Blackout - discussion thread

[wendyzski]

There will likely be spoilers for all 3 books so be warned.

I didn't buy the Mason's turnaround on 1st read but on second read it makes a little more sense.  I suspect that I flailed through the first read at sufficient speed to miss the subtleties.

WAAAAAAH BECKS!!!!!!  At least she got a good death scene.  And she got to kill a zombie grizzly bear.

I'm still not convinced that all the remote-manipulation and string-pulling from all the widely-separate scientists would have worked, but I'm willing to bear it for the sake of plot.

The ending felt a bit rushed to me - once they got on the plane it was all "Whee we're off to see the plot resolve!"  I would have liked to see a little less about the medical uses of slime mold and atmospheric road trip stuff and a bit more with Rick POV and slowing down that last section a bit. 

Also, once again clone-Georgia was a bit too perceptive to be real for me, but again, hello this is fiction.  (The zombies might have been your first clue)

Poor beleaguered Mahir.  I suspect that there isn't enough tea in the entire Newsflesh universe to make up for what they put him through.

I'm not sure whether my favorite line from Shaun was "Wait, you can see her too?" or "Hey everyone - want to watch me wrestle a zombie moose?" .  I was happy to see that the quote from him was credited to "Hail to the King" rather than "Adaptive Immunities" - proof that he at least is somewhat healed.  He's having fun again poking things with sticks.  I also liked that the Georgia-in-his-head didn't just stop when clone-Georgia showed up.  That would have been a bit too convenient.

Your thoughts?