Comments on: The Dead & the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer http://www.readingrants.org/2007/12/09/the-dead-the-gone-by-susan-beth-pfeffer/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:44:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Morgan http://www.readingrants.org/2007/12/09/the-dead-the-gone-by-susan-beth-pfeffer/#comment-345 Morgan Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:44:52 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/2007/12/09/the-dead-the-gone-by-susan-beth-pfeffer/#comment-345 I'm jealous, jealous, jealous. The reason I liked Life as We Knew It so much is that it really MOVED me, ya know? I felt like running out to the store and stocking up on string beans (and I don't even LIKE string beans). I'm sure The Dead and The Gone is good that way too. I’m jealous, jealous, jealous.

The reason I liked Life as We Knew It so much is that it really MOVED me, ya know? I felt like running out to the store and stocking up on string beans (and I don’t even LIKE string beans).

I’m sure The Dead and The Gone is good that way too.

]]> By: The Page Flipper http://www.readingrants.org/2007/12/09/the-dead-the-gone-by-susan-beth-pfeffer/#comment-347 The Page Flipper Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:45:27 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/2007/12/09/the-dead-the-gone-by-susan-beth-pfeffer/#comment-347 Ha. I know someone named Alex Morales. Pretty weird.\ But this book sounds really good! I've been wanting to read Life as We Knew It for a while. Ha. I know someone named Alex Morales. Pretty weird.\

But this book sounds really good! I’ve been wanting to read Life as We Knew It for a while.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.readingrants.org/2007/12/09/the-dead-the-gone-by-susan-beth-pfeffer/#comment-565 Amanda Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:44:05 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/2007/12/09/the-dead-the-gone-by-susan-beth-pfeffer/#comment-565 I loved Life as We Knew it, but I didn't like The Dead and the Gone as much. It was still good, but the first one was best. This one was more morbid and depressing. Writing about New York was an interesting take, but I think it was too much. She should have stopped with book one. This book is gross and disturbing. It didn't add any more information or expand on the idea anymore. If she were going to write a sequel she should have written it after the fact. Let us know what happened next. The first book hinted about what happened in New York so I don't think we needed another book that tells the same story with a different protaganist. I loved Life as We Knew it, but I didn’t like The Dead and the Gone as much. It was still good, but the first one was best. This one was more morbid and depressing. Writing about New York was an interesting take, but I think it was too much. She should have stopped with book one. This book is gross and disturbing. It didn’t add any more information or expand on the idea anymore. If she were going to write a sequel she should have written it after the fact. Let us know what happened next. The first book hinted about what happened in New York so I don’t think we needed another book that tells the same story with a different protaganist.

]]> By: Maxine http://www.readingrants.org/2007/12/09/the-dead-the-gone-by-susan-beth-pfeffer/#comment-747 Maxine Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:34:23 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/2007/12/09/the-dead-the-gone-by-susan-beth-pfeffer/#comment-747 I suggest that you read The Dead and the Gone again, but this time, as a unique novel. Life As We Knew It moved you, and, as with all stories in which the characters are beautifully developed, one is averse to letting them go. And remember, these are not a trilogy. Since the book was released to the public on June 1, it has found a fine readership. Give The Dead and the Gone its own time. I suggest that you read The Dead and the Gone again, but this time, as a unique novel. Life As We Knew It moved you, and, as with all stories in which the characters are beautifully developed, one is averse to letting them go. And remember, these are not a trilogy. Since the book was released to the public on June 1, it has found a fine readership. Give The Dead and the Gone its own time.

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