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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was a really fun book to read. There were multiple twists the I truly did not see coming, but which felt grounded rather than a twist just for twist’s sake. Left me wanting more.
I found that I didn't enjoy the book as much as I thought I would. I tend to gravitate towards stories about dystopian futures that are a bit grittier and dark, and I am sure outside of Snowglobe that would be the case. Most of this story took place inside Snowglobe, a city that provides reality tv entertainment for the masses who toil away outside the city providing power for everyone. One, I'm not a fan of reality tv and secondly, and it's not necessarily a bad thing, this is definitely targeted to the Young Adult reader. I was really more interested in finding out how this world came to be more than the pop culture drama that was being played inside of it.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Body shaming, Cancer
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
adventurous
reflective
tense
medium-paced
A dystopian novel set in the future after climate change and perhaps a nuclear crisis has turned the earth into a frozen wasteland.
For most people on earth, life after high school means working for a power plant and watching reality television. Since outside temperatures range from about 4F in the summer to -50F in the winter, no one spends very much time in the outdoors. The lucky people live in the Snowglobe, a gigantic climate-controlled glass dome. There, people live pampered lives, with indoor running water and plenty of food, warmth, and electricity. What's the catch? Everyone is being filmed almost every minute of their existence. If you catch a TV director's eye, you may become star, and your daily life will be broadcast to entertain all those who live in the outside world.
Twins Onji and Chobahm are in their first year of working at the local power plant, where electricity is produced by human-sized hamster wheels. Chobahm's job is to walk all day, but at least she can watch TV. She has always dreamed of becoming a director, but her applications to school in the Snowglobe have always been rejected. Onji works on the loading dock, where he seems to have a good relationship with his boss.
One day after work, Chobahm is approached by a famous director, who makes an offer Chobahm can't refuse. Chobahm must impersonate a beloved Snowglobe character for a year; in return her family will get benefits and Chobahm's chances of becoming a director herself will increase dramatically. But even before she gets to Snowglobe, Chobahm is beginning to see that not everything is as it's portrayed on TV. There's a darker side to Snowglobe, and she finds herself in a fight for her life even before she's learned all the rules.
I thought I'd give Snowglobe a try because I generally like dystopian fiction. I decided to sample a page or two, but before I knew it I had read almost 100 pages. I was immediately caught up in the world and was soon deciding who to root for and who to boo at. Chobahm was dropped into difficult circumstances, but I liked the way she handled herself.
Unfortunately, after the initial strong setup, things in the last third of the book happened very fast and sometimes without enough explanation. And, in fact, I had to read the ending twice, because I wasn't quite sure how we got there.
Regardless, because I liked the Truman Show-like world and I liked the character Chobahm, I'm looking forward to reading book 2 (already published in English).
Note that the novel is translated from Korean, and I enjoyed reading about a possible future world from that perspective.
Thanks to Delacorte Press for the digital galley.
For most people on earth, life after high school means working for a power plant and watching reality television. Since outside temperatures range from about 4F in the summer to -50F in the winter, no one spends very much time in the outdoors. The lucky people live in the Snowglobe, a gigantic climate-controlled glass dome. There, people live pampered lives, with indoor running water and plenty of food, warmth, and electricity. What's the catch? Everyone is being filmed almost every minute of their existence. If you catch a TV director's eye, you may become star, and your daily life will be broadcast to entertain all those who live in the outside world.
Twins Onji and Chobahm are in their first year of working at the local power plant, where electricity is produced by human-sized hamster wheels. Chobahm's job is to walk all day, but at least she can watch TV. She has always dreamed of becoming a director, but her applications to school in the Snowglobe have always been rejected. Onji works on the loading dock, where he seems to have a good relationship with his boss.
One day after work, Chobahm is approached by a famous director, who makes an offer Chobahm can't refuse. Chobahm must impersonate a beloved Snowglobe character for a year; in return her family will get benefits and Chobahm's chances of becoming a director herself will increase dramatically. But even before she gets to Snowglobe, Chobahm is beginning to see that not everything is as it's portrayed on TV. There's a darker side to Snowglobe, and she finds herself in a fight for her life even before she's learned all the rules.
I thought I'd give Snowglobe a try because I generally like dystopian fiction. I decided to sample a page or two, but before I knew it I had read almost 100 pages. I was immediately caught up in the world and was soon deciding who to root for and who to boo at. Chobahm was dropped into difficult circumstances, but I liked the way she handled herself.
Unfortunately, after the initial strong setup, things in the last third of the book happened very fast and sometimes without enough explanation. And, in fact, I had to read the ending twice, because I wasn't quite sure how we got there.
Regardless, because I liked the Truman Show-like world and I liked the character Chobahm, I'm looking forward to reading book 2 (already published in English).
Note that the novel is translated from Korean, and I enjoyed reading about a possible future world from that perspective.
Thanks to Delacorte Press for the digital galley.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I enjoyed it but I wanted more rebellion but I guess that's part of the story: surviving and not overturning the society, just bringing out the truth and what individuals want... might just be the set up for the first book, but I'm not in a hurry to read the second, though I wanted more.
