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dpukansky's review against another edition
4.0
I couldn't put this book down! I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I never realized how much I enjoy science fiction novels until I am reading one again and want more and more.
Healy did an excellent job of narrating the novel in Teegan's point of view. I was confused at first because I did not realize that the story was flipping between past and present as Teegan was on the run, so I would want to point that out to anyone preparing to read the book. It was fast paced and it addressed a lot of political issues throughout the novel which I believed to be important, but I also found that it could be distracting at times. It would be interesting to use this novel while talking about ideas of a Utopian society as well between the Inheritors of the Earth and the New Australia and what the each wanted/achieved.
The story of Teegan was one of action and adventure as she is forced to acclimate to a future that she never realized/wanted to be a part of. She meets characters that help her along the way and she finds comfort in them and the way that they resemble her friends from the past. I believe that teens would enjoy this book as I know I had and I plan on purchasing the next one in the series so that I can continue to follow Teegan and Abdi.
Healy did an excellent job of narrating the novel in Teegan's point of view. I was confused at first because I did not realize that the story was flipping between past and present as Teegan was on the run, so I would want to point that out to anyone preparing to read the book. It was fast paced and it addressed a lot of political issues throughout the novel which I believed to be important, but I also found that it could be distracting at times. It would be interesting to use this novel while talking about ideas of a Utopian society as well between the Inheritors of the Earth and the New Australia and what the each wanted/achieved.
The story of Teegan was one of action and adventure as she is forced to acclimate to a future that she never realized/wanted to be a part of. She meets characters that help her along the way and she finds comfort in them and the way that they resemble her friends from the past. I believe that teens would enjoy this book as I know I had and I plan on purchasing the next one in the series so that I can continue to follow Teegan and Abdi.
lrnunez's review against another edition
4.0
I actually thought I wasn't going to like this book, but I was surprised by how much I liked it. It reminded me of a possible prequel to the book series across the universe. Over all a pretty good read, not too literature advanced but well written and a great ending with an interesting plot line. I kind of wanted more personality from Abdi though and wanted some more co character participation.
cambech14's review against another edition
2.0
The plot was weak and there was nothing truly special or shocking about this future. It was especially weak when Teegan gave that interview (which I guess was the climax?) and the government suddenly was going to lock her away? After spending all the money on reviving a teenager they’d hide her? I think not. It didn’t seem plausible. And the random religious cult and Teegan being pro-religion and pro-army. It was weird and felt propaganda-ish. The book just wasn’t enough.
rose_d's review against another edition
3.0
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Since Science Fiction and me usually don't go together very well, I was a bit wary of the book. The cover is amazing and was the thing that drew me to it and the blurb sounds cool. And that was what the story was: it was pretty cool. But it didn't convince me all the way and there were some things that annoyed me. But that's the thing with science fiction (and also with fantasy): it is all completely made up, so how someone imagines the future can be completely different from what I imagine the future to be.
The story is about Tegan who lives in 2027, not too far from now. One day she's protesting with her friends and is near the prime minister when a sniper (who apparently has never shot a gun before, because seriously, how can you shoot a sixteen year old girl instead of the prime minister?), accidentally shoots Tegan instead of the prime minister. So Tegan dies. Or does she? She wakes up a hundred years later. She gave her body to science and they froze her, only to bring her back to life again.
The future is quite horrible. The world is pretty much dying and Australia, where Tegan is from, turned into quite a horrible country. There is a very strict no immigration policy and people who do try to get to Australia get put into camps. And there are so many other things going on with the world.
In the beginning Tegan find it quite difficult to adapt to the situation and the era she's living in. Slang has changed (and o my god, the writer was probably laughing while coming up with some of these words), technology has advanced and she misses her friends who, from what it felt like, she hang out with only a couple days ago. She eventually gets some new friends though, but not everyone is a fan of her.
She starts to get known as the Living Dead Girl and everyone wants to interview her. There are also parties that would rather want her dead, since they think her soul is dead anyway. And then there's the whole 'why do they really want to bring people back to life?' thing. All in all, it is quite an energetic read with some thriller and myster aspects. And of course romance. Because who doesn't want romance when there is already so much going on (not me, really. They could as well have left that out.). I think it was a good, interesting read, but nothing spectacular.
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Since Science Fiction and me usually don't go together very well, I was a bit wary of the book. The cover is amazing and was the thing that drew me to it and the blurb sounds cool. And that was what the story was: it was pretty cool. But it didn't convince me all the way and there were some things that annoyed me. But that's the thing with science fiction (and also with fantasy): it is all completely made up, so how someone imagines the future can be completely different from what I imagine the future to be.
The story is about Tegan who lives in 2027, not too far from now. One day she's protesting with her friends and is near the prime minister when a sniper (who apparently has never shot a gun before, because seriously, how can you shoot a sixteen year old girl instead of the prime minister?), accidentally shoots Tegan instead of the prime minister. So Tegan dies. Or does she? She wakes up a hundred years later. She gave her body to science and they froze her, only to bring her back to life again.
The future is quite horrible. The world is pretty much dying and Australia, where Tegan is from, turned into quite a horrible country. There is a very strict no immigration policy and people who do try to get to Australia get put into camps. And there are so many other things going on with the world.
In the beginning Tegan find it quite difficult to adapt to the situation and the era she's living in. Slang has changed (and o my god, the writer was probably laughing while coming up with some of these words), technology has advanced and she misses her friends who, from what it felt like, she hang out with only a couple days ago. She eventually gets some new friends though, but not everyone is a fan of her.
She starts to get known as the Living Dead Girl and everyone wants to interview her. There are also parties that would rather want her dead, since they think her soul is dead anyway. And then there's the whole 'why do they really want to bring people back to life?' thing. All in all, it is quite an energetic read with some thriller and myster aspects. And of course romance. Because who doesn't want romance when there is already so much going on (not me, really. They could as well have left that out.). I think it was a good, interesting read, but nothing spectacular.
menshevixen's review against another edition
4.0
Cool, original futuristic story. Can't wait for While We Run!
siavahda's review against another edition
5.0
Epic, saving-the-day lesbian and transgendered characters. PoCs. A complete lack of black and white morality. Humans being humans. Believable future. Healey gets ALL THE WIN for this one!
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
3.0
Hmmm...freezing people. Keeping them in a frozen state to be woken up later.
Great idea....It's not the first dystopian that I've read like this..but it was still an interesting idea. To take Tegan so suddenly, for her life to be taken so quickly, it was a shocking beginning.
But the story didn't have that hook or that drive to really hold me. I found it interesting, but I'm not sure if it's the deep politics, the theories and struggles over God and the thoughts He would have on it - but it ended up being very slow going for me. I felt myself slogging through chapters not enjoying it. Fascinated, yes, but not swept up in the story. I'm not sure if I'll read book 2. I'll have to see if the story stays with me and really pushes me to read more.
Great idea....It's not the first dystopian that I've read like this..but it was still an interesting idea. To take Tegan so suddenly, for her life to be taken so quickly, it was a shocking beginning.
But the story didn't have that hook or that drive to really hold me. I found it interesting, but I'm not sure if it's the deep politics, the theories and struggles over God and the thoughts He would have on it - but it ended up being very slow going for me. I felt myself slogging through chapters not enjoying it. Fascinated, yes, but not swept up in the story. I'm not sure if I'll read book 2. I'll have to see if the story stays with me and really pushes me to read more.
megatsunami's review against another edition
3.0
3 stars? 4 stars? Couldn't decide. This futuristic YA book started off really strong but became somewhat formulaic toward the end. I loved the opening, the well-written dialogue, the socially engaged protagonist and her protest-going friends, the characters who felt like real people. I thought the transition of her waking up in the future was convincing and well done - it seemed like how a real teenager would react (like the scene in her first day of class when she accidentally turns on all the advertising at once). I liked that she was the kind of person who thinks about issues of racism, immigration, etc. But - and it may just be that I've read too much dystopian/futuristic SF - at some point the plot started to seem really derivative. I still enjoyed the book a lot and would read a sequel.