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Sto caricando le informazioni... Dystopia (edizione 2013)di Janet McNulty (Autore)
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Appartiene alle SerieDystopia Trilogy (1)
Science Fiction.
Young Adult Fiction.
HTML: Imagine living in a world where everything you do is controlled. In the distant future the United States has been split into two regions separated by a barren wasteland; this is the country of Dystopia. Here the individual is discouraged, freedom is an illusion, food is rationed, and everything you do is tracked by a chip implanted in your arm. This is Dana Ginary's world. At age seventeen, people receive their career assignments chosen for them by a government body. Forced to work at the Waste Management Plant because she was declared too individualistic, Dana finds herself surrounded by death and brutality. Knowing her days are numbered, she looks for a way to leave the plant before she, too, becomes one of its causalities. It is then she meets a man named George and soon finds herself caught up in a cat and mouse game between the resistance and the Dystopian government. Dana finds herself faced with an agonizing choice of whom she will betray and whom she will save: her friend George, her parents, or herself. .Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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4
I enjoyed the premise of this book and liked most of the concepts. The vocabulary was pretty basic, but suitable for the young adult audience this is aimed at. I will warn parents of younger kids who may be interested that there is some mild profanity (shit, damn, bastard, bullshit) but used very sparingly. Also some violence and death, but spares the gory details. No romance or sexual content.
I did not rate this any higher because there were many instances of things happening that were so unbelievable, and I prefer my dystopias to be plausible. Most of the dialogue I felt was on the cheesy side as well with friendships forming very quickly and trust gained too easily.
The ending doesn't really resolve anything because this is apparently the first in a trilogy or series. I'm mildly curious to see what happens next, but not going to lose sleep over it and probably won't read further any time soon because my to-read list is huge. (