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Possession
by Elana Johnson
Possession has been sitting on my shelf for quite some time. Ever since I first heard about it I wanted to read it but for some reason I kept putting it off. When I was asked to be part of the Possession blog tour I jumped at the chance. I'm so glad I finally got the chance to read Possession because it's one fabulous dystopian that shouldn't be missed.
Possession is unlike other dystopians in that it doesn't focus nearly as much on the world as it does on the characters and in this case I really liked that. There is enough detail about the world that I can picture it and I really felt that that was all I needed. The story focuses more on Vi, Jag, Zenn, the Resistance, and the government. It's a very character oriented story and luckily the characters are pretty awesome. Vi is independent, strong-willed, smart, and, my favorite thing about her, sarcastic. She stands out in the Goodgrounds because of all these qualities. She doesn't follow rules and she just doesn't care. She cracked me up with her attitude yet she still managed to have a very sensitive side that made me sympathize with her. Jag seemed to pop up out of nowhere but I quickly came to love him. He shared many qualities with Vi such as his sense of independence and his sarcasm. He was definitely a bad boy but he also had a very sensitive side that he wasn't afraid to show. It made me love him all the more. Zenn was more of a mystery to me and I still don't quite know how I feel about him. I want a deeper look at him and his motives before I truly decide whether I'm Team Jag or Team Zenn.
While I loved all the characters in Possession, the thing that truly kept me reading was the mystery. There were so many things I didn't know and I couldn't stop reading until I figured them all out. It was one mystery after another and while a few of them were a little predictable most of them I never saw coming. I love a book that can surprise and Possession not only did that once but many times. I was on the edge of my seat through the whole book. This is definitely a book that you will want to set aside time to read because you won't be able to stop once you get started.
Really I don't have much bad to say about this book. I would have liked a bit more information about the Greenies (as Vi calls them), the government and all the crazy people in charge of it, and maybe a little more history about how the Goodgrounds and Badlands came to be. However, while I would have liked these things I don't feel that they were necessary for the story and they are more just things I was curious about.
Overall, I highly recommend Possession for dystopian fans. I adored everything about it and I can't wait to dive into the next book in the trilogy. However, the wait for the final book just might kill me.
Possession is unlike other dystopians in that it doesn't focus nearly as much on the world as it does on the characters and in this case I really liked that. There is enough detail about the world that I can picture it and I really felt that that was all I needed. The story focuses more on Vi, Jag, Zenn, the Resistance, and the government. It's a very character oriented story and luckily the characters are pretty awesome. Vi is independent, strong-willed, smart, and, my favorite thing about her, sarcastic. She stands out in the Goodgrounds because of all these qualities. She doesn't follow rules and she just doesn't care. She cracked me up with her attitude yet she still managed to have a very sensitive side that made me sympathize with her. Jag seemed to pop up out of nowhere but I quickly came to love him. He shared many qualities with Vi such as his sense of independence and his sarcasm. He was definitely a bad boy but he also had a very sensitive side that he wasn't afraid to show. It made me love him all the more. Zenn was more of a mystery to me and I still don't quite know how I feel about him. I want a deeper look at him and his motives before I truly decide whether I'm Team Jag or Team Zenn.
While I loved all the characters in Possession, the thing that truly kept me reading was the mystery. There were so many things I didn't know and I couldn't stop reading until I figured them all out. It was one mystery after another and while a few of them were a little predictable most of them I never saw coming. I love a book that can surprise and Possession not only did that once but many times. I was on the edge of my seat through the whole book. This is definitely a book that you will want to set aside time to read because you won't be able to stop once you get started.
Really I don't have much bad to say about this book. I would have liked a bit more information about the Greenies (as Vi calls them), the government and all the crazy people in charge of it, and maybe a little more history about how the Goodgrounds and Badlands came to be. However, while I would have liked these things I don't feel that they were necessary for the story and they are more just things I was curious about.
Overall, I highly recommend Possession for dystopian fans. I adored everything about it and I can't wait to dive into the next book in the trilogy. However, the wait for the final book just might kill me.