December book blog 4-Feed

I hated and loved Feed.  The story was amazing and unpredictable.  Depressing and fun.  Weird, yet exciting.  Different, but in a good way.  From a dystopian book I would expect life-changing  rebellion, loss, long-lasting love, and a bad guy and good guy, always the good guy winning.

 In this novel I did find rebellion; Violet resisting the feed.  But her resisting the feed was not something that changed the world.  Violet and Titus did have fun messing around with the feed, though from the small act of rebellion, Violet died.  The feed couldn’t find a sort of “self-style” for Violet, so nobody would accept Violet to get her feed fixed.  Instead, she lay on her death bed, immobile, probably thinking of all the things she could have done, had she lived her whole life.

As far as loss goes, she’s the only person who died in this book.  AND SHE WAS A MAIN CHARACTER.  A main character should not die.  That just never happens.    

Long-lasting love?  Yeah, right!  Once Violet KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO DIE she shared memories, thoughts, and her bucket list to Titus.  What did Titus do?  Oh, well, that jerk-sorry Titus but that’s the best word I can use for you- complained about how long they were and then he throws the memories away, and doesn’t read all her messages.  And let’s not forget about him BREAKING UP WITH HER, then going out with Quendy.  The last words Violet says before she loses her ability to speak is “Tell Titus I’m sorry.”  The poor, dying girl was still in love him and he practically through her away before she dies.

In this novel there is no “super-hero” or “villain.”  I really don’t see the government as a “villain” because feeds are your choice to get.  They’re not forcing you to get one.  This is what I love about this book, no one is that perfect person and no one is that evil person.  It’s normal; we can relate to the characters, and certain events. 

 This book is perfect in an un-perfect way.