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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Giving it 3 stars only because I think my dystopian-loving students will love it. For me, it started off strong but totally lost sight of the characters by the mid point, and never found its footing with the characters again. Intriguing ending, though.
It was even better than the first time I read this book. It's just such an amazing story and of all the dystopia stories I read so far, it's still unique.
Now I just nééd to read part two! :3
Now I just nééd to read part two! :3
This book, set in the future like every other popular young adult novel out there these days, started out kind of slow. Then it got awesome. Then it got straight up weird. And then it ended.
But guys, it's worth reading. It's told through Callie's point of view, a 16-year-old girl who was orphaned by the Spore Wars. The spores wiped out every person between the ages of 20 and 60, and while the 60+ group (called Enders) lived the high life, those who were stiller considered minors (called Starters) lived a life on the run, eating scraps and squatting in empty bulidings.
Callie's spent a year on the streets, running through LA with her old neighbor Michael and her younger brother Tyler until she comes up with a way to earn money for them all. She can have a procedure done that will allow Enders to inhabit her body. The people who came up with the procedure call it "renting." Callie agrees to do three rentals in exchange for a large sum of money, but something goes haywire during her third rental; she becomes aware during the rental and can even communicate with her renter, Helena.
Helena shows Callie all kinds of bad things about the whole renting procedure and together they work on a way to solve everyone's problems, but it certainly isn't easy when you don't know who's inhabiting the bodies of your most trusted friends.
It runs a little long, I think. I mean. There were definitely some parts that I didn't feel were 100 percent necessary to get the point across, but I found it mostly entertaining, and I'll probably read the sequel even though I haven't the slightest idea what it might be about.
But guys, it's worth reading. It's told through Callie's point of view, a 16-year-old girl who was orphaned by the Spore Wars. The spores wiped out every person between the ages of 20 and 60, and while the 60+ group (called Enders) lived the high life, those who were stiller considered minors (called Starters) lived a life on the run, eating scraps and squatting in empty bulidings.
Callie's spent a year on the streets, running through LA with her old neighbor Michael and her younger brother Tyler until she comes up with a way to earn money for them all. She can have a procedure done that will allow Enders to inhabit her body. The people who came up with the procedure call it "renting." Callie agrees to do three rentals in exchange for a large sum of money, but something goes haywire during her third rental; she becomes aware during the rental and can even communicate with her renter, Helena.
Helena shows Callie all kinds of bad things about the whole renting procedure and together they work on a way to solve everyone's problems, but it certainly isn't easy when you don't know who's inhabiting the bodies of your most trusted friends.
It runs a little long, I think. I mean. There were definitely some parts that I didn't feel were 100 percent necessary to get the point across, but I found it mostly entertaining, and I'll probably read the sequel even though I haven't the slightest idea what it might be about.
I was really intrigued by this book that deals with clones. I thought it would be interesting to read and see the views on body ownership. It had a good potential for ethical conflict and questions but it did not really deliver. While the book itself was entertaining there were many issues, mainly with the worldbuilding. We are left with so many questions left unanswered, Callie keeps refering to a war and the spores but we are never given any explanation for these things. Why was there a war? What happened to the rest of the world? What are those spores and where do they come from? How come the Enders can live up to 200 years? How did the vacin worked? How come the whole population from 20 to 60 years just died? I’m pretty sure people were able to hide themselves to survive. We may discover them in the second book who knows? Who are the losts ones, what happened to them? There were also issues with the character themselves, like why would Callie abandon her brother to a girl she barely knows? Why would she trusts Blake to deliver money to Michael? And WHY ON EARTH DID SHE NOT FREAK OUT WHEN BLAKE CALLED HER CALLIE WOODLAND? Did she not noticed he used her real name which he isn’t supposed to know? This just screamed do not trust the guy. All the time I felt like something was off with this guy and boy was I right. I also thought a lot of it was predictable, like when Michael left it was obvious he had decided to also rent his body or the fact that her dad wasn’t dead. I kept excepting the « big reveal » that the Old man is actually her father. I also thought the characters were quick to move on their relationships, Callie completly forgetting about the almost relationship she had with Michael and vice-versa. I mean come on they have known eachother for years and almost kissed before she left but hey look at this new person I should totally start dating them right now so we can have some sort of conflict, which there wasn’t. I really question the decisions of these people. So, in short, an entertaining read for those times you don’t want to ask yourself to many questions and just enjoy the action.
Such a good premise filled with twists I couldn’t see coming! Looking forward to the second book
I N C R E I B L E. Definitivamente no me lo esperaba. Me encantó y no puedo esperar a que salga la continuación.
adventurous
dark
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I loved this book! My only issue with it is that it seems reminiscent of The Host, I've never read the book I have only seen the movie, which kind of took away from it since you feel like you already know what's going to happen. I do plan on continuing this series at some point and I hope it will through some things at me that will catch me off guard.