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Pure
Pure | Julianna Baggott
We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . . Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers . . . to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash . . . There are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked. Pures. They are tucked safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy, superior bodies. Yet Partridge, whose father is one of the most influential men in the Dome, feels isolated and lonely. Different. He thinks about loss-maybe just because his family is broken; his father is emotionally distant; his brother killed himself; and his mother never made it inside their shelter. Or maybe it's his claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome has become a swaddling of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped phrase suggests his mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his life to leave the Dome to find her. When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again.
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Roary47
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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Pure is very unique in a good way. The world is one I‘ve never seen before. After a destructive force individuals under the dome were fine without any marks, burns, or blemish. They are known as the pure‘s. Then conversely those outside were damaged and molded to what items were left to repair them. There is also Zombie-like dust‘s that those outside the dome need to contend with.

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Jess861
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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I randomly picked up this book while I had a long wait at an airport. I don't ever have the time to finish a book in one sitting but I did with this one. Even though it is 430 pages I gobbled it up. I was immediately drawn into the world that Julianna Baggott built and enjoyed the characters. I'm always a sucker for any type of Dystopia!

#GratefulReads #ReadInOneSitting #YoungAdult #Dystopia

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚🖤 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty cover 🦋 5y
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Deborah42
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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The world-building is phenomenal.

Enhanced nuclear weapons have destroyed nearly everything. The survivors have been fused with whatever they were holding (or standing next to) during the Detonation, creating grotesque mutations. Pressia has a doll's head for a hand.

The Pures were safe from the Detonations, protected inside of the Dome. Partridge is one of them.

Pressia and Partridge soon find out that more than mere chance binds them.

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fairytale.kingdom
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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Pure - Julianna Baggott

This book deserves a 4 out of 5 ⭐ due to world building!

I just love this world, it is very well constructed.

I do believe tho there could have been more character development throughout the book

However it was still very entertaining and fun and amazingly written so, i rate this a 4 out of 5 ⭐

#booke #fangirl #booklover #bookworm

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readem_andweep
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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Loved this when I was in high school. Haven't read it since, but I'm going to assume my feelings haven't changed. I love dystopia and this one was definitely unique. 5/5 stars

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JacintaMCarter
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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Are butterflies #insects, or do they belong to a different animal group? I have no idea. #JuneBookBugs

the_hibernator They are, indeed, insects of the order Lepidoptera 8y
RealLifeReading @the_hibernator thanks! Learnt something new today 8y
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StephanieMarie
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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#riotgrams #currentread This is actually a reread for me since I let too much time elapse between reading it and starting the sequel and now I don't remember what happens 😑

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JacintaMCarter
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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Even though the dystopia genre has been adapted within an inch of its life, I still believe #ThisShouldBeAMovie. #SeasonsReadings16

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JustMyBookishLife
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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This book is absolutely amazing, I feel like it doesn't get the hype it deserves! The world is unlike anything I have ever read. Makes hunger games look like a tea party! I love the plot and the beautiful writing!

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Ksvz
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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Interesting premise that felt a lot like Oryx and Crake mixed with some Divergent and a good slathering of steampunk. I think her world is amazing. The characters not so much.

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Ksvz
Pure | Julianna Baggott
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Audiobooks about dystopian features and descriptions subdivision remains made a little more visceral