The Gist
After the Second Civil War was fought, a law called the Bill of Life was passed. It legalized the murder of teenagers. Connor Lassiter is too much trouble for his parents. He gets into fights at school, does whatever he wants to do whenever he wants to do it, and is just simply too much to handle. But Connor isn’t stupid. He finds his signed Unwind Forms only a few weeks before his scheduled unwinding, and instead of going along with it, like most kids, he decides to kick AWOL and escape. Risa Ward is a ward of the state. Though her grades are great, her behavior is excellent, and her piano playing is superb, she’s just not special enough to be kept alive any longer. On her way to Harvest Camp – the common name for an unwinding facility – she gets her chance at freedom when her bus crashes on the high way, trying to avoid hitting some crazy unwind kid kicking AWOL. Lev Jedediah Calder is a tithe. A child born and raised solely for the purpose of being unwound. Lev is proud to have a purpose, he’s proud of who he is, and most importantly, he’s proud of being a tithe. On his way to Harvest Camp he’s kidnapped by two insane unwinds kicking AWOL, who are both convinced that by kidnapping him, they are saving him from the terrible fate of being unwound. Connor, Risa, and Lev run for their lives, just trying to make it to their eighteenth birthdays. Because by then, they’ll be adults. And killing adults is still against the law.
What We Think
What We Think
Reviewed by Dream Catcher
Number of Pages: 335
The first time I heard about this book was two years ago. My friend was reading it, and I remember being vaguely interested in it, but back then I didn’t really like those kinds of books. Ones that really creep you out and make you think about it late into the night. Two years later – a.k.a now – I saw it in the bookstore while buying books that were on my 2010 list. I read the back. I bought the book. I put the book on my list. I read it. I reviewed it. It was amazing. It was such a crazy idea I wasn’t sure if I was even going to be able to get through it. But I did, obviously, and it was one of the best books I’ve ever read. It’s also written in third person, which only added to my hesitation to read it in the first place. I usually don’t like third person books. I feel detached from the characters, while when reading first person, I feel as though I am one of the characters. But this was not the case here. The characters were well-developed, unique, and had many sides to them, which always makes things more interesting. Though the writing of this book, and the characters were really great, that wasn’t what made the book so phenomenal. It was the story itself. The plotline. The idea of it. It’s like the insane genius of books. It made me think about the future – it’s a futuristic book, by the way – and about human nature. A must read. Fantastic, spooky, and hopeful.
Real Teen Rating~ A+ : What are you doing still reading this, go buy the book now!
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