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Tessa and I will start reading Pure on March 16th. Feel free to join us.

Synopsis:

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.

I'll join you guys :) .

I'll read Pure with you Nicolas :) .

Kathryn wrote: "I'm really sorry, I just realized I posted the wrong book, I meant to post #2 in this series, so if you want to read that afterwards that would be great"

Don't worry, Kathryn, there's no problem.

Tessa wrote: "I'll read Pure with you Nicolas :) ."

I'm glad you joined me, Tessa.

I'm in!

Welcome, Sophie.

I'll join you guys for Pure definitely and maybe for the second one too!

Thanks for joining us.

No problem, this sounds good!!!

Has anyone started reading the book? I have, and I'm loving it: The concept for this post-apocalyptic world is great, and even though the dual perspective might be confusing at first, the story and goals of the main characters adds that thing to this book, which makes it more enjoyable.

(Chapters Cabinets-Knife)
(view spoiler)[First of all, I have to say that it is a bit disturbing these mutation that happened after the Detonations. And it is also horrible what the OSR (or ORS, I don't remember) forces this people to do, especially in the conditions they live in.
On the other side, Partridge seems nice, but I hate his father so much, and I can't bare the idea of a father who doesn't even remember his child's birthday.
I'm also at a crossroads in my opinion to the Dome because I love the idea of living in peace and isolated from the outside world, but I hate it because of this "experiment" or thing they are doing--I hate that they are the ones who caused the detonations and this "new world," which is only available to the "elite." I hate that they left all this people behind, including Bradwell's family (heartbreaking). (hide spoiler)]

I'm finishing up Forbidden right now, I'll be starting pure tomorrow! Sorry for the late start!

I started this yesterday, but I forgot to come here and comment.
28% in
(view spoiler)[The story is kinda slow. I don't feel so engaged in it so far. I'm happy that Pressia managed to get away from the OSR and that she meet Partridge. So far it's a lot of worlds building and not that much action.It seems that life is pretty shitty outside and in the Dome.
I'm also sorry that Lyda got left behind. (hide spoiler)]

I'm so sorry for not reading much, but I have school, and I really want to do well this year, which leaves me no time to read.
(Chapters Knife-Shoe)
(view spoiler)[I don't know what to say apart from "it is cool." I like it but I'm still expecting something more. Also, I'm starting to hate Lydia, but I don't know why. To me, this character is useless. (hide spoiler)]

Don't worry, I'm also going to read this slowly. One reason is because I'm not that engaged in the story.

At first I was engaged with the story but, now, I don't know, I'm not so enthusiastic about it.
(Chapters Shoe-Gun)
(view spoiler)[Oh, God, I thought that Patridge and Bradwell were brothers, I don't know why that occurred to me. Bradwell seems to be a nice character, and I really want to learn more about him. I hope there won't be--though I'm pretty sure there will be--a love triangle, I'm done with them. (hide spoiler)]

I'm 31 pages in or 7%. I don't know, so far I just really haven't been able to get into it. The third person view point is really different from the third person I'm used to. It's a little disorienting. I'm in the same position as you Nicholas with school and everything.

I'm thirty six pages in and I just can't get into it. I don't know, but now that I'm reading it, it isn't as interesting as I thought it would be. I feel like its moving really slow and it's just not quite striking my fancy. I don't think I'm going to finish this one. Sorry guys.

Andrea wrote: "I'm thirty six pages in and I just can't get into it. I don't know, but now that I'm reading it, it isn't as interesting as I thought it would be. I feel like its moving really slow and it's just n..."
No problem. I'm also having second thoughts about this and I'm not even reading it, I'm listening to the audiobook, far more easier. And 28% in the story it's still not that interesting...

Also, I hate the constant change of perspective. The author changes the perspective when something gets really interesting, forcing me to read the perspective of someone else and forget about what had happened before to certain character.

Nicolas wrote: "Also, I hate the constant change of perspective. The author changes the perspective when something gets really interesting, forcing me to read the perspective of someone else and forget about what ..."
Yeah, it's a trick to make you read each perspective at the same pace. Sometimes it works, sometimes is just plain annoying. So far, El Capitan's story is the only one I'm interested and he just barely showed up.

I'm sorry Nicolas, but I decided to drop this book as well.
I tried to read it and this is not a bad book it's just overly complex and not that interesting. You have to be in a certain mood to really enjoy it. Or really like complex world building and have the patience to get into a very slow story.

30% in and I still don't know what the main story is :( . Right now it looks like a survival story.

I agree with you 100% Tessa and you got further than I did!

Yeah, I think I'll be dropping this book too. I just hate it when a book seems good but turns out to be . . . well, not interesting.

Ugh it's the worst, especially when you are almost done! I've had that happen a couple of times. Mostly it was novels I had to read for a class. :/

Andrea wrote: "Ugh it's the worst, especially when you are almost done! I've had that happen a couple of times. Mostly it was novels I had to read for a class. :/"

Tell me about it. It's sad that I never discovered pleasure reading until after I finished high-school. Romanian classics are just so dull and tragic *ugh*.

Very true. The thing that sucked about the books they assigned at my high school was that they were very dry and unrelatable. I know books like Night are revered as these amazing survivor stories and prize winners, but to a fifteen year old girl living fifty years after the holocaust, it wasn't as interesting. It also didn't help that I read it in eighth grade. I know certain stories are assigned by the state, but I feel like I would have learned more by picking my own book about a chosen topic.

Oh, I actually want to try Night, but I do think I'll judge it differently and probably enjoy it more now than I would have when I was 15 years old.

Yeah. It's a very powerful and moving book. You could gain a lot from it, but personally I think it's way too mature for sophomores and especially eighth graders to read. They should be reading other YA.

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Might be starting a day or 2 late. Little behind on another book. But will start very soon!

20%: (view spoiler)[ This book is okay. I think it is a slow paced book. I am not in love with it, and I hope it does get better because that will be great. (hide spoiler)]

34%: (view spoiler)[ I like Bradwell, I hope I grow to love him. Because he seems like an awesome guy. There is nothing really happening in this book, so that makes me bored a bit. (hide spoiler)]

53%: (view spoiler)[ "There were a lot of people like my parents, fighting the good fight. They ran out of time." This is now getting interesting. (hide spoiler)]

69%: (view spoiler)[ This book is disturbing sometimes. I don't think I can go through all of that. I commend the characters for that. (hide spoiler)]

90%: (view spoiler)[ I really like Glassings! He is awesome! I hope this book ends well because it was interesting read when the pace picked up. (hide spoiler)]

Pg 50 (view spoiler)[These are some strange fusions and mutations> How did they survive?! (hide spoiler)]

Pg 111 (view spoiler)[Interesting that everyone has some mutation or other. (hide spoiler)]

Pg 185 (view spoiler)[Brandwell is so stubborn!. (hide spoiler)]

Sharon wrote: "69%: No kidding! And it is written quite vividly.

Done (view spoiler)[So Bradwell ends up as my favorite character. Wasn't too sure at first. Figured I would but undecided. But by 3/4 through his character had me hooked! (hide spoiler)]