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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
A NEW FAVORITE.
REVIEW: http://theliteraturelion.blogspot.com/2012/07/review-starters-by-lissa-price.html
Callie's parents died in the Spore Wars, and since then she's been stealing water from nearby houses and scavenging the streets with her seven-year-old brother Tyler, and her best friend Michael.A new program, Prime Destinations, is offering teens big bucks to rent out their bodies to Enders - the old people that are usually over 100 years old. Things are getting tougher, and Tyler is getting sick, so Callie's only option is to rent out her body. Little does she know, the person she's renting her body out to has plans for murder.
By the summary, I figured that this was going to take a bit more to get into the action, as they had to explain the Spore Wars and what squatting was - that type of stuff! Actually, this jumped right into the action, which wasn't generally a bad thing, but it made her choices seem to have less significance until later in the novel.
When Callie becomes a renter, it all seems pretty good deal. Prime Destination seems like a decent company, and Callie gets to be beautiful for once. Once her third appointment takes place, and a woman named Helena rents her body, and things start to go downhill for Callie and Prime Destination. The signal between Helena and Callie is corrupt, and Callie is able to control her body and Helena is able to talk to her in her head. Pretty much, that's not supposed to happen. Callie keeps this a secret, and around others she pretends she's an Ender in a teen's body. With Helena in her head, and randomly coming back to into Callie's body, Callie has to figure out what Helena is trying to do, and who she is determined to kill.
Callie's character was strong - that's for sure. There were some things that popped up along the line that didn't seem very Callie-like. It made her seem like a less consistent character. I mean, I still liked her - but slowly for the reason that she was a quick-thinker and was a pretty darn good actress! She went with the flow whenever something bad happened, but in her mind she was determined to fix it. Helena's character pissed me off in the beginning. She was trying to ruin Callie's life, and she knew it. Helena still managed to grow as a character though, even if she was just a voice in the novel and we never got to see her true actions. Towards the end, I started to like Helena and truly felt bad for how it turned out for her and what her mission was.
Surprisingly, there was some romance in this novel! To be honest, I didn't expect very much and I was glad that the romance didn't overpower everything that was going on. Before leaving for Prime Destinations, Callie and her best friend Michael kind of have a thing, but it never really goes anywhere. As a pretty girl, with Helena in her mind, Callie falls for Blake - the senator's grandson. Their romance is super cute, and I love how she's a bit reluctant to fall for him. Soon she submits to the pressure and lets herself be carefree around Blake. The ending with Blake is kind of sad, but then it picks back up again! Hopefully their relationship will be even better in the sequel! As you can tell, I think I like Blake over Michael. (Even if my boyfriend is named Michael! ;) haha!)
The ending was just WOW. It got extremely intense and there were some things that were super surprising! I think the reason I loved this novel as much as I did was because of the super unique plot, and then the way it ended. I wish I had a copy of Enders right next to me so I could pick it up and start reading it! I really need to know what happens next!
REVIEW: http://theliteraturelion.blogspot.com/2012/07/review-starters-by-lissa-price.html
Callie's parents died in the Spore Wars, and since then she's been stealing water from nearby houses and scavenging the streets with her seven-year-old brother Tyler, and her best friend Michael.A new program, Prime Destinations, is offering teens big bucks to rent out their bodies to Enders - the old people that are usually over 100 years old. Things are getting tougher, and Tyler is getting sick, so Callie's only option is to rent out her body. Little does she know, the person she's renting her body out to has plans for murder.
By the summary, I figured that this was going to take a bit more to get into the action, as they had to explain the Spore Wars and what squatting was - that type of stuff! Actually, this jumped right into the action, which wasn't generally a bad thing, but it made her choices seem to have less significance until later in the novel.
When Callie becomes a renter, it all seems pretty good deal. Prime Destination seems like a decent company, and Callie gets to be beautiful for once. Once her third appointment takes place, and a woman named Helena rents her body, and things start to go downhill for Callie and Prime Destination. The signal between Helena and Callie is corrupt, and Callie is able to control her body and Helena is able to talk to her in her head. Pretty much, that's not supposed to happen. Callie keeps this a secret, and around others she pretends she's an Ender in a teen's body. With Helena in her head, and randomly coming back to into Callie's body, Callie has to figure out what Helena is trying to do, and who she is determined to kill.
Callie's character was strong - that's for sure. There were some things that popped up along the line that didn't seem very Callie-like. It made her seem like a less consistent character. I mean, I still liked her - but slowly for the reason that she was a quick-thinker and was a pretty darn good actress! She went with the flow whenever something bad happened, but in her mind she was determined to fix it. Helena's character pissed me off in the beginning. She was trying to ruin Callie's life, and she knew it. Helena still managed to grow as a character though, even if she was just a voice in the novel and we never got to see her true actions. Towards the end, I started to like Helena and truly felt bad for how it turned out for her and what her mission was.
Surprisingly, there was some romance in this novel! To be honest, I didn't expect very much and I was glad that the romance didn't overpower everything that was going on. Before leaving for Prime Destinations, Callie and her best friend Michael kind of have a thing, but it never really goes anywhere. As a pretty girl, with Helena in her mind, Callie falls for Blake - the senator's grandson. Their romance is super cute, and I love how she's a bit reluctant to fall for him. Soon she submits to the pressure and lets herself be carefree around Blake. The ending with Blake is kind of sad, but then it picks back up again! Hopefully their relationship will be even better in the sequel! As you can tell, I think I like Blake over Michael. (Even if my boyfriend is named Michael! ;) haha!)
The ending was just WOW. It got extremely intense and there were some things that were super surprising! I think the reason I loved this novel as much as I did was because of the super unique plot, and then the way it ended. I wish I had a copy of Enders right next to me so I could pick it up and start reading it! I really need to know what happens next!
This book first caught my attention on my school's summer reading list. I decided to read it because the cover looked... Interesting (not this cover, a different one). At the time, I just wanted the extra credit for school, but I ended up really enjoying this! I read this before I started actually reading books for pleasure and I a slovenly loved it! Since I read it as an eBook, I saw that there would be a sequel coming out about a year after I finished it. I knew o would have to read it. Three years later, I don't remember much about the book itself, but bits and pieces still stick out, like that one amazing plot twist... I don't remember if it was I n the first or second, but I remember it vividly. I would definitely recommend this book of you want something more than those dystopian trilogies everyone is putting out lately.
This book totally surprised me! It's been on my shelf for years, and now I'm so sad I didn't read it earlier! I think I got burnt out on post-apocalyptic YA and then never saw any reviews for this one so got discouraged...but this is so underhyped! The premise is fascinating and dauntingly realistic in this 2020 world. The setup creates original dynamics for a love triangle, square?, somewhat like The Host but done even better, and the characters and world were built very well with a lot of layers of complexity. This was everything I wanted in a YA dystopian novel. Now I have to read Enders and anything else by this author. Read it!
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This was definitely an interesting concept for a book and I was really excited to read it. This book started out really well. There was a good amount of action throughout the book, and I even found some of the book to be kind of creepy and weird.
I really enjoyed Callie, she was a strong character whose motives for going into Prime Destinations were very selfless. I enjoy that she fights for what she believes is right, and does anything to keep her brother safe. I really enjoyed the whole story is told from her perspective, and as you read along you find things with Callie instead of before her.
What I didn't really like about the story was the love interest of Callie. I felt that it was just added in, this is more a story about Callie and the starters, I felt like that aspect of the story was too forced. I didn't understand why Blake needed to be there, it just seemed like another character just so that there was a love story added in.
This is definitely a great dystopian, I really enjoyed Lissa's descriptions of everything around Callie, it made picturing everything really easy, and I found I could find myself right in Callie's place. The storyline was interesting, I really enjoy that Callie is able to wake up living the renter's life and getting to find out more about Prime Destinations. I also liked that the villain is actually more than just one person, it's whole company.
There were definitely a lot of twists and turns to this story which I really enjoyed. I found myself continually guessing at what would happen next. The ending was definitely a big surprise (I'm still not sure how I felt about some of the things that came out at the end, to be honest). I'm still definitely wrapping my head around some of the things that were revealed (I do enjoy a book that makes me think about it after I have read it).
I will definitely continue this series to see where Lissa Price will take Callie next.
This was definitely an interesting concept for a book and I was really excited to read it. This book started out really well. There was a good amount of action throughout the book, and I even found some of the book to be kind of creepy and weird.
I really enjoyed Callie, she was a strong character whose motives for going into Prime Destinations were very selfless. I enjoy that she fights for what she believes is right, and does anything to keep her brother safe. I really enjoyed the whole story is told from her perspective, and as you read along you find things with Callie instead of before her.
What I didn't really like about the story was the love interest of Callie. I felt that it was just added in, this is more a story about Callie and the starters, I felt like that aspect of the story was too forced. I didn't understand why Blake needed to be there, it just seemed like another character just so that there was a love story added in.
This is definitely a great dystopian, I really enjoyed Lissa's descriptions of everything around Callie, it made picturing everything really easy, and I found I could find myself right in Callie's place. The storyline was interesting, I really enjoy that Callie is able to wake up living the renter's life and getting to find out more about Prime Destinations. I also liked that the villain is actually more than just one person, it's whole company.
There were definitely a lot of twists and turns to this story which I really enjoyed. I found myself continually guessing at what would happen next. The ending was definitely a big surprise (I'm still not sure how I felt about some of the things that came out at the end, to be honest). I'm still definitely wrapping my head around some of the things that were revealed (I do enjoy a book that makes me think about it after I have read it).
I will definitely continue this series to see where Lissa Price will take Callie next.
My favourite YA book of all time! I really don't understand why this book isn't more popular. If you love dystopian novels, but want something a bit different, pick this up!
Read my full review on my blog here: https://tonythereader.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/starters-starters-1.html.
Read my full review on my blog here: https://tonythereader.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/starters-starters-1.html.
Yet another addition to the post-apocalyptic and/or dystopian triology genre; probably not a bad purchase if those are in high demand, but only if you've got everything else (Divergent, Delirum, Blood Red Road, and Matched are all better choices, not to mention many more that I haven't read). Part of the reason Starters is so disappointing is that it has such potential. The central plot conceit, a body bank where rich elderly people - Enders - can rent the beautiful, able bodies of teens, is a fascinating one, but unfortunately, it's never fully developed because the author is bogged down in a plethora of other details, including a biological weapon that killed everyone between the ages of approximately 18 and 65, the war in which the weapon was used, futuristic technology that developed (I think) before the war, life expectancies upwards of 200 years, social laws around age issues...the list goes on. In addition to the unwieldy world building, the character development is minimal, and so many relationships seem borrowed from the Hunger Games that it's a little embarrasing. The dialogue is flat and much of the description falls into the "telling," not "showing" category. Another series I won't be keeping up with.
In this one, 2 generations survive a brutal spore attack - the elderly and children. Many children are forced to live on the street, having no rights as minors and without grandparents or elderly relatives to look after them. This is how we meet Callie - desperate to save her brother who is sick because of the spore wars, she decides to rent out her body to elderly people (called Enders) who want the chance to be young again.
It was very interesting, sortof a look into what kind out trouble technology could get us into if not controlled a little (although a bit extreme, I must say).
I really liked Callie and thought that the Enders were all just a little bit off their rockers, but it made for a good read. The book wrapped up a bit too quickly once things got going, though, and left itself wide open for the next book, which I will be reading!
It was very interesting, sortof a look into what kind out trouble technology could get us into if not controlled a little (although a bit extreme, I must say).
I really liked Callie and thought that the Enders were all just a little bit off their rockers, but it made for a good read. The book wrapped up a bit too quickly once things got going, though, and left itself wide open for the next book, which I will be reading!
It was like a movie in my head! And it took about two hours to read.
Eigentlich habe ich mir dieses Buch nur ausgeliehen, da es mich von dem Cover und von der Rückseite her sehr angesprochen hat. Als ich die Inhaltsangabe auf der Rückseite gelesen habe; musste ich schon zugeben das ich mir doch etwas anderes vorgestellt hatte.
Die Schreibweise von der Autorin gefällt mir ganz gut und an sich lässt sich alles sehr flüssig und locker lesen. Die Handlungen werden nicht all zu ausführlich beschrieben, was an manchen stellen gut war an anderen stellen jedoch bedauerlich war. Zum Beispiel wäre es besser gewesen das Date zwischen Callie und Blake ausführlich zu beschreiben sodass man selbst die Chance hatte, sich in Blake zu verlieben.
An sich ist das Buch ganz gut vorallem das Ende hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Es macht Lust auf den zweiten Teil!
Die Schreibweise von der Autorin gefällt mir ganz gut und an sich lässt sich alles sehr flüssig und locker lesen. Die Handlungen werden nicht all zu ausführlich beschrieben, was an manchen stellen gut war an anderen stellen jedoch bedauerlich war. Zum Beispiel wäre es besser gewesen das Date zwischen Callie und Blake ausführlich zu beschreiben sodass man selbst die Chance hatte, sich in Blake zu verlieben.
An sich ist das Buch ganz gut vorallem das Ende hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Es macht Lust auf den zweiten Teil!