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dembury's review against another edition
4.0
A wonderfully imaginative premise with a strong focus on cultural memory, storytelling, and holding on to your family. I wish the ending was a little more concrete, but really such a great read overall!
mritzpark's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
madbridge's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
patreesyah's review against another edition
5.0
I found this book randomly through Libby. I don’t know why I resonated with this book so much. I couldn’t stop reading it. So so so beautiful
star_crossed's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.5
laurenoh's review against another edition
5.0
Man oh man, is this YA??? Bc damn it's intense, but also really great
kingbabybear's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
sad
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? It's complicated
4.25
thatonebookdragon's review against another edition
3.0
Honestly a 3.5 rating.
I am not a huge dystopian fan, but I wanted to try this Newberry winner after I fell in love with last year’s book.
This story follows a young girl named Petra as she and her parents and little brother escape Earth before it is strikes by a comet. Petra doesn’t go into a deep sleep for hundreds of years like the others on the ship and she hears Ben telling her stories to his ultimate demise to the take over of the collection (a group who believes in a perfect society). When she wakes up she finds herself alone with a few other kids from her time who have been reprogrammed to fit the mold of the collections perfect system.
I loved everything about this story—at first. Petra was fearless and refused to just backdown as she tried to find what happened to her family. However, she was almost too fearless. She’s a kid who loses her parents and she mourns their death for a single scene. She’s so set that she’s right in freeing the other Zetas and not caring if she really puts them in danger that it hurts the plot. I loved the plot and the message of the importance of storytelling. It’s definitely a good story—until the end.
Like some dystopian books, I will like them until the end. The ends feel choppy and like you reached a cliff with no real sign of what to do next. The ending of this book is what dropped the rating from a 4.5 to a 3.5. I didn’t like how they made it to the land and it just ends with them there. Two kids have no memories of their past and Petra was able to get Suma, a Zeta, to remember who she was so suddenly and we were just suppose to go with it.
I am not a huge dystopian fan, but I wanted to try this Newberry winner after I fell in love with last year’s book.
This story follows a young girl named Petra as she and her parents and little brother escape Earth before it is strikes by a comet. Petra doesn’t go into a deep sleep for hundreds of years like the others on the ship and she hears Ben telling her stories to his ultimate demise to the take over of the collection (a group who believes in a perfect society). When she wakes up she finds herself alone with a few other kids from her time who have been reprogrammed to fit the mold of the collections perfect system.
I loved everything about this story—at first. Petra was fearless and refused to just backdown as she tried to find what happened to her family. However, she was almost too fearless. She’s a kid who loses her parents and she mourns their death for a single scene. She’s so set that she’s right in freeing the other Zetas and not caring if she really puts them in danger that it hurts the plot. I loved the plot and the message of the importance of storytelling. It’s definitely a good story—until the end.
Like some dystopian books, I will like them until the end. The ends feel choppy and like you reached a cliff with no real sign of what to do next. The ending of this book is what dropped the rating from a 4.5 to a 3.5. I didn’t like how they made it to the land and it just ends with them there. Two kids have no memories of their past and Petra was able to get Suma, a Zeta, to remember who she was so suddenly and we were just suppose to go with it.