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Hey guys, I haven't written a review in a while, so I'm going to do one now, and will be doing many more in the future. I have finally woken up from my hibernation.
This book was a product of the YA market. It had the regular YA feel with the pretty girl in dress cover, the average undeveloped romance, and the bland heroine and hero. It also had vampires, er, demons.
I originally promised myself that I wouldn't read this, knowing it'd be a mythology fail. I was right on target when I thought that many months ago. It was hard to get through, involving me rolling my eyes through what must have been the entire book.
So, let's start first with my feelings on the characters. Nothing seemed really significant about the characters. Daphne and Truman both bored me to tears, their romance fake. The other demons weren't very interesting beyond Beelzeebub and Obie, but they rarely had their time to shine. No, we had to hear about Daphne and Truman.
I don't buy that Daphne couldn't be destroyed; it had special snowflake written all over it.
What the hell did Daphne see in Truman? Sure they were more or less partners in crime, but in love? No.
I hated being in Truman's head. He was very dull, the chapters centered in his mind seeming unneeded, nothing more than extra pages. I never felt anything for him, not for his mother dying, his relationship to his Dad, and not even when he was getting wasted and trying to commit suicide. I just read through his parts, not even hoping it'd get better.
Daphne's sisters were obviously meant to be sluts. Daphne not wanting to be sluts like them, going from guy to guy to guy to guy, was obvious slut-shaming, and it was not OK. Daphne was also a special snowflake. (Wait, so were Daphne and Truman in love because they were both specshool widdle snowflakz?)
Now, let's get onto the mythology. I may get something wrong, and please do point out so, because I only know the Protestant Bible of no particular denomination. There may only be parts specific to Catholicism in this book (and some I was able to understand, others I may not have), so I'll mostly be saying stuff that leans toward Protestantism.
The Hell made of metal? No, the Catholics don't even have that. The Catholics go back 200 years, back when metal cities would have been stories you told children at best.
The demons having fun in Hell? No, Hell is for suffering.
The human stuff in Hell? The Bible states you can take nothing with you when you die, so I'm sure this wouldn't work if a human can bring nothing to Hell.
Basically, why aren't all the demons in Hell suffering? Most of this had nothing to do with mythology and what the Bible says, instead stemming from the authors imagination. The Garden scene I am sure was entirely the author's imagination.
Hell, the author even made Lucifer seem like a good guy. I just can't understand this book. Time and time again I thought of giving up and putting the book down.
The book was somewhat good in the last seventy to fifty pages, though it isn't enough to earn this book another star. It may have to do with my lack of knowledge in Catholicism, or maybe my wish for there to be gore, but it honestly didn't keep me reading. The book just barely picked itself up off the ground, but it so little off the ground you could say the book was still lying in the dirt.
The metal part wasn't even very original, as it reminded me of a book in The Spiderwick Chronicles where some sort of creature (though I can't remember what) wanted to turn the world to metal. The creatures didn't need to breathe. They even froze the girl character in a coffin to look pretty. So it too had pretty girl on cover.
This book was lacking in many, many things. This is my first review in a while, so it may not be as well written as others. I'm usually good at writing reviews for bad books, but this. . . Well, I'm reading Everneath next, and let's hope it's worth at least the three stars I gave it before.
I've been lying to all my friends, I do not live in Indiana, I live on a nice little island in the middle of nowhere where I'm always warm, fed, have all the material items I want, internet connection, cable TV, a DVD player, and connections with some libraries in Indiana, who mail books and DVD's to my island.. Then some librarian and her daughter and some of their friends told me about The Hunger Games. I'd heard about it but had never been interested in it. Then they started harassing asking me to read it. I got sick of listening to them whine got the book at the library. Why? The librarian offered to give me a $10 Barnes and Noble gift card if I read it. Can someone say "desperate fan-girl zealot person who wants to convert me"? Hey, a $10 Barnes and Noble gift card just to read this? I can't say no. But when I read this:
I'm serious you crazy fan people.
When I finished this book and explained why I didn't like it, here were some of my responses:
"You're over thinking it. You read this for fun. You're forcing yourself to hate it."
"That can't be true, everyone likes The Hunger Games."
"How did you not like The Hunger Games?"
I will explain people of Indiana. Let's start with my biggest problem with the book.
The World Building and the Science
This book should be marked in the fantasy section. Why? Let the great Ray Bradbury explain (everyone bow down to the author of The Illustrated Man):
"First of all, I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is a depiction of the real. Fantasy is a depiction of the unreal. So Martian Chronicles is not science fiction, it's fantasy. It couldn't happen, you see? That's the reason it's going to be around a long time—because it's a Greek myth, and myths have staying power."
What he says is true. This book tried to be based on reality but it failed so much. All the science was wrong and the world building was so vague. Things happen for a reason. Since Bush is out of office and no Republican is president yet, wars happen for a reason, but that reason in the book was never explained.Did they just start a nuclear war for the fuck of it?
So, if you live in a starving society and you get on the train to the games and begin shoveling that rich food down your throat, you will die!Your stomach wouldn't be able to handle that much food or the richness. That's why so many Holocaust victims died after being freed from concentration camps, they immediately began eating large amounts of food that was very rich, like chocolate and sausage. Many died from diarrhea. Kids who didn't get constant amounts of food would have died on the train, even Peeta and Katniss. Even if they had food, going from what they ate to chocolate cake would have still killed them. Besides, Katniss was so determined to say everyone was "starving", but deny a basic scientific law, bam! Suzanne Collins just gave everyone a few more days to live, a free pass.
Another problem I had was the Capitol being so great. How does trade work? Silk was described a number of times in the book, but where does silk come from? Asia, my friends. So Panem is friends (allies) with parts of Asia again? Even though parts of Asia is known for its nuclear weapons, many of those parts next to places where we trade for silk? What about all the other food? We can't grow chocolate in America, it happens mostly in South America. Are we friends with South America? How did those countries survive? How does the Capitol get all its stuff? We need trade.
The economy was poorly explained. I will now compare Panem to Egypt during the period of the New Kingdom:
In Egypt during the New Kingdom (I know the picture represents the Old Kingdom, but everyone will recognize it), the upper class (priests, nobles, other elites) often had the great stuff like big houses and gold. The middle class were scribes, artists, architects, they had jobs the lower class (farmers, slaves, servants) wanted because there jobs sucked. But Pharaoh had the control over everyone, he (in the case of Hatshepsut, she) was a "god". He (she) was able to control the entire kingdom of Egypt along with areas Egypt conquered and enslaved. He (she) scared the people into obeying him (her) because they feared what would happen in the afterlife. However, if bad things happened (attack by enemies, crops didn't grow), pharaoh would be blamed and a group of people would overthrow the pharaoh. If they failed in their revolt, they would be punished. This worked pretty well even though Egypt had about eighteen or so dynasties, yeah, lots of rebellion.
Panem enslaved people and the upper class had nice things (though it varied where you were), there appeared to be a small amount of middle class (Peeta and his family) and of course the lower class (in Egypt the lower class made up 80-85% of the population). However, Egypt traded and gained a lot of wealth. Panem showed no signs on how it got chocolate and silk. The reason the Old Kingdom ended was because the pyramids and other monuments of the pharaoh were so expensive, they owed massive amounts of debt. Wouldn't Panem also owe lots of debt? So then they'd enslave the menial Capitol to try earn a bit more money? But most of all, The Hunger Games would have cost money, lots of money. It would easily have been a massive waste of money. That could cost about $1 million at least if they were insanely stingy, most likely way more. Where in the fuck is this money coming from? Imagine going through over 70 of those games, the cost would be in the next galaxy because it's way over that broken roof. Even one would be pretty risky since there's no big business about it, no one pays taxes for it or anything.
The idea that everyone liked the games in the Capitol is bullshit, no one can like all the same thing.
Not all of them would have liked the bright, tacky colors, being selfish, or their all fun lifestyle, either. But Collins would rather make robots than actual people.
Suicide rates would most likely sky rocket around the game times in the poorer areas, from both 12-18 year olds and their family members. If they got in the games they'd most likely find a way to end their life, there's more ways to kill yourself than throwing yourself off the roof, Mrs. Collins. Also, wouldn't many be completely damaged by the Games? Not just the contestants and their family, but the people shooting the fireballs or people like Effie Trinket (Effie Trinket, what fucking kind of name is that?). Wouldn't it be scarring to know you're sending teenagers to their graves? Wouldn't you sit awake at night, possibly head to your bathroom, break a mirror, and hold that glass to your neck? Not everyone can handle killing people. Why do you think the gas chambers were built by the Nazis? Because the Nazi soldiers were traumatized by killing the minority groups like the Jews, Russians, and Poles, so Himmler made sure an anonymous way to kill people was made without knowing who they were or what they looked like. Here's your example (Warning: Spoils the ending of The Boy In The Striped Pajamas):
Now imagine just seeing a bunch of naked men walk into a room they think is a shower, never really seeing their faces, all the men just blurring together. Now imagine having to look them in the eyes and shoot them all. See? If the Nazi soldiers were traumatized by this, why can't those idiots Capitol people also be traumatized by this since they don't have anonymous people, they know the Games contestants? Suzanne Collins must be anti-science. Also, the arena made no fucking sense whatsoever. Was it indoors? Outdoors? If it was outdoors, how was the weather controlled?
I think the love triangle was not needed. I can't see how Katniss had feelings for Gale or Peeta, it was so forced. I could understand a slow coming to terms with her sexuality, but that's clearly too much to ask for but instead we get these two forced love "interests".
I didn't like any of the characters except for Rue. But of course she had to die and Katniss didn't. I definitely disliked Katniss, perhaps the most of all the characters. I especially hated where she thought if two people heterosexuals were in love they had to have kids because childless couples can't/don't exist now or ever. I also disliked how she thought if you didn't get married you'd grow up to be a sad old drunker like Haymitch with no hope because clearly people who don't get married will get all depressed and drink a lot because they don't have anyone to fuck. I'm still sad Rue had to die.
I especially hated the Capitol. They had jobs that didn't help the economy or controlling the slaves the districts, it'd just be a big waste of money. Plus they all wear bright colors, makeup (even the guys!), and like stuff like hair and stuff. So everyone who likes that kind of stuff no matter what gender identity, you're a selfish bitch who doesn't care about anyone and you're shallow idiots (Gossip Girl, anyone?). Great message Suzanne Collins, clearly if you aren't a stuck up masculine bitch, you are bad. Here's what I thought the Capitol was like:
But if you're like me and happen to like that song, you are bad! Shame on people who like to dye their hair, wear makeup, or not fit into a patriarchal gender role! Look at those bright colors, they must be destroyed! Oh yeah, that song is way better then the book will ever be.
The girl who was on fire? That is far from original, it's been out since 2001 as a radio single.
The book did not keep me reading other then when Rue was there, after that the book was always slow, no matter how much boring action there was.
Suzanne Collins was homophobic in this book. We know why they changed the rule in the book, so the straight couple of Peeta and Katniss could be together, even though it was fake.Only a boy and girl were sent from each district, not two boys or two girls. It's veiled homophobia since you know, who cares about gay teens when we have horny straight teens, anyway? The gays never get their chance to survive together since they'd be from different districts. It'd most likely have been an even more powerful story if it had been two boys or two girls, but it's a gay relationship, so who cares? Either way it probably wouldn't be a New York Times bestseller. I'm surprised no one else has pointed this out. This is just sad, once again everyone in the LGBT community are reminded they are unimportant and don't exist, heterosexuals are the only ones who matter.
Also, this only mirrors one side of our American society. Shouldn't it mirror more to be a believable and plausible dystopia? I didn't think this was close to possible through most of the book. Brave New World is far more believable. However, Brave New World doesn't have a love triangle with a game show, so it must suck.
The Recipe for The Hunger Games:
Battle Royale (I don't believe for a minute Collins hadn't heard of this or had been pointed out how similar these stories were before the book was published) + The Running Man + The Long Walk + 1984 (for "Big Brother) + parts of Lord of the Flies + Random Game Shows like Wheel of Fortune + Survival Based Game Shows + Stereotypical American Consumers + Love Triangle + Horny Teenagers + Wolf Creatures (big wtf moment) + Vague world building + Science is a No-No = The Hunger Games Maybe environmentalists will like this book for being "recycled".
So, on with my earlier story. The evil librarian and her evil daughter forced me to also watch the movie trailer to try to get me interested. It didn't work, I refuse to watch the movie. Why did I "over think" the society Katniss lives in? Dystopias are supposed to make you think about if they could happen and this did not make me scared that it could happen due to all the gaping, senseless plot holes. This wasn't entertainment, either. I could have read a nice Margaret Atwood novel. Suzanne Collins didn't even scare me in the slightest. So, I'm going to stay on my island and hopefully never see this book again. But I ended kind of happily, I got my $10 Barnes and Noble gift card! I only wen t through so many pages of this junk, no t to mention dozens of typos.
I have heard of someone who also didn't like this book had been told by someone they must have a mental problem (they said the person was mentally retarded just because they didn't like this book). I have a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome and it didn't change how I felt about this book. Respect me and respect people who are worse off than me. I know mentally retarded people and their life is tough. My island is metaphorical, I do actually live in Indiana. I didn't like this book. If you did, please try to understand me. Don't make remarks that ultimately damage people less fortunate people than you who have mental problems. But don't pity me, either. I face my life, fighting people to stop disrespecting people who have mental issues. I know longer say the word "retarded" as an insult, it's only in my vocabulary to tell whether a person has a mental issue or not. I am currently the only person in my school who I know didn't like this book.
So, want good books about corrupted governments and controlling hate groups that are non-fiction and much more real than this and who do the kinds of things you hear about in this book or worse? That are a real threat to us?
These are real stories of real people and real groups who either overcome oppression or violently hurt people, or present a harsh reality. If you think any dystopia is truly scary, read these because fiction is nothing compared to this. I highly recommend these.
Fiction you should read instead:
Movies you should watch instead:
(Sorry they're all Nazi movies, if you can tell me any good North Korea, Russian Communist, or any good hate group documentary or movie, it would be appreciated, these are all I know.)
So why did I post all those books and movies? Because I want you to think about real threats we face. I definitely suggest Execution By Hunger if you're interested in hunger and starvation.
I give this book 2 stars because I liked Rue and only kept reading during the parts where she was in the book. I will not be reading the rest of the series or seeing the movie.
So what did this book copy off of? An award winning episode of the kids’ show Phineas and Ferb called “Nerds of a Feather”.
You’re going to have to watch the entire episode to understand what I’m saying in this review, and for fair warning it’s an epic episode.
In the beginning Candace is in “special effects” just like Tris was with the fear serum. They both realized it was crazy shit and they had to learn to control it while both ended up breaking the “glass” of it (Tris with the glass box filling with water, Candace with magical zebra land). They both can control it and it’s pretty much a wild lucid dream. Then it’s revealed it’s nothing more than a trick of the brain by a guy (revealed to Tris by Four and to Candace by Phineas).
Then each of them get a test. Candace and Tris both lie (Candace about the bag being full of smaller bags and to Stacey and Jeremy of who she was hanging out with, Tris lied to skeleton dude). They both get angry at people (Candace at Phineas and Ferb, Tris to everyone alive) showing they aren’t selfless and can’t keep peace or be kind. They both prove they’re not really brave (Candace being a closet Ducky Momo fan and Tris scared of sex, which yes people can fear it but this being YA lit and how flat the character was I couldn’t handle as realistic). They fail at the five factions. They fail that test and really are a mix of all of them with a greater will.
In “Doof ‘N’ Puss” it represents the supposed goodness of the society being destroyed by people. In it Doofenschmirtz is from the future where evil robots make people go off in death matches, an unwanted future like Tris’s society. Perry was blamed for something he didn’t do, which is a society injustice, which they use on Divergents, such as claiming suicide. Rick is the help they need to make good. The mayor is an evil monster which represents that antagonist woman I forgot the name of and all the other evils of the society that used to be good but is now an evil, ugly monster that must be defeated for the greater good of the tri-state area or Chicago. The vampire ninjas are the zombie Dauntless (only way cooler and everything explodes). The real mayor is the good that could have been there for the society.
The Finkies (selfless) vs. Spekkies (is based on hard scientific fact, it’s like watching a reality show from the distant future!) represents the selfless vs. the educated, both believing they are right, and both truly being selfish and ignorant. The Mom who gives the kid his sweater in “Our Movie’s Better Than Yours” represents the Honest saying they support the educated and the Sea Horsie Hospital, Duckie Momo fans represent the kind, either choosing no sides, trying to help others, giving a lot of hugs (that was all that the Kind did in the book), or not wanting to get into the mess.
Various scenes are taken from the episode. For example there’s Al’s suicide, he does something totally against his character so he kills himself. Who was the Al of Phineas and Ferb? Why no other than the “I Hate People” Ducky Momo that Candace ends up dropping because of the monster! The metaphorical monster that attacked Tris that was totally against the character of Al, who hates Tris (people), and Tris loses (metaphorically dropping him because of the monster). Well, Al was only $15. But Four (his counterpart in Phineas and Ferb is Jeremy, who is WAY better than he’ll ever be) doesn’t drink on the show, this is aimed at kids and nerds like me.
And who is that white haired dude with the pony tail? It’s Clive Addison! He represents all that the society wanted to get but didn’t even come close to getting. Those with high dreams tried to make it there but their stupid prejudices made it impossible. So instead of going to the greater good and getting his autograph, they start a war! But Clive the greater good just wanted to join the nations of fantasy and science fiction (and those lame factions, in this case the Sea Horsie Hospital and Ducky Momo fans). And like in this episode, somehow this series will meet the “greater good of their society” (it’s so predictable, anyway, I was guessing what was going on over and over again and I got things right!).
And of course there has to be heartwarming moments to make a good book (wrong)? Well there was definitely one in “Nerds of a Feather”, Ducky Momo! And Ducky Momo is the courage Candace has to head towards the greater good! And Tris’s was, maybe Four? Really if she had one I’m not sure what it was.
The romance was forced and instant for Tris with no chemistry (but since it’s between two living creatures we’ll call it biology). The one between Candace and Jeremy is very drawn out and nice (you’ll have to watch a few more episodes to understand, but when Jeremy thought Ducky Momo was cool, wow it was just too sweet). Oh Jeremy and Candace! Go out and love Ducky Momo together forever!
The wars were both very similar, and I believe the Dauntless zombies were the Spekkies who got brave somehow and fought over something stupid. And when Irving went to the Finkies it was a lot like when Tris went to the Erudites. They both ultimately failed and spread more lies.
And of course their control over the special effects improves. So we come to the ending. The ending of Phineas and Ferb was epic, but the ending of Divergent was pretty average for YA lit and I didn’t find it really great.
So Tris was. . . DIVERGENT!
Candace was. . . DIVERGENT!
And a note on everyone laughing at Candace in the end, it can honestly happen. People do something great and then someone finds something out about them and everyone’s mean to them. People were shocked when George Michael came out of the closet and the whole reason he wasn’t out when he was in Wham! was because everyone was afraid of how his female fans would react to it. But I’m sure Tris will be all self-righteous at the end and everything will go well for her. She seemed to slowly lose her flaws through the book to become this flawless person, which is creepy.
So basically you can learn the exact same stuff and have a better storyline in an episode of Phineas and Ferb. You can learn people fight and do stuff over total shit (take Harry Potter vs. Twilight for example, it’s a stupid fight over something that’s anti-feminist shit with pedophiles and misogynists with abs or something that has an age old gay guy making spells and using a sorting hat with two guys and this girl who is a nerd that nobody ever realizes is a girl. OK maybe that was a bad example, everyone knows Harry Potter pwns Twilight, it’s a law of the universe.). They even come up with useless shit that makes no sense (Roth’s world building). And yes, people will find it crazy that I’m comparing some *cough-cough* book that is *cough-cough fucking AMASHIN’* to a kids show. I just have to say this:
Tris’s mom was copied off of Ducky Momo.
Oh, and this:
SPEKKIES!!
Ratings:
2 out of 5 stars for Divergent.
5 out of 5 stars for “Nerds of a Feather”.
A hundred zillion stars for Ducky Momo. He is still my friend.
I read this book last year during Christmas break, I forgot whether I finished it before or after Christmas. At first I thought it was another stupid YA romance novel but I discovered it was a "dystopia" (before I read it there were no quotation marks) and I thought it sounded cool so I picked it up at the library (pretty much like every other book I read). I didn't like it, but I read the entire thing pretty quickly. Needless to say it bored me, I wasn't much for the romance, and it was so bad it got stuck in my head for months. Even back after I finished it I just couldn't fathom it as a dystopia. So here's my review. Get ready.
Reasons Why I Didn't Like This Book:
1. Lois Lowry. The pills, the death of the old people and the fact they're all sent to a retirement home, the arranged marriages, jobs and food being chosen for you, (it isn't explained why in here they do it, but Lois Lowry had great reasons why in The Giver), all were copied from The Giver. The Giver is one of the best novels I've ever read, this definitely not. When you copy Lois Lowry and I read it you're doomed (I'm speaking to you guys, too, Elana Johnson and Lauren Oliver)!
2. Divorce. So what happens? Do they just take their pill and it's ok? Bleh. And honestly, if it's going to be two people meeting each other who they never knew then I just don't understand how they'll actually get along unless they have a while to build the relationship. So Cassia and Kai, let's just say it's nothing more than a high school cliche.
3. Kai as an Invalid? His parents were murdered so now he can't get married and have kids? This makes no sense at all. I'm guessing the sins of the father are the sins of the son.
4. Their Tablets. So you make an important letter sound like a love letter? Really, that just didn't make sense because eventually you won't want someone to see something even if legal by the government.
5. 100 Everythings. This gets boring pretty quickly, especially packing people into theaters to listen to a song. Ever heard of CD's or is that too horrible?
6. Possible Forced Abortion. So at 31 no more kids and if the woman is say nine months pregnant you'll just abort it or something? And what if she already has dried up ovaries or is infertile? The fact that Cassia was so pretty and I think used makeup on her matching night means her ovaries could already be done for (yes pretty women, give birth now because tomorrow you'll become useless)! Even Tiller did late term abortions, but only if it was because the woman or her the kid's health. Yes, I've read about women in China eagerly having late term abortions when they're seven, eight, nine months prenant but in this they were scared. Someone should eventually get mad because of this. I hate sex seletive abortion and forced abortion (both happening here in the U.S.A. and China, China having a lot more) so Condie should read up about these issues to sound relevant! 7. Kai and Xander. I liked Xander more, but both of them I couldn't believe to be actual romantic partners with Cassia, no way Hose (sorry if spelled wrong, I skipped my Spanish elective so I could take technology). 8. Is Anyone Gay at all? Any Aces? I couldn't understand the singles very well. Some could be asexual, the rest I don't know. And just like every other teen "dystopian" there were no gays! How original!
1 star and that's it! But I know some people will like it, so read it if you think you'll like it, I didn't.
Some books to read instead: The Giver by Lois Lowry along with Gathering Blue and Messenger
I can't think of any more because that was the dystopia it was most related to, although it shared like one or two tiny aspects with Brave New World,another read
Yeah, another Amazon cover in which I'm too lazy to remove the "Click to look inside!" thing.
I read this book a month ago but never posted a review, so here it is.
Summary:
Vi, a teenager who's arranged to marry her match Zenn, is a goodie. She isn't a dreaded Baddie. She however breaks rules by cutting and dying her hair, walking with her boyfriend, and not listening to her transmissions. She's put in prison for a guy she falls in love with a baddie named Jag.
Reasons I Didn't Like This Book:
1. Started well, stopped around page twenty-five. At first I thought the mind control was creepy, but then it lost its effect.
2. The Romance. Boring, the whole plot of the book.
3. Better Brainwashing. Some people just wouldn't plug something into the wall, really. Aldous Huxley used a better method in Brave New World where children listened to rhymes over and over while they slept peacefully. It couldn't be unplugged, but put in a bad rhyme and you're doomed to an island. Huxley clearly knew what he was doing in 1932.
3. The Rules. Don't people need vitamin D from the sun and can't cover everything? Most of the rules are unexplained like most teen "dystopias" and therefore are useless.
4. Anyone Gay? When it mentioned girls walking with girls and boys with boys I thought it meant they were gay, but instead they were "civilized". This ticked me off and of course gays aren't mentioned.
5. The Names. Greenie, Goodie, Baddie, really.
6. Vi's Dad. He was a boring "antagonist". Vi mentions her mother had a loveless marriage to him. To be honest, most arranged marriages through history involved neither of the spouses loving each other, it's sad and simple. 7. The Action Was Boring. And the book really confused me, it was too hard to understand. 8. How Did This Happen? Elana Johnson on her own blog admits she hadn't bothered with a backstory for Possession! I mean it was confusing enough, but really? This was too hard to believe considering there are sadly far more believable forms of mind control. 9. Not Having Pets. This reminded me of a scene in the movie Equilibrium (Christian Bale!), as in way a lot. 10. George Orwell much? The ending made me think of 1984, only cheesier and with no rats.
Really, I can't think of any part I liked about this book. I remember seeing it in the store and thinking it sounded great, I almost even bought it (thankfully I bought Hate List and Julie Anne Peter's She Loves You, She Loves You Not instead, which are also two of my most favorite books, this one definitely not one). So I'm glad I spent the cash instead on Jennifer Brown and Julie Anne Peters!
Thank you Pulse it! http://www.simonandschuster.com/specials/pulseit/index.html
1 tiny little star.
What do I reccomend instead of this? Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 1984 and Animal Farm (yes, a book about pigs) by George Orwell The Giver by Lois Lowry since it also shares similar themes
Christian Bale's Equilibrium (yeah, it's a movie, but hey it's better)
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
