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I was given this book by the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I requested this book mostly based on the cover, although the description intrigued me, too. A dystopian society where words and language were limited. As a lover of words, I had to see where the author took this idea. Forde did very well telling the story of Letta, a young wordsmith who curated the words that the society of Ark could use. She embraced the rules and regulations completely at the beginning of the book, but grows to see how power has been corrupted. The citizens of Ark must speak using the List - a list of only approved words (although as wordsmith, she can use all words), so that stilted way of speech took some getting used to. However, the writing was good, and I loved the relationships between the characters.
This book was obviously influenced by The Giver, and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed that book.
I requested this book mostly based on the cover, although the description intrigued me, too. A dystopian society where words and language were limited. As a lover of words, I had to see where the author took this idea. Forde did very well telling the story of Letta, a young wordsmith who curated the words that the society of Ark could use. She embraced the rules and regulations completely at the beginning of the book, but grows to see how power has been corrupted. The citizens of Ark must speak using the List - a list of only approved words (although as wordsmith, she can use all words), so that stilted way of speech took some getting used to. However, the writing was good, and I loved the relationships between the characters.
This book was obviously influenced by The Giver, and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed that book.