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A review by g8girl
Taken by Erin Bowman
3.0
There are no men in Claysoot.
Gray Weatherby grows up waiting for the day his brother will be taken or 'heisted' on his eighteenth birthday. Just as he waits for his own 365 days later.
The village of Claysoot feels a lot like District 13, and the heists feel a lot like the reaping. The main character is an excellent archer and uses this skill to provide for his family. He is harsh and acts on his feelings/instincts before thinking. Everyone likes his brother better (homage to Katniss and Prim with the ages reversed ).
The wall surrounding Claysoot keeps them from the outside world and Gray means to climb over it and see what's on the other side. When he gets there however he finds friends who may not be exactly what they seem (homage to Divergent and the Giver).
We discover the state of the world is very much like the one present in Legend.
And of course throw in your teenage love trial, your long missing friends, sacrifice and all the secondary characters making plans about the main character withouth his knowledge and you've got Taken....and the Hunger Games, and Divergent, Legend, Matched...you get the picture.
Not a bad book overall but certainly nothing new. I'd like to see the authour take book two in a different direction.
Gray Weatherby grows up waiting for the day his brother will be taken or 'heisted' on his eighteenth birthday. Just as he waits for his own 365 days later.
The village of Claysoot feels a lot like District 13, and the heists feel a lot like the reaping. The main character is an excellent archer and uses this skill to provide for his family. He is harsh and acts on his feelings/instincts before thinking. Everyone likes his brother better (homage to Katniss and Prim with the ages reversed ).
The wall surrounding Claysoot keeps them from the outside world and Gray means to climb over it and see what's on the other side. When he gets there however he finds friends who may not be exactly what they seem (homage to Divergent and the Giver).
We discover the state of the world is very much like the one present in Legend.
And of course throw in your teenage love trial, your long missing friends, sacrifice and all the secondary characters making plans about the main character withouth his knowledge and you've got Taken....and the Hunger Games, and Divergent, Legend, Matched...you get the picture.
Not a bad book overall but certainly nothing new. I'd like to see the authour take book two in a different direction.