Book info

• Title Gone
• Author Michael Grant
• Year 2008
• Genre Young adult

In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: on your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else...

Thoughts

I know this book wasn’t aimed at me - it’s another in a long line of young adult dystopian fantasy fiction series - but I couldn’t quite get it to work for me. The premise is intriguing, all the adults disappearing, and how the remaining kids deal with it. The threat of disappearing as soon as you reach a certain age, also intriguing. But none of the characters really came to life for me, and then you throw in super powers and gangs and talking coyotes and it’s just a few too many layers for my tastes. I finished it but I won’t look into any more of the series.

Rating: 2 / 5