almost entirely different cast of characters, the second book beginning a year before the first, with the events at the very end of the second book linking things together. This third book for most of its length focusses on people from the second book, with those from the first introduced later on - it draws together the separate plots of the first and second books really well, and sets up a pretty impressive cliffhanger ready for the next book. Shame I'll probably have to wait about a year for it!
The way that each book describes some of the same events from different points of view is very clever, and a lot of things become clearer as you read on, such as how each character gets to be where they are. In the process of the book, lots of characters, DogNut in particular, have to deal with mistakes - and DogNut's mistake leads to some potentially gruesome consequences - but that's the cliffhanger, and we'll have to see what happens next. I suspect quite a lot of blood might be involved. :)
There's more to be seen of a tyrannical leader, David, and his attempts to manipulate and cajole others into doing his bidding. He's turning into a seriously scary dictatorial figure, and the psychology involved in this is well treated and encourages readers to ponder the nature of power. One group absent, which I hope will be picked up on later, are the ones who founded a new religion and decided to hole themselves up in St. Paul's Cathedral. I'd love to see what happens with them.
Some of the scenes in the book are just brilliantly described, and create vivid (and sometimes very scary) images in your head. The Collector's den is certainly something I'd like to see on the big screen - these books seriously need to be made into films. Any directors reading this? Go on!
Superb read. For someone like me, who loves a bit of post-apocalyptic horror, it was unputdownable, and I really can't wait for the next one - The Sacrifice, due out next year.
I think this is easily the best book in the series so far, and it strikes me as an outstanding piece of horror writing for young people - but, like Harry Potter, I can see it's going to appeal to people way beyond the teen demographic. I enjoyed it at 37, and a five-star review on Amazon was written by a 55-year-old.
It gets increasingly gory as the army of caniballistic zombies begin to organise themselves and increase the terror on the streets. Meanwhile, more groups of surviving kids emerge, and other groups we've already met begin to interact. The first two books feature an almost entirely different cast of characters, the second book beginning a year before the first, with the events at the very end of the second book linking things together. This third book for most of its length focusses on people from the second book, with those from the first introduced later on - it draws together the separate plots of the first and second books really well, and sets up a pretty impressive cliffhanger ready for the next book. Shame I'll probably have to wait about a year for it!
The way that each book describes some of the same events from different points of view is very clever, and a lot of things become clearer as you read on, such as how each character gets to be where they are. In the process of the book, lots of characters, DogNut in particular, have to deal with mistakes - and DogNut's mistake leads to some potentially gruesome consequences - but that's the cliffhanger, and we'll have to see what happens next. I suspect quite a lot of blood might be involved. :)
There's more to be seen of a tyrannical leader, David, and his attempts to manipulate and cajole others into doing his bidding. He's turning into a seriously scary dictatorial figure, and the psychology involved in this is well treated and encourages readers to ponder the nature of power. One group absent, which I hope will be picked up on later, are the ones who founded a new religion and decided to hole themselves up in St. Paul's Cathedral. I'd love to see what happens with them.
Some of the scenes in the book are just brilliantly described, and create vivid (and sometimes very scary) images in your head. The Collector's den is certainly something I'd like to see on the big screen - these books seriously need to be made into films. Any directors reading this? Go on!
Superb read. For someone like me, who loves a bit of post-apocalyptic horror, it was unputdownable, and I really can't wait for the next one - The Sacrifice, due out next year.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a brilliant book. I read this book in a day and a half. I bought it to read and see if it was suitable for my great grand son but he is too young for it, children need to be at least 12 or 13. It is exciting, very scary, a real can't out it down kind of book, grownups will enjoy it as well, I did and I'm 74 years old.
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Come on gyal!
Read it out of sync with the series but it didn't matter in the slightest, so easily read as a stand alone book. Read more
Published 9 days ago by nabalie
book purchase
Great - bought for my son and he loved it and finished it in less than a week, not entirely sure the content is for me but if it gets them reading then Great!!
Published 15 days ago by kaz
Best one yet
The Fear is by far the best one yet.I was sucked into the last two but this one was amazing!Buy it I mean it you wont regret it!
Published 2 months ago by Miss S N McConnell
amazing
this book fills in the gaps from the first 2 books. hit hard when some key charecters die towards the end. interesting seeing the sickos evolving too. Read more
Published 3 months ago by donella rush
AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
The best book so far!!! GET THE OTHER 2 BOOKS NOW!!!! (The Enemy & The Dead) PS The ENEMY iz coming 4 YOUUUU!!!!
Published 3 months ago by ALEX THE MAN33
Fantastic
Good, thrilling, fast-paced and a down right fantastic book. Contains children foghting diseased adults to stay alive in this new world. Read more
Published 4 months ago by CrazySealBoy
AMAZING!
This book is one of my best books for its excellent set up, storyline and content. Who says thesebooks are only for guys cause I love it! Hope they'll be more.
Published 4 months ago by Beth
Loved it
I picked this up at a book shop and had read over half of it before I even realised it had been written for teens (I'm 33). Read more
Published 4 months ago by Helen Clements
The Fear
Bought as a Christmas present for my son and any book that can get him to put down his ipod touch must be brilliant.
Published 4 months ago by cahill10
The Fear (The Enemy)
These books are always checked out and our students were deeply disappointed to learn the third installment was only available in the UK. Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. Morrison
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