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A review by booksatdawn
Transferral by Kate Blair
4.0
** I received the e-ARC version of this book in exchange for an honest review. **
Transferral by Kate Blair is a standalone young adult science fiction novel. In a world where criminals are punished with diseases from the good citizens of the city, we follow the daughter of the politician who supports these actions as she goes through a self evalutation of right and wrong. This book begs the questions: when are the lines blurred between good and evil? Is this the route our world might take in the future to eradicate crime in our cities? Is this just another type of segregation between the upper and lower class?
A very thought provoking story that everyone should get a chance to read!
LIKES:
UNIQUE CONCEPT
I loved the idea this book put forth. Criminals being punished with illness depending on the severity of their crimes. Living in our world now where there is so much violence, murder, rape, and gangs sometimes a prison sentence just doesn't seem like enough. Blair puts the idea in your head in the beginning of the book that this protocol is beneficial to a better country, but by the end of the book you're left thinking, is it really worth it?
A part of me wants to say yes, murder and rape should carry a heavier sentence then life in prison, but the other part of me struggles with the idea of the less fortunate citizens who have no choice but to steal and make their money illegally in order to survive. I think the real problem lies in the division between the rich and the poor.
THE WRITING
Blair does a fantastic job with telling her story. I love books that make you question and think about the way you live your own life, and this book does that. The writing was well done and well planned out. The story was very cohesive and never once boring. Blair was able to capture the essence of both the rich lifestyle and the poor lifestyle through her vivid descriptions and dialogues between the characters. Truly thought provoking!
THE CHARACTERS
I really liked the characters in the story especially Talia and Galen. They come from two very sides of the spectrum with their own ideas of what right and wrong are. I liked how they were able to come together and work hard for a common goal but still keep to their individual charms. And the character growth from Talia was also very clear and to the point.
DISLIKES:
THE ENDING
This may be a bit of a personal issue, but I was not quite satisfied with the ending. I felt it was a bit abrupt and didn't really hold strong like the rest of the book did. For me, a standalone book should end with the story-lines being neatly finished and that's something that I felt didn't happen. We don't get to know what happened with the Transferral program after the big publicized event that occurred, we don't know what happened to Piers after his incident at the end, and we don't get to hear from Tig again after she became ill. These are jsut some of the examples I wish were cleared at the end so the story could come to a close and leave me satisfied.
But besides that, the book was a great read!
Transferral by Kate Blair is a standalone young adult science fiction novel. In a world where criminals are punished with diseases from the good citizens of the city, we follow the daughter of the politician who supports these actions as she goes through a self evalutation of right and wrong. This book begs the questions: when are the lines blurred between good and evil? Is this the route our world might take in the future to eradicate crime in our cities? Is this just another type of segregation between the upper and lower class?
A very thought provoking story that everyone should get a chance to read!
LIKES:
UNIQUE CONCEPT
I loved the idea this book put forth. Criminals being punished with illness depending on the severity of their crimes. Living in our world now where there is so much violence, murder, rape, and gangs sometimes a prison sentence just doesn't seem like enough. Blair puts the idea in your head in the beginning of the book that this protocol is beneficial to a better country, but by the end of the book you're left thinking, is it really worth it?
A part of me wants to say yes, murder and rape should carry a heavier sentence then life in prison, but the other part of me struggles with the idea of the less fortunate citizens who have no choice but to steal and make their money illegally in order to survive. I think the real problem lies in the division between the rich and the poor.
THE WRITING
Blair does a fantastic job with telling her story. I love books that make you question and think about the way you live your own life, and this book does that. The writing was well done and well planned out. The story was very cohesive and never once boring. Blair was able to capture the essence of both the rich lifestyle and the poor lifestyle through her vivid descriptions and dialogues between the characters. Truly thought provoking!
THE CHARACTERS
I really liked the characters in the story especially Talia and Galen. They come from two very sides of the spectrum with their own ideas of what right and wrong are. I liked how they were able to come together and work hard for a common goal but still keep to their individual charms. And the character growth from Talia was also very clear and to the point.
DISLIKES:
THE ENDING
This may be a bit of a personal issue, but I was not quite satisfied with the ending. I felt it was a bit abrupt and didn't really hold strong like the rest of the book did. For me, a standalone book should end with the story-lines being neatly finished and that's something that I felt didn't happen. We don't get to know what happened with the Transferral program after the big publicized event that occurred, we don't know what happened to Piers after his incident at the end, and we don't get to hear from Tig again after she became ill. These are jsut some of the examples I wish were cleared at the end so the story could come to a close and leave me satisfied.
But besides that, the book was a great read!