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The Living The Living Series eBook Matt De La Pena

Notice the title, the order in which I put it. Matt De La Peña has a way of going about his books that I find fascinating. He is able to tell the story without any fixed timeline, and he is an expert in going seamlessly from flashback, to reality, to another, unrelated, flasback, to reality again without making the readers confused. In this book, Matt, as always, delivers extremelly real characters, very gripping. And Shy, the protagonist, is the kind of person I'd like to be friends with.

The plot flows, or oozes tragedy, with not only a massive earthquake reshaping the world, but also with an epidemic romping through the population. Shy navigates through all the crap thrown in his way and somehow manages to keep hopeful. This story is very well written.

The reason I'm not giving 5 starts is because in spite of all the good things in te book, I still manages to predict many of the outcomes in hte story, and that's never good for someone who likes to be surprised. That said, though, I'll definitelly read the next book in the series.


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The Living The Living Series eBook Matt De La Pena Reviews

The story telling is great. However mixing the dawn of an apocalyptic event with a once in a 1,000 year event stretches believability too far.
Matt has written a great novel. While it is a little slow at first, the novel really picks up and we are very excited for the sequel. This is highly recommended for anyone into disaster, end of the world novels. Entertaining read with a lot of hmm moments of what is going to happen with that piece of information.
This book was definitely angled more toward young-adults. I enjoyed the read but it was practically constantly in some state of chaos. It wasn't hard to hang on and I rarely felt excited about the characters and plot, although I did find myself anxiously awaiting to read more when I was halfway through. The ending was what was expected, it didn't shock me or anything. It was a decent read though.
When you are in a book slump, you need something exciting to really grab you and force you to plow through with the excitement and enthusiasm you are struggling to find in other books. For me, The Living by Matt de la Pena was just that book. Need a little excitement in your life? Look no further! This will grab you like a tsunami, and won't let go until its ready.

Shy took the job on the cruise line to make some money this summer. His mother was worried about him, but how much could go wrong on a cruise ship? Besides, with the Romero virus going around, home wasn't so safe either. Having watched his grandmother succumb to the disease, he doesn't think he could watch someone he loves go through that again. Life on the cruise ship isn't so bad. You work a lot catering to the ridiculously wealthy, but most are nice enough. When a strange man throws himself off the side of the boat, Shy is the one who tries to save the man. But after a cryptic "death bed confession", Shy loses the man to the sea. Now, a few weeks later, a strange man is on the new cruise and everyone keeps telling Shy the man is looking for him. Shy can only avoid him for so long. Especially when he has no idea what the man would want from a simple poor kid from California on the Mexican border.

When word gets around that something catastrophic has happened to the US, Shy can't imagine the state of devastation his home is in. An earthquake like no other ravaged the West Coast and has left most of the states of California, Oregon, and Washington completely devastated. Everyone on the ship is reeling from the news, but they have no idea what is about to come their way. With an earthquake that close to the coast, a tsunami is bound to be close on its heals. Cruise ships are built to withstand incredible storms, but this might just be the monster that pushes it to the limit. There are a lot of people on the boat Shy cares about, but when it comes to life and death, it is amazing the choices a person will have to make.

Sometimes a book that runs at this break-neck pace is too fast for you. When you are in a book slump like I was, or if you are looking for a book for a student who gets "bored" too quickly, this is a perfect choice. In hindsight, the story had a LOT of different elements that seemed almost too much the virus, the earthquake, the tsunami, the island, the lost at sea. Any one or two could have made for a great story, but all together it can be a bit overwhelming. Still, I was totally in the mood for this kind of story. I needed a book where every single page was stuffed with intrigue and action. And I got it with The Living! This was truly an action-packed story, and it was exactly the medicine I needed to pull me out of my book slump.

Shy is a really great main character. He is just a good kid, a normal kid. He loves his family. He mourns the loss of his grandmother and worries about the rest of his family and the virus. It is also great to see more and more diversity in YA lit. There have been a lot of articles lately about the "white washing" of YA lit, so I am always happy when I see diversity effortlessly injected into the genre. We want our YA lit to reflect its readers who are diverse themselves! I really enjoyed Shy's character, the break-neck pace of the story, and everything about it. The one this I didn't enjoy is knowing I am going to have to wait a year to read the next book. It really left us on a cliffhanger and I don't know how long I can wait to see where the story goes! This is an excellent book for a struggling, mature reader who has never finished a book. Have a student who claims they hate reading because its "boring"? Pick up The Living. I promise you they won't be bored!
This story reminded me somewhat of the movie called "The life of Pi ". I am not suggesting that it was a rip off, only that there were similarities. I enjoyed reading this story to the point that I made extra time in my day to sneak another chapter. I usually read myself to sleep at night, and this book made me want to stay awake.
So, I guess without giving away too much of the plot, it is a good read. I am looking forward to the next part of his adventure.
First 2/3 of this book are awesome, the cruise ship, the disaster, but the last third on the 'secret' island and the cliched plague go off the deep end. Almost as if a different author finished the book. Shame, cause now I have no desire to read the next one.
One of the better disaster novels I have read recently. Had to read both his books in this series one after the other in one sitting. Forgot to eat and so on. I'm not sure of the age group but as an elderly lady I loved it. Reading them all at once is not something I would recommend, I was caught up in the scenes, as in drowning, freezing, walking forever and so on. I think it is a great read, one that captures your mind and at times your body.
Notice the title, the order in which I put it. Matt De La Peña has a way of going about his books that I find fascinating. He is able to tell the story without any fixed timeline, and he is an expert in going seamlessly from flashback, to reality, to another, unrelated, flasback, to reality again without making the readers confused. In this book, Matt, as always, delivers extremelly real characters, very gripping. And Shy, the protagonist, is the kind of person I'd like to be friends with.

The plot flows, or oozes tragedy, with not only a massive earthquake reshaping the world, but also with an epidemic romping through the population. Shy navigates through all the crap thrown in his way and somehow manages to keep hopeful. This story is very well written.

The reason I'm not giving 5 starts is because in spite of all the good things in te book, I still manages to predict many of the outcomes in hte story, and that's never good for someone who likes to be surprised. That said, though, I'll definitelly read the next book in the series.