Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1) in Obsessed With YA & NA

Dec 18, 2012 Whitney Atkinson rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2013

WOW I can't wait until my book buying ban is up so I can get the rest of the series. ...more

9 likes · Like · see review

Jun 12, 2012 Erika rated it liked it · review of another edition

To put it simply, this book is trying way too hard to be a young adult dystopian novel. I loved the synopsis on the back of the book, but was extremely disappointed that the book didn't really stay true to that or explained why anything happened. It was extremely hard to believe that the only country that was still around was the US. How do you put all the other continents underwater without raising the sea level and wiping out the US as well? None of that logic made any sense. And as far as the ...more

Like · see review

Jul 11, 2013 Kirsten rated it really liked it

Shelves: distopian

Going into this book I was extremely skeptical. People seem to be divided when it comes to this story and I can see why. I personally enjoyed it. It did take me a little bit to get into it, but I thought the story was well told. I have never read a book that dealt with polygamy, and the idea of having sister wives is a bit odd, but this story had an interesting take on it. I enjoyed reading about the relationships among the sister wives, and the relationship with the husband was well... akward. ...more

Like · see review

Jan 14, 2012 Paige Bradish rated it really liked it

I bought Wither to put an honest review of it up on my blog.

Wither is a story of a 16 year old girl named Rhine who is captured by the society I guess you would call it, and she’s thrown in a van with a bunch of other teenage girls who could possibly be wife material for Linden Ashby. Her and two other girls are picked and moved to the mansion to be married and to live in the mansion with each other as sister wives.

When I first read the back of this book I was very intrigued by what it said. Th I bought Wither to put an honest review of it up on my blog.

Wither is a story of a 16 year old girl named Rhine who is captured by the society I guess you would call it, and she’s thrown in a van with a bunch of other teenage girls who could possibly be wife material for Linden Ashby. Her and two other girls are picked and moved to the mansion to be married and to live in the mansion with each other as sister wives.

When I first read the back of this book I was very intrigued by what it said. They die at young ages and their involved in polygamous marriages. It sounds so crazy and weird but this book had no problems holding my attention especially once it started getting towards the end I couldn’t put it down.

Rhine is such a strong girl. She’s torn from her life forced to leave her twin brother alone all by himself and forced to marry this older guy whom she doesn’t even know. But the whole time she stays calm because she knows in her heart that she is going to find a way to escape. Her other sister wives though are very different from her. The oldest Jenna resents everything she doesn’t like her husband she hates living in the mansion she even hates her sister wives for awhile and this doesn’t really change but I can understand why. Cecily the youngest sister wife is the complete opposite of Jenna. This is the life she’s always wanted to live in a mansion and to be married to a rich older man and she loves every second of it.

This society is so crazy, I can’t imagine living in a world where boys die at the age of 25 and girls die at the age of 20. We just wouldn’t have lives and it so sad, I mean these young girls are being forced to have babies only to die before these babies can even recognize their mothers. That’s one reason why this book is so intriguing I loved the mystery of if they are going to find the cure to this curse.

In the end I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars it was incredible but some of the scenes dragged on for a bit long. But don’t fret because I will be reading the second book! I need to know what happens next J ...more

Like · see review

Mar 24, 2013 Katie rated it liked it

This book was not at all what I expected. The beginning was weird and deliciously creepy. It was unlike anything I've read in awhile. While the concept was very intriguing, the rest of the book wasn't that good. Much of the rest was typical "YA dystopia." One of the things that I did like about the book was the author's writing. It was filled with detailed descriptions and thought-provoking metaphors and questions.

Overall, I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. ...more

Like · see review

Aug 03, 2013 Eliza rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopian, post-apocalyptic, romance, read-before-goodreads

I was tossing between giving the book 3 or 4 stars but I finally gave it 4 because it did make me stay up to read. I found myself wanting to know what happens. In saying that, there was some questionable parts in the plot like why would 13 year old child get impregnated, just doesn't seem right.

I personally find the beginning could have been better, I did not really get into the books until quite a few chapters in. The world building wasn't the best but it was passable. The characters did develo ...more

Like · see review