pickCracking good dystopia fiction.
I liked the plot, ending was good and the short chapters kept me going.
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The Survival Game | 
pickCracking good dystopia fiction.
I liked the plot, ending was good and the short chapters kept me going.
pickPhew, what a read! An excellent example of what YA can, and should, be. Which is a lot of things but to me most specifically it should be universal - and this is). The story starts in media res & slowly reveals the salient events that came before but it's not that part of the story that is most important - it's how the journey ends. The characters are excellently drawn - the hard nosed & driven MC & the little mute boy who... cont. in comments ⬇️
pickA grim dystopian tale, set in the near future after climate change has changed the planet and its politics. Mhari is left alone after her parents are killed and she‘s travelled back from Sudan to her home in Scotland and to control the population people are given the needle when they reach 75, and in some circumstances you can gift your life years to others.
I would have liked a little more background into how the world climate had changed
pickI also read this over the weekend. It‘s described as a children‘s book, but other than the fact that the main character is a 14 year old girl, I didn‘t feel that it was over simplified in any way. This is set in a present day where global warming is having disastrous consequences. The main character is trying to make her way from the Sudan to the Isle of Aran in Scotland - without her parents. She has some terrible experiences. Worth reading.
pickThis was a great fast paced, YA dystopian novel. I loved little Mo, and I think the author really made him jump off the page with personality despite him not uttering a word! Due for publication 26th July. Reviewed via #netgalley
