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A review by jaepingsu
Gated by Amy Christine Parker
3.0
This was a very pleasant surprise--a teen dystopia that is set in present-day and in many ways is much more chilling than the dozens of futuristic dystopias out there. With the timing and events in here, rather than some vague "in the future" authors generally tackle, things feel a whole lot closer to home in here.
I was a bit disappointed by the characters, as they felt fairly shallow outside of Lyla. Even Pioneer, who was giving me the creeps from the beginning, never felt fully realized. Still, Lyla is given plenty of motivation to act out against the brainwashing she'd been receiving since being a little girl. It worked for me since she was still at a plausible enough age before they went into the community to at least have some vague ideas of the world, but innocent enough to not have fully understood what happened with her sister.
After a slow and deliberate stop I was not expecting the action-packed ending with some really surprise and brutal moments. Overall a good, if incredibly disturbing at times, read.
I was provided a copy from the publisher via Netgalley.
I was a bit disappointed by the characters, as they felt fairly shallow outside of Lyla. Even Pioneer, who was giving me the creeps from the beginning, never felt fully realized. Still, Lyla is given plenty of motivation to act out against the brainwashing she'd been receiving since being a little girl. It worked for me since she was still at a plausible enough age before they went into the community to at least have some vague ideas of the world, but innocent enough to not have fully understood what happened with her sister.
After a slow and deliberate stop I was not expecting the action-packed ending with some really surprise and brutal moments. Overall a good, if incredibly disturbing at times, read.
I was provided a copy from the publisher via Netgalley.