Sam Temple finds himself with his friends trapped in his home of Perdido Beach where anyone over the age of fifteen has disappeared. Sam Temple watched his teacher disappear in front of his eyes, which is a moment that will haunt him for the rest of his life. At one point he was learning another boring fact he had no interest in and then his teacher along with every other human who was over the age of fifteen completely disappeared in the town of Perdido Beach. At first, there is complete chaos as the town now free of adults has no system of control and no law to keep the young citizens at bay.
One character I found interesting was Sam Temple, Sam was the Leader of the group that set up in Perdido Beach. With having one of the highest scales of powers everyone was scared to challenge his superiority apart from his brother Caine. Sam no matter what is always focused on escaping the “FAYZ” and looking for ways to feed the members of his group without losing people from the horrible monsters that roam around. Sams smart thinking and tactical decisions are what makes him an interesting character as he doesn’t just charge into battle but makes sure he has a plan and knows what the outcome is going to be.
One message I took from this book was to not only look out for yourself but look out for others as well. The whole time in FAYZ all kids under the age of 15 had no parents to take care of them and the oldest had to step up to take care of the children that couldn’t do stuff on their own. Many people in today’s modern society would never step up to take care of youngers because they don’t want to but in the FAYZ the kids were forced to because it could possibly be the next generation that helps them live as the human race so they have to keep an eye out for them. Personally, I can relate to this as I have two younger sisters who I never want to take care of because I’m too lazy or they are annoying but you have too because without your help they will be unable to do things on their own that they need to be done.
One challenge that the characters had to face during this novel was finding food for the mass amount of people they had. Because the supermarket was their only food supply they kids in the FAYZ had to find out a reliable source of food without any harm or casualties as there were extremely dangerous monsters surrounding the food sources and since the start of the FAYZ was chaos they had lost most of their food supply within days because of the mass amount of stealing and eating the kids had done. With this in mind, the leaders of the Perdido had to ration their food supply and feed the kids in there little to nothing in order to survive for a longer period of time.
The title of this book is appropriate because it resembles what happens to the peoples minds and souls who are in the FAYZ, “Gone”. A quote from one of the main characters Astrid “We didn’t Make this World we’re just the Poor Fools who are living in it.” stating that they wish they were gone aswell because of the chaos and unsettleness in the FAYZ. Personally sometimes in life you do wish you were “gone” and I have definitely felt like a poor fool who lives in this world because of decisions I’ve made or others around me.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone over the age of 14 because of how thrilling and catching this book is, it isn’t your ordinary read its a 5 part series that is filled with action and drama.
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