The Dead - Charlie Higson

I bought this one with a Waterstone's card that I was gifted on my Birthday.
Expecting a sequel but getting a prequel was a little bit disappointing but that was until I read the story within.
This series may be about children under the age of 14/15 but it is not for children of that age, well not really any younger than 12. I read all sorts as a child but I wouldn't have wanted to read this then.
It was shocking and gruesome and he is not afraid to let you get emotionally invested in a character and then kill them. (This happened in The Enemy too).

It is a gripping read but not one for before bed. Higson is weaving a world that I want to know so much more about, I wished this book would just go on and on and tell me everything.

The small links between the two books were fantastic too, even though they were guessable from early on, the sinister nature of revealing who the man in the England shirt is from the first book or where Sam's story fits into this one make it wonderful.

Give this series a go, I dare you.

4/5

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - J.R.R.Tolkien

This one was really great for the first half and then a bit dreary in the second.
Following Merry and Pippin and the Ents was a wonderful tale but Frodo and Sam is dull and the films do it so much better.
Another book I'd not read again but it is worth it to get all those extra snippits of the world.

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R.Tolkien

I enjoyed reading this book, finding out more about the world. reading about Tom Bombadil who was missed out from the films.
However, there is a very very small chance of me ever reading it again when the films are so amazing and the book is so wordy.