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Is it a 3.5 or is it a solid 4? Without half stars as an option on Goodreads, who can know? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why is it possible to scrape someone together after they jump off of a 190 storey building, but not put together someone after they burn? Maybe it's the blood. Not that this is addressed in any way. Most of the world is not...really addressed. I found myself questioning how this dystopian future actually works. A general "The Internet God Has It Covered" doesn't quite do it. There are vague references to how it works, but they're skipped over for the morality plot.
Not necessarily a bad thing, but...the morality plot is very heavy handed. Enjoy your black and white morality, kids. I've come to expect gray from my YA. Shusterman is really very heavy handed and very obvious with his morals and standings. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it does mean that you'll only get one thought when you're reading.
But hey, at least it's a delightfully fun and fast read, hard to put down, with compelling characters and some zingy lines.
It's REALLY dark and really violent. Hideously so. I wonder about the movie they're working on, and predict a lot of shaky cam to avoid the R rating it likely deserves. Good luck with that one, film director.
And the romance does feel a bit contrived, but they're like 16 so I can give it a pass. Whatever. Even though they really only knew each other for a few months and then basically never spoke to each other again, whatever. It's YA. Romance is a necessary staple, apparently.
Team Faraday 4eva.
Why is it possible to scrape someone together after they jump off of a 190 storey building, but not put together someone after they burn? Maybe it's the blood. Not that this is addressed in any way. Most of the world is not...really addressed. I found myself questioning how this dystopian future actually works. A general "The Internet God Has It Covered" doesn't quite do it. There are vague references to how it works, but they're skipped over for the morality plot.
Not necessarily a bad thing, but...the morality plot is very heavy handed. Enjoy your black and white morality, kids. I've come to expect gray from my YA. Shusterman is really very heavy handed and very obvious with his morals and standings. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it does mean that you'll only get one thought when you're reading.
But hey, at least it's a delightfully fun and fast read, hard to put down, with compelling characters and some zingy lines.
It's REALLY dark and really violent. Hideously so. I wonder about the movie they're working on, and predict a lot of shaky cam to avoid the R rating it likely deserves. Good luck with that one, film director.
And the romance does feel a bit contrived, but they're like 16 so I can give it a pass. Whatever. Even though they really only knew each other for a few months and then basically never spoke to each other again, whatever. It's YA. Romance is a necessary staple, apparently.
Team Faraday 4eva.