Gone - Chapter Nine

277 Hours, 06 Minutes

I have just realised that I won't be able to finish Gone before I have to return it to the library if I'm only allowed to read one chapter a day. So i'm going to prioritise reviews of Gone, mostly to the detriment of Oliver Twist and Anne Of Green Gables (as I own those).

We're back with Sam and co., and Astrid has (yet another) brilliant theory: the wall may in fact be a dome, and they can see the sky because of the angle of the light.

Pretty much exactly like this.

And now Edilio (!) has arrived on a digger (!!) but :( because the barrier also goes underground. OH GOD WHAT IS IT

Quinn is all like being a bit of a dick to Edilio (who sounds like the man, btw) and pretty much causally racists at him by insinuating he's an illegal immigrant. Not cool, Quinn. The only reason I still like you right now is that you say 'brah'.

And now the kids are starting to get on each other's nerves. I predict the group will break up about halfway through the book. Although Sam describes Astrid's laugh as

"possibly the sweetest sound he had ever heard."

naaww he still likes her!

Astrid then finds a mutated seagull (I'm guessing this whole people having powers thing ties into that) and Quinn fully shuts down her train of thought >:-(

They drive off on a golf cart (Sam realises that there's only one road out of town lol) but then the bullies decide to chase them in a Hummer.

WHYYYYYYYYYYY PLZ WHY