Tag: #dystopianfiction
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The One Review
35 girls enter, four are left, and only one can wear the crown. Of course, we already know who that one is but the journey America takes as she inadvertedly starts a revolution prompts . . . conflicting feelings. Since King Clarkson threatened America in the previous book, she’s been on her best behavior and…
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Extras Review
Three years after Tally unleashed the mind-rain, Japan is running on a reputation econnomy. Whether you’re a neofoodie, techhead, mangahead, reputation bomber or kicker, you gain money and privileges based on your face ranking. Basically, Westerfeld predicted influencers and people being paid because they’re instagram/tiktok famous. Decades before it happened! Amazing and really surreal. Aya…
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Specials Review
We’re back to square one, sort of. Tally is once again brainwashed after surgery but this time she’s not another one of the bubblehead pretties but a special, a superhuman soldier with fangs, ultra-senses and titanium skeleton. Basically the world’s deadliest weapon and an enforcer of Dr. Cable to keep moore of the Smokies’ cure…
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Pretties Review
Where we last left Tally, she bravely sacrificed her mind to become pretty, knowing at the opportune time, David and the others would give her the potential cure so they can see if it will really work and spread their message across PrettyTown.
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Uglies Review
In a world where everyone is ugly until they turn sixteen, everyone is equal. After all, people in the past used to be so prejudiced. Fighting wars over race, giving unfair privileges to those who happen to be prettier or taller or more attractive even if they’re unqualified. From there, humanity realized its flaws and…
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The Maze Cutter Review
Dashner returns to the world of the Maze Runner seventy three years later for a brand new mysterious adventure of the world at war between the Godhead in Alaska, the Remnet Nation in the Plains, and the islander descendants who may have the solution to the Cure. Just as before, Dashner creates an immersive world…
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The Fever Code Review
As the world descends into a wasteland full of homocidal Crankheads, Stephen is “saved” by WICKED and sent to their HQ. But even though his mother gave him to them, he refuses to play by their rules. He won’t forget his name, he won’t pretend to have no idea of his past. That notion is…
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The Kill Order Review
This will be a pretty short review as the prequel follows a small group of people as they first experience the spread of the Flare (then just unknown disease) with their journey to find out the cause and potential cure which leads to it picking them off one by one as they race against forest…
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The Death Cure Review
The final book in the trilogy has a very apt name as Thomas, and the Gladers seem to have finally reached the end of their journey with WICKED. Their minds will be removed of the Swipe, the cure is near. But it is WICKED, and Thomas, Newt and Minho don’t plan to accept their explanations…
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The Scorch Trials Review
Thomas and the rest of the Gladers had thought that things were going to be okay now that they got out of the Maze. But after only 24 hours of rest, they are thrust into a new trials because it turns WICKED’s machinations turn out to be less than altrustic. What do you expect with…