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Decent YA dystopia that I think I may have read a little close to Under My Skin which has similar themes. I liked Callie, even when I questioned her choices and I was glad to see that some right-thinking adults were part of the solution. I will read the second in the series when/if I come across it.
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The writing is really weak and I just don't much care about Callie. The world building makes no sense to me. Why are some people so old? If there are 110 year olds how frail can a 70 year old really be? Why didn't anyone in between 20 and 60 live? Are here no Enders anywhere who are grandparents and would want to look out for these kids? More like an underdeveloped thought experiment than anything and more dystopian than post-apocalyptic I think.
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I read this via Netgalley.com
The war destroyed everyone who wasn't vaccinated against the spores. All that were left were the Starters - children - and the Enders - the elderly. Before the war, when people realized that they could now live to age 200, they outlawed children working, and now children who had no remaining family members squat in buildings and scrounge for food, evading the marshalls who come to put them in institutions.
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The war destroyed everyone who wasn't vaccinated against the spores. All that were left were the Starters - children - and the Enders - the elderly. Before the war, when people realized that they could now live to age 200, they outlawed children working, and now children who had no remaining family members squat in buildings and scrounge for food, evading the marshalls who come to put them in institutions.
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Yet another dystopian series (at least there's definitely a sequel in the works, if not more books). The twist here is that the Spore Wars (enemy unknown) have led to a situation where adults between 20 and 60 have essentially died off, and those minors without grandparents (or great-grandparents, or great-aunts/uncles) are either institutionalized or living as squatters. Because this is set in Los Angeles, there's an even greater disparity between the really rich of Beverley Hills and everyone
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I'm not quite sure what to think of this book quite yet.
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Wow! An incredibly thrilling dystopian, can't wait for the sequel!
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Nov 01, 2011
Lisa
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