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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not even going to lie, I started this book before bed, and before I knew it I was 60 pages in and roughly two hours passed. The next day, any chance I got, I read Among the Impostors and before the night was over, I had finished the book. The shock and plot twists this book had left me speechless.
Among the Impostors is book two of seven in the Shadow Children series, and it follows Luke as he attends an all boys reform school. For the first time in his life, he’s living among other people and away from his family. To stay he’s stressed out is an understatement. Luke had to figure out how to blend in while having never been to a school before. Can Luke do it or will they figure out that he’s an illegal third child?
Honestly, I really enjoyed this book. I’ll admit, I didn’t like it quite as much as Among the Hidden, but it was still a great read. It was a little boring at one point, but mainly suspenseful. I will be starting book three, Among the Betrayed very soon and can’t wait to see where Luke ends up next!
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A tense, thrilling suspense story that had my heart pounding at the end. The beginning was a bit slow, but understandably so — Luke needed time to adjust to a world he knew almost nothing about. And ultimately, I loved watching him grow into a braver, stronger, surer version of himself. This kid is absolutely worth rooting for.
I’m also super intrigued by where Margaret Peterson Haddix might take the narrative from here, given how this book ended and who the next one is about. Haddix said so many compelling things in “Among the Imposters” about resistance and betrayal and courage, and I’m excited to see how she’ll keep exploring these ideas.
I’m also super intrigued by where Margaret Peterson Haddix might take the narrative from here, given how this book ended and who the next one is about. Haddix said so many compelling things in “Among the Imposters” about resistance and betrayal and courage, and I’m excited to see how she’ll keep exploring these ideas.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
I read this series years ago, and am now reading it again with another student. It is fabulous. So suspenseful. So entertaining.
adventurous
challenging
tense
I think the theme of this book's premise is still really great - maybe the only thing more haunting than the parameters of a plausible dystopia is the identity crisis you go through as a "dystopian insider". You convince yourself it isn't worth paying with your life in an effort too small to actually overthrow tyranny, that infiltration is required to bring about steady change, that you'd happily sacrifice insider comforts the moment it becomes practical. Luke battling with Lee is all too real for someone struggling to reconcile their privileged daily life with their acknowledgement of a broken system and the horrors it forces on others.
I also found the healing effect of nature engaging. Just outside the constructs of humanity, often built on deception, discrimination, and downright evil, is a beautiful, cleansing, sincere ecosystem, operating well before human interference and bound to continue after we destroy ourselves - perhaps harsh and unforgiving, but at least not unfairly so.
The plot itself got a bit slower, more interpersonal. It seems aimed straight at kids starting at a new school, totally appropriate but less entertaining to someone well past the age, although I think anti-bullying messages never get less important. As we move from the broad strokes premise of a dystopia into the specific imagined daily workings that a child could infiltrate and influence, we're bound to lose some of the plausibility. But I still think this is a good follow up sequel.
I also found the healing effect of nature engaging. Just outside the constructs of humanity, often built on deception, discrimination, and downright evil, is a beautiful, cleansing, sincere ecosystem, operating well before human interference and bound to continue after we destroy ourselves - perhaps harsh and unforgiving, but at least not unfairly so.
The plot itself got a bit slower, more interpersonal. It seems aimed straight at kids starting at a new school, totally appropriate but less entertaining to someone well past the age, although I think anti-bullying messages never get less important. As we move from the broad strokes premise of a dystopia into the specific imagined daily workings that a child could infiltrate and influence, we're bound to lose some of the plausibility. But I still think this is a good follow up sequel.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I think these books are a really good age appropriate dystopia for young readers :) certainly frightening/complicated but not in a way that isn't appropriate