Loved the book. Teens who don't like it either relate too much or too little to the subject matter. Using words in new ways - they do it all the time; no need to sugar coat the truth unless that isn't kewl. The author turned a short story into a novel about the dangers of 1. the internet 2. traveling to other planets without parents 3. being hacked by the resistance 4. the dangers of conformity 5. marketing and advertising danger 6. ultimately Capitalism, if left unchecked, will some day lead to a scenario similar to this. Parents need to teach kids moderation and appreciation.

If your child is interested in reading this book, I advise you to read at least a few pages yourself first and imagine listening to your child read it aloud with you. My twin thirteen year old twins were assigned Feed by MT Anderson as part of a reading circle for 8th grade language arts. They immediatly informed me of the inappropriate sexual content, the profusity of swear words, and their general disapointment in the pourly-written and weakly-executed storyline. Feed had been compared to other futuristic works such as 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and Ender's Game and has been awarded many honors. Feed does not merit such recognition. The value contained in the under-developed description of consumerism and technology of the future was hidden behind the mindboggling amount of bad words and crude references. Why is it that ever increasing numbers of teen book writers and publishers believe that our children and teens can't relate to a story unless it is filled with vulgarity? Our children and teens not only need but deserve literature that containes and models descriptive language that inspires civility, politeness, tolerence, understanding, and collaboration now and for their future. Let's be proactive and steer our kids to books that feed their minds and broaden their vocabulary in more meaningful ways.

over 150 uses of the f-bomb and sh-bomb, plus numerous other profanities, not laced, but drenched in the language. There are many other books with the same themes and messages but are not profanity laced. According to some of these posts all you have to do is listen to your teens to see that this is how they speak. I work in a high school and have teenagers in my home. Not all speak like this. Why do we need to drench them in filth to show them that filth is not good for them? There are too many other examples of good, enobling, enriching stories for our students to be spending time on. Like the Emperor's Clothes this drivel ultimately be shown for being nothing more than a sham - the latest attempt to 'wow' us because they can use bad language and everyone is standing around saying how wonderful it is. Take the language out and it is still a stupid story -- it is not uplifting, at the end you don't care about the characters, because they don't care about themselves either.

This novel is a dystopia that shows a group of teen in the future who live with constant consumer messages through the electronic feed in their brains. The schools are run by corporations and the kids depend upon instant information (through the feed), rather than thinking and learning. This book can help teens thinki critically about the materialism and consumerism in our culture, and how it can cover up what really matters (relationships, emotional connections, learning, etc.)

I thought that FEED was a decent book. You can't just judge it by its language. Yes, there is a lot of swearing. If you do not care to read a lot of swear words, then don't read it. I would not suggest this book for anyone younger than 16. There is many things in this book that involve swearing and sexual content. In reading this book, you can't think too hard about how "dumb" it may seem. Try to find a message. I mean, it really isn't a horrible book. The book greatly exaggerates modern-day problems. It is written from a teen's point of view, by an older man, but it is too extreme. However, I don't think that that is what he was trying to show. I did not love this book, but it wasn't horrible either. I was okay with reading it.

I wasn't to sure of this book when I first begin to read it, but when I got about half-way through it really good. I think the this story gives a good warning to young people about the future and tells them (youth) not to limit themselves... Anyway I thought it was good, but was a little dissapointed about all of the bad words... hey thats how alot of teen talk these days isn't it?

this book really caused me to think about my dependence on technology. it was soo powerful. at first, it seems extremely bizarre. i am not a scifi fan, but after some time it became very interesting. lots of swearing. couldnt care less though, it was so great :)