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3.62 AVERAGE
It was a very good book with a very interesting concept. I was expecting more for the end, but I still liked it.
The first thing that drew me in to this book was the cover as I absolutely loved it, it's one of my favourites so I knew I had to try it. When I read what it was about I found it sounded very interesting and was glad that I had requested to read it.
It started off a little slow and confusing. Nothing interesting was happening but the more I kept reading it the more things started to happen and the more I got hooked to it. At one point it kind of reminded me of The Host by Stephenie Meyer which I didn't mind as I enjoyed that book as well plus this one was done in a different way.
I loved the fact that by the end you're not quite sure who you can trust as so many things happened at once which gives me the feeling that something huge is going to happen in the next one to make me change my mind on who to trust.
Callie's character is a strong girl which she needs to be as she has her sick younger brother to look after and they are also living on the street. I could definitely understand why she did the things that she did as it was the only way they could survive. Everything she does is for her brother which is such a selfless trait that it is admirable.
I did like Blake he seemed like a kind person to Callie considering they never really knew each other but then something happens towards the end that just turns everything on it's head in a way that I am not sure who Blake as a person really is.
There is some really likable side characters which are so sweet I just hope that doesn't change in the next one. There was also another male character called Michael who I liked to start with but then he does something that made me change my mind about him as it quite a selfish thing to do.
Overall a stunning debut by Lissa Price and I can't wait to find out what is going to happen next in this series.
It started off a little slow and confusing. Nothing interesting was happening but the more I kept reading it the more things started to happen and the more I got hooked to it. At one point it kind of reminded me of The Host by Stephenie Meyer which I didn't mind as I enjoyed that book as well plus this one was done in a different way.
I loved the fact that by the end you're not quite sure who you can trust as so many things happened at once which gives me the feeling that something huge is going to happen in the next one to make me change my mind on who to trust.
Callie's character is a strong girl which she needs to be as she has her sick younger brother to look after and they are also living on the street. I could definitely understand why she did the things that she did as it was the only way they could survive. Everything she does is for her brother which is such a selfless trait that it is admirable.
I did like Blake he seemed like a kind person to Callie considering they never really knew each other but then something happens towards the end that just turns everything on it's head in a way that I am not sure who Blake as a person really is.
There is some really likable side characters which are so sweet I just hope that doesn't change in the next one. There was also another male character called Michael who I liked to start with but then he does something that made me change my mind about him as it quite a selfish thing to do.
Overall a stunning debut by Lissa Price and I can't wait to find out what is going to happen next in this series.
Saat dunia nyaris hancur akibat Perang Spora dan kini hanya tersisa Starter – anak-anak serta remaja – dan Ender, manula. Mereka yang berumur di antaranya sudah punah. Callie adalah Starter yang menyewakan tubuhnya di Prime Destinations. Di sana para Ender bisa menyewa tubuh untuk menjadi muda lagi. Penyewa masuk ke dalam kepalanya. Suatu hari neurochip mengalami malfungsi. Callie tersadar di tubuhnya saat masa sewa belum selesai. Semua orang mengira dia adalah Ender penyewanya. Keadaan menjadi rumit ketika dia mengetahui rencana mematikan penyewanya.
Beli ini Karena obral. Isinya dystopia seperti yg sempat menjadi trend bbrp saat yg lalu. Tidak begitu istimewa, banyak plothole & hal2 yg kurang masuk akal. Penyelesaian terlalu mudah. Dan masih ada lanjutannya…
Beli ini Karena obral. Isinya dystopia seperti yg sempat menjadi trend bbrp saat yg lalu. Tidak begitu istimewa, banyak plothole & hal2 yg kurang masuk akal. Penyelesaian terlalu mudah. Dan masih ada lanjutannya…
I really enjoyed reading this book! Such an interesting concept!
Witaj, drogi przybyszu! Mam dla Ciebie super ofertę, nie możesz jej przegapić!
Jesteś chorowitym panem, który zawsze marzył o surfowaniu? A może jesteś kobietą pragnącą w przeszłości zostać miss, której jednak los poskąpił urody? Żaden problem! W tym tygodniu możesz wejść w ciało wysportowanego nastolatka z sześciopakiem lub tej wysokiej damy z perfekcyjnymi wymiarami. Już teraz mamy dla Ciebie promocję i to zgrabne nastoletnie ciałko może być do Twojej dyspozycji!
Jedyne, co musisz zrobić, to położyć się w naszej firmie na tydzień i pozwolić nam na zabawę małymi micro chipami. Ile to kosztuje, chcesz zapytać? Otóż możesz mieć to nowe, zdrowe ciałko za jedyne @456(!4 piiiiii #^$%*($# piiiiii, więc nie czekaj! Zamów teraz!
W takim właśnie świecie żyje szesnastoletnia Callie Woodland. Po wojnie bakteriologicznej nie ma w nim osób między 20 a 60 rokiem życia. Młodzi, Starterzy, trafiają do zakładów dla nieletnich, a starzy, Enderzey, dzięki chipowi wszczepionemu w mózg mogą wymieniać sobie ciała jak rękawiczki i kilkakrotnie zakupić drugą młodość. A nawet trzecią. I czwartą.
Jednak podczas wypożyczenia ciał czasem coś może pójść nie tak. W głowie Callie pojawia się tajemniczy, dręczący ją głos, a władza planuje wprowadzić do aktualnego porządku pewne zmiany…
"Wiele wody upłynęło od czasu, kiedy życie kręciło się wokół błyszczyka do ust i ploteczek z przyjaciółkami. Kiedy największym zmartwieniem był sprawdzian następnego dnia, albo nieodrobiona praca domowa. Teraz walczyłam o bezpieczeństwo, wolność i przetrwanie."
Ciąg dalszy + video recenzja
http://secret-books.blogspot.com/2015/05/telezakupy-kup-sobie-nowe-ciao-czytamy.html
Jesteś chorowitym panem, który zawsze marzył o surfowaniu? A może jesteś kobietą pragnącą w przeszłości zostać miss, której jednak los poskąpił urody? Żaden problem! W tym tygodniu możesz wejść w ciało wysportowanego nastolatka z sześciopakiem lub tej wysokiej damy z perfekcyjnymi wymiarami. Już teraz mamy dla Ciebie promocję i to zgrabne nastoletnie ciałko może być do Twojej dyspozycji!
Jedyne, co musisz zrobić, to położyć się w naszej firmie na tydzień i pozwolić nam na zabawę małymi micro chipami. Ile to kosztuje, chcesz zapytać? Otóż możesz mieć to nowe, zdrowe ciałko za jedyne @456(!4 piiiiii #^$%*($# piiiiii, więc nie czekaj! Zamów teraz!
W takim właśnie świecie żyje szesnastoletnia Callie Woodland. Po wojnie bakteriologicznej nie ma w nim osób między 20 a 60 rokiem życia. Młodzi, Starterzy, trafiają do zakładów dla nieletnich, a starzy, Enderzey, dzięki chipowi wszczepionemu w mózg mogą wymieniać sobie ciała jak rękawiczki i kilkakrotnie zakupić drugą młodość. A nawet trzecią. I czwartą.
Jednak podczas wypożyczenia ciał czasem coś może pójść nie tak. W głowie Callie pojawia się tajemniczy, dręczący ją głos, a władza planuje wprowadzić do aktualnego porządku pewne zmiany…
"Wiele wody upłynęło od czasu, kiedy życie kręciło się wokół błyszczyka do ust i ploteczek z przyjaciółkami. Kiedy największym zmartwieniem był sprawdzian następnego dnia, albo nieodrobiona praca domowa. Teraz walczyłam o bezpieczeństwo, wolność i przetrwanie."
Ciąg dalszy + video recenzja
http://secret-books.blogspot.com/2015/05/telezakupy-kup-sobie-nowe-ciao-czytamy.html
This review was written for The Review Diaries: http://reviewdiaries.blogspot.co.uk
I was left feeling a bit mixed after reading this book – there were some really great aspects, and some really not so great ones kind of jumbled together. I’m going to start with what peeved me and end on the good notes of what I liked, because I did really like this book, it just had quite a few flaws that I found difficult to get round.
I had several problems with the book that meant that I failed to truly engage with the story.
Firstly, the world building. This has so much potential but so much is left unexplained, and instead of making it mysterious and edgy it just left me irritated. All we know is that people live to 200, everyone between the ages of 20 and 60 are dead and were wiped out in the spore wars, and old people are evil. That’s it. There is no explanation, nothing, and I think I would have found the story a lot more convincing if there had actually been some concise explanations. I don’t need everything spelled out, but a little bit would be good. There were just too many plot holes that weren’t even tackled due to the lack of world explanations – for example why on earth are all old people made out to be evil with no backing or explanations? Why are children victimised and herded up? Why aren’t young people allowed to get jobs? None of these things really made sense and I felt a bit cheated by that.
Then we have the love triangle, which felt incredible forced and fake. It feels like it’s obligatory these days for a book to have a love triangle in it. This one had one half that was barely a half and a boy that she had an instantaneous connection with. I wouldn’t have been nearly so peeved if the two boys had served a function other than being a love interest, but that was it. However, by the end of the book it did suddenly all make sense and I stopped being so grumpy about the romance. I won’t explain further than that because I don’t want to ruin the story for anyone, but going into it, if you feel peeved by the love triangle, stick with it, there is a very good reason for it.
And then we have our heroine Callie who just seemed to drift through the book. There was no sense of urgency to engage me, no desperation or anything. She just seems to float along without really truly connecting or acting until very late on in the novel.
I think the reason I was so peeved with the above points is because this book had the potential to be an absolutely fantastic book. I mean look at that premise, the idea that you can have someone else rent your body is terrifying, and I don’t think that was really examined properly in the book. Thinking about the idea was enough to give me chills, but they were absent throughout the book, because there wasn’t that ick factor, the horror of it wasn’t thoroughly explored, and only really touched on at the end.
The writing was really good though, Price is definitely going to be an author to watch, I just wasn't as taken with this particular book as I thought Id be.
However, despite the problems I did still really enjoy this book. As I said, it’s a brilliant concept, and parts of it are executed brilliantly. I was really rooting for Callie by the end, and once the plot got going it really went for it.
I am really looking forward to seeing what happens next, and whether we get any development on the issues I’ve shared above, so when the sequel ‘Enders’ comes out I will be desperate to see how it plays out.
Don’t let my problems put you off reading it though, as I’ve said before, these are just my personal peeves whilst reading, and I’m curious to see how other people react and what they make of the book – so let me know if you agree or disagree!
This book is a good debut into the dystopian genre, and I found it to be a really interesting read. However there were a few issues that marred the experience for me, but ultimately I really enjoyed it and I’m looking forward to the sequel ‘Enders’.
I was left feeling a bit mixed after reading this book – there were some really great aspects, and some really not so great ones kind of jumbled together. I’m going to start with what peeved me and end on the good notes of what I liked, because I did really like this book, it just had quite a few flaws that I found difficult to get round.
I had several problems with the book that meant that I failed to truly engage with the story.
Firstly, the world building. This has so much potential but so much is left unexplained, and instead of making it mysterious and edgy it just left me irritated. All we know is that people live to 200, everyone between the ages of 20 and 60 are dead and were wiped out in the spore wars, and old people are evil. That’s it. There is no explanation, nothing, and I think I would have found the story a lot more convincing if there had actually been some concise explanations. I don’t need everything spelled out, but a little bit would be good. There were just too many plot holes that weren’t even tackled due to the lack of world explanations – for example why on earth are all old people made out to be evil with no backing or explanations? Why are children victimised and herded up? Why aren’t young people allowed to get jobs? None of these things really made sense and I felt a bit cheated by that.
Then we have the love triangle, which felt incredible forced and fake. It feels like it’s obligatory these days for a book to have a love triangle in it. This one had one half that was barely a half and a boy that she had an instantaneous connection with. I wouldn’t have been nearly so peeved if the two boys had served a function other than being a love interest, but that was it. However, by the end of the book it did suddenly all make sense and I stopped being so grumpy about the romance. I won’t explain further than that because I don’t want to ruin the story for anyone, but going into it, if you feel peeved by the love triangle, stick with it, there is a very good reason for it.
And then we have our heroine Callie who just seemed to drift through the book. There was no sense of urgency to engage me, no desperation or anything. She just seems to float along without really truly connecting or acting until very late on in the novel.
I think the reason I was so peeved with the above points is because this book had the potential to be an absolutely fantastic book. I mean look at that premise, the idea that you can have someone else rent your body is terrifying, and I don’t think that was really examined properly in the book. Thinking about the idea was enough to give me chills, but they were absent throughout the book, because there wasn’t that ick factor, the horror of it wasn’t thoroughly explored, and only really touched on at the end.
The writing was really good though, Price is definitely going to be an author to watch, I just wasn't as taken with this particular book as I thought Id be.
However, despite the problems I did still really enjoy this book. As I said, it’s a brilliant concept, and parts of it are executed brilliantly. I was really rooting for Callie by the end, and once the plot got going it really went for it.
I am really looking forward to seeing what happens next, and whether we get any development on the issues I’ve shared above, so when the sequel ‘Enders’ comes out I will be desperate to see how it plays out.
Don’t let my problems put you off reading it though, as I’ve said before, these are just my personal peeves whilst reading, and I’m curious to see how other people react and what they make of the book – so let me know if you agree or disagree!
This book is a good debut into the dystopian genre, and I found it to be a really interesting read. However there were a few issues that marred the experience for me, but ultimately I really enjoyed it and I’m looking forward to the sequel ‘Enders’.
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First of all, the awesome cover totally lives up to whats inside. I loved this book! It was perfect! Here's why:
~The world-building was fantastic! The descriptions, explanations, back-stories were perfectly placed. They explained the how's and why's without slowing down the pace at all.
~I immediately connected with the main character, and a few others as well.
~It was exciting! There was LOTS going on! I couldn't put the book down!
~The characters were really well done. They were very dynamic.
~There was a great best friend, a great little brother, and a great senator's grandson ;).
~There was a cliffhanger... BUT book two comes out this year!
This is a good one for all you dystopian fans! I highly recommend it!
~The world-building was fantastic! The descriptions, explanations, back-stories were perfectly placed. They explained the how's and why's without slowing down the pace at all.
~I immediately connected with the main character, and a few others as well.
~It was exciting! There was LOTS going on! I couldn't put the book down!
~The characters were really well done. They were very dynamic.
~There was a great best friend, a great little brother, and a great senator's grandson ;).
~There was a cliffhanger... BUT book two comes out this year!
This is a good one for all you dystopian fans! I highly recommend it!
I thought this book had a really cool idea. I read it pretty quickly. I received it as an ARC from my job. After reading it, I wrote to the author to tell her how much I enjoyed it. To my surprise she wrote back and gifted me her e-book Portrait of a starter. As if that wasn't enough she sent me a bag a goodies to my work! I really loved the experience with this author and cannot wait for the next one!