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What would you do if words like freedom, dream, hope and love were removed from your vocabulary? Words like betray, outcast and scavenger are all words that you are allowed to use.
In The List, John Noa has created a 'safe' place for people to live after most of the world has been destroyed by climate change. As part of his rules and beliefs that words are why the world is in this mess, he has created a List of 500 words that people are allowed to us for communication. Any who use old language are called Desecreators which includes musicians, artists and people who believe in freedom. As you can imagine this is a dark and dreary existence but for some, like Letta, it is the only world that they know.
Letta is the apprentice wordsmith and it is her job to write out the List for people. When her master leaves town for a short time a boy appears in the store and it changes her world forever.
The List is superbly written and very hard to put down. At the start of each chapter is a word with it's description and it's number on the list, or the non-list. It is a fascinating look at what different people believe bring about the destruction of the world as opposed to the current world they live in. Typically dystopian it is good against bad. It is a character discovering for themselves what they believe the world should look like and standing up for themselves and the people who can't.
This is a good read for anyone who enjoyed Maze Runner and Divergent.
What would you do if words like freedom, dream, hope and love were removed from your vocabulary? Words like betray, outcast and scavenger are all words that you are allowed to use.
In The List, John Noa has created a 'safe' place for people to live after most of the world has been destroyed by climate change. As part of his rules and beliefs that words are why the world is in this mess, he has created a List of 500 words that people are allowed to us for communication. Any who use old language are called Desecreators which includes musicians, artists and people who believe in freedom. As you can imagine this is a dark and dreary existence but for some, like Letta, it is the only world that they know.
Letta is the apprentice wordsmith and it is her job to write out the List for people. When her master leaves town for a short time a boy appears in the store and it changes her world forever.
The List is superbly written and very hard to put down. At the start of each chapter is a word with it's description and it's number on the list, or the non-list. It is a fascinating look at what different people believe bring about the destruction of the world as opposed to the current world they live in. Typically dystopian it is good against bad. It is a character discovering for themselves what they believe the world should look like and standing up for themselves and the people who can't.
This is a good read for anyone who enjoyed Maze Runner and Divergent.