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The Unwanteds
by Lisa McMann
Wow, my first ever one-star review. You would think with a tagline promising that this book is a cross between Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, I would fall in love with this book. But the problem is that the book is not like either of those other books. Yes there are elements of magic and it's set in a dystopian world that separates children in to certain groups, but that's as far as the comparisons go.
The characters were pretty typical and mostly flat. There was nothing about them that made me like them. The main character was reckless and not very smart. His "love interest" was immature and there was no spark between them at all. The other kids just felt like they were around to fill up space.
The one thing that bothered me about the plot was why this hadn't escalated sooner. All these separated children being taught about 3-D doors and such, how was it that none of them thought to try seeing those left behind before? Kids don't always listen to adults, especially once they see that living in this magical world is better. And on top of that, once things did start happening it all went down very quickly.
So in conclusion, the book just wasn't that good. It certainly doesn't deserve having fantastic books like Harry Potter or The Hunger Games tagged onto it.
The characters were pretty typical and mostly flat. There was nothing about them that made me like them. The main character was reckless and not very smart. His "love interest" was immature and there was no spark between them at all. The other kids just felt like they were around to fill up space.
The one thing that bothered me about the plot was why this hadn't escalated sooner. All these separated children being taught about 3-D doors and such, how was it that none of them thought to try seeing those left behind before? Kids don't always listen to adults, especially once they see that living in this magical world is better. And on top of that, once things did start happening it all went down very quickly.
So in conclusion, the book just wasn't that good. It certainly doesn't deserve having fantastic books like Harry Potter or The Hunger Games tagged onto it.