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The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
4.0

Upgrading to a 4 out of 5

I think my past rating was due to an anti – dystopian mood I was on back then, but there was something that told me to sleep on my review before posting it, and boy did I take a while.

Cutting to the chase: I really appreciated the “questions about life”/ philosophical topics and setting. Very unique without being too strange to complicate your reading experience.

The transition or coming of age subplot and middle-grade like parts were kind of a hit and miss with me; or at least unnecessary in contrast to the others subplots.

Also, I wanted more from the world, I needed more!.

There’s a sequel, but I haven’t got to it because I really enjoyed the ending of this book and I don’t want to ruin it. Also I was told that you don’t need to read it in order to get the complete experience.