Hunger starts off three weeks after the end of Gone. In Perdido Beach, both Sam and Lana get constantly frustrated when townies constantly ask their help for irrelevant things. Being leader is wearing on Sam. There are a lot of moral decisions he has to make. For example, what is he supposed to do when ten year-olds start smoking cigarettes? Lana, understandably, is sick of being asked about things like loose teeth, so she moves out of the town and into Clifftop. At Coates, the Darkness has driven Caine crazy. After a few weeks, he recovers, and starts his new plan: to take over te power plant and shut off Perdido Beach's electricity.
Before I get into specifics, I want to say that Hunger is a very dark book. There's a lot of death and misery and not-nice stuff.
Spoilers begin.
The thing I really have to complain about is the fact that nobody actually dies. Diana, Dekka, and Edilio are all 99% dead, BUT NO. Lana comes and saves the day. I like Lana, but the author is turing her into "The Healer" and not showing her as an actual character. That's a shame. The only good thing about the author's reluctance to kill people is Brittney. The thing about her not dying at all is mega creepy. I want to read more about that.
Spoilers end.
In the end, Hunter fell into a lot of traps of being a sequel. It wasn't as good as Gone, but I am still really interested in Lies.
Final score: 8.9 out of 10
Just a note: From now on I'll be writing at the bottom of all my reviews what I'll be reviewing next. Right now it'll be City of Ashes or The 100.
— Nick
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