Publication Date: May 1rst, 2012
Publisher: Amulet Books
ISBN-13: 9781419701788
Synopsis
A letter on her eighteen birthday from the man that abandoned her and her mother puts Lena's life in motion as she decides to adventure into Scree in hopes of finding out more about her father, but Lena must be careful in her journey because the government is looking for peculiars. It is rumored that peculiars are individuals that have no soul and some have very distinguishable characteristics. Because of the size of Lena's hands and feet, she fears the possibility of being a peculiar.
In the train she meets Jimson Quiggley a young man that hopes to escape the future his father has planned for him by becoming the librarian for Mr. Beasley a mysterious old man. After an accident in the train Lena meets Thomas Saltre, a man that convinces Lena that she must undo the wrongs committed by her father by helping him spy on Mr. Beasley and his possible illegal experiments, being a good citizens and trying to help her country Lena will engage on an adventure that will make her discover new things about herself and the world she really lives in.
Review
I have a love/hate relationship with Lena in this book, because of all her good intentions she gets her friends and those around her into trouble and then when you think you are ready to write her off she fixes things in a way you are able to forgive her for her wrong doings and keep on enjoying the story that is unfolding in front of you.
I love Jimson as a character she is so curios about stuff and fascinated by science and the progress it can bring to others, and I feel that his thirst for knowledge and need to doubt things makes his way of thinking more open to change and easier for him to accept all the ways his world will be twisted during his little adventure.
The concepts in this book are interesting, racism, rejecting things we don't understand, equality, but the story doesn't shine as it should mainly because of the hard time you may have connecting with the main character and the way this story takes so long to take off, after about half the book it gets better and really enjoyable but for some it might be a little to late to get into it.
Synopsis
A letter on her eighteen birthday from the man that abandoned her and her mother puts Lena's life in motion as she decides to adventure into Scree in hopes of finding out more about her father, but Lena must be careful in her journey because the government is looking for peculiars. It is rumored that peculiars are individuals that have no soul and some have very distinguishable characteristics. Because of the size of Lena's hands and feet, she fears the possibility of being a peculiar.
In the train she meets Jimson Quiggley a young man that hopes to escape the future his father has planned for him by becoming the librarian for Mr. Beasley a mysterious old man. After an accident in the train Lena meets Thomas Saltre, a man that convinces Lena that she must undo the wrongs committed by her father by helping him spy on Mr. Beasley and his possible illegal experiments, being a good citizens and trying to help her country Lena will engage on an adventure that will make her discover new things about herself and the world she really lives in.
Review
I have a love/hate relationship with Lena in this book, because of all her good intentions she gets her friends and those around her into trouble and then when you think you are ready to write her off she fixes things in a way you are able to forgive her for her wrong doings and keep on enjoying the story that is unfolding in front of you.
I love Jimson as a character she is so curios about stuff and fascinated by science and the progress it can bring to others, and I feel that his thirst for knowledge and need to doubt things makes his way of thinking more open to change and easier for him to accept all the ways his world will be twisted during his little adventure.
The concepts in this book are interesting, racism, rejecting things we don't understand, equality, but the story doesn't shine as it should mainly because of the hard time you may have connecting with the main character and the way this story takes so long to take off, after about half the book it gets better and really enjoyable but for some it might be a little to late to get into it.
Rating:
I'm seeing that a lot these days, the fact that many books decide to "take off" halfway through. I've lately been trying to give all the books a chance, but it's hard, so I don't know if I'll actually read this anytime soon, if I'm going to have to sit through half a book of non-enjoyable content. Great review, though! :)
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