{"id":1649,"date":"2013-02-15T05:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2013-02-13T10:27:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T18:27:26","slug":"mark-predicts-blackout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2013\/02\/mark-predicts-blackout\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Predicts ‘Blackout’"},"content":{"rendered":"

OH MY GOD HOW AM I GOING TO SURVIVE THIS SERIES?<\/p>\n

Let’s first go over my predictions from\u00c2\u00a0Deadline<\/em>, which demonstrate how woefully unprepared I was.<\/p>\n

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We will find out that Shaun has not gone out on one Irwin adventure since his sister died.\u00c2\u00a0OH MY GOD I WAS RIGHT. 1\/1<\/strong><\/li>\n
Ryman \/ Rick will have won the election, or they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll win it during the book.\u00c2\u00a0VICTORY. 2\/2<\/strong><\/li>\n
Rick will get another cat to replace Lois.\u00c2\u00a0TRAGEDY. Actually, I’m so surprised that\u00c2\u00a0Deadline<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0really didn’t have much to do with Rick and Ryman. We almost never heard about them. 2\/3<\/strong><\/li>\n
Shaun will not talk to his parents once in the book.\u00c2\u00a0Okay, he did, if in passing. Boo. 2\/4<\/strong><\/li>\n
Some event or some person will convince Shaun to stop being a recluse, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll go out on an ~adventure.~\u00c2\u00a0THIS IS SO HORRIBLY NAIVE, YET 100% CORRECT.\u00c2\u00a0OH MY GOD<\/em>. 3\/5<\/strong><\/li>\n
After the End Times will gain a new staff member who will travel with Shaun.\u00c2\u00a0TECHNICALLY I’M RIGHT. I mean… there are a lot of new staff members! How about Dr. Kelly’s alter-ego? DOESN’T THAT COUNT? Oh god, Dr. Kelly. \ud83d\ude41 \ud83d\ude41 \ud83d\ude41 4\/6<\/strong><\/li>\n
We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll find out who got Georgia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bike. Bonus points if Shaun let Rick keep it.\u00c2\u00a0No bonus points, but Shaun kept it. God, I really expected Rick to play a bigger part in this novel. I miss him. \ud83d\ude41 5\/7<\/strong><\/li>\n
We will find out who the donors at the CDC were.\u00c2\u00a0Oh god, NOPE. 5\/8<\/strong><\/li>\n
Not only that, the group behind Tate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plan to trick the public into voting for him will have a resurgence. We will learn who these people are.\u00c2\u00a0OH GOD, NOPE. HOW DO I STILL NOT KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THIS. 5\/9<\/strong><\/li>\n
I am desperately trying to think of predictions, but Mira Grant really didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give me much to go on. UNFAIR.\u00c2\u00a0TRUTH. THIS SERIES IS UNFAIR. 6\/10<\/strong><\/li>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be unprepared?\u00c2\u00a0I’m not counting my clear attempt to gain an extra point. 6\/11<\/strong><\/li>\n
Mahir dies. SOMEONE IMPORTANT HAS TO DIE. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a zombie apocalypse.\u00c2\u00a0OH GOD, I’M GLAD HE’S STILL ALIVE. R.I.P to Dave and Dr. Kelly, though. \ud83d\ude41 6\/12<\/strong><\/li>\n
Okay, my big theory\/prediction about\u00c2\u00a0Deadline<\/em>: Shaun will at one point hear of a possible cure to Kellis-Amberlee, but will learn that it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t real.\u00c2\u00a0WHY DID I FUCKING TYPE THIS \u00c2\u00a0OH MY GOD WHY -1 BILLION\/12.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Unlike the last book, I actually feel like there are a lot of things I need to predict! THAT ALSO MEANS I AM GOING TO GET IT ALL WRONG. Oh well, let’s do this!<\/p>\n
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Georgia has to be a clone. Like, I can’t believe she survived a gunshot to the back of her head.<\/span><\/li>\n
Shaun has a previously-undiscovered reservoir condition.<\/li>\n
Bonus points if that condition is responsible for his hallucinations of Georgia.<\/li>\n
Alaric dies. I hate saying that, but out of the surviving members of After the End Times, I think that he’ll die.<\/li>\n
We will see appearances by the Rymans AND Rick.<\/li>\n
Dr. Abbey dies.<\/li>\n
I almost wanted to predict that\u00c2\u00a0everyone<\/em> was going to die, but I don’t think that’s the case. SOME PEOPLE WILL MAKE IT TO THE END, namely Georgia, Shaun, Becks, Mahir, and Maggie.<\/li>\n
We will discover the group of people behind the long-unanswered terrorist conspiracy. I don’t think ONE person is behind this. It’s a large group.<\/li>\n
We will find out how the Second Rising started.<\/li>\n
Zombie mosquitoes. Look, IT’S NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.<\/li>\n
At some point, After the End Times will reveal how the CDC has been complicit in a global experiment.<\/li>\n
Shit will get real.<\/li>\n
Georgia will reunite with her brother and co-workers\/friends. PLEASE.\u00c2\u00a0PLEASE<\/em>.<\/li>\n
The Masons will die.<\/li>\n
And we’ll find out who replaced Lois. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, OKAY. Don’t judge me!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I start\u00c2\u00a0Blackout<\/em> on Tuesday! Bring it on,\u00c2\u00a0Newsflesh<\/em>.<\/p>\n
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