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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Steelheart

I would recommend this book for kids ages twelve and up



Many years ago this explosion in the sky called the Calamity came and it gave certain people powers.  These people are called epics and the epics are terrible people.  When the most powerful epic, Steelheart, comes and kills many people including David's dad, David wants revenge. David has spent his whole life researching epics and how they can be killed.  That's when David finds out about the Reckoners.  The Reckoners have committed their entire lives to killing the weaker epics.  When David finally tracks down the epics, he asks to be part of their group, so that he can have help killing Steelheart.  The Reckoners accept him into their group and begin a plan on how to kill Steelheart.  In order to get to Steelheart, they have to kill all the epics around Steelheart, David is willing to do anything, but the rest of the Reckoners might not be so willing.


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Five Out of Five Stars

This book was really really good, it was kind of like a different take on superheroes. The problem is, although I really enjoyed the book as I was reading it, it was very forgettable. This was not a book that stuck with me as much as I would have liked it to.


This book had very mild bad language, mild romance, and mild violence.


My favorite character is Cody, who is one of the Reckoners, because he is sarcastic and lightens the mood.

Author: Brandon Sanderson
pages: 400

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Delirium

I would recommend this book for ages thirteen plus.



This book takes place in a society where any type of love is considered a disease and at the age of eighteen, you have a surgery that cures you from love.  Lena who is seventeen, along with her best friend Hana, are ready to get the cure.  Once you get the cure, you are then considered normal in the society. Once you have the cure, the society matches you up with who you are going to marry and how many kids you are going to have.  Lena then notices that Hana does not seem as excited about the cure as she used to be. Hana has begun to realize that if they get the cure, they will never be able to have fun ever again, because they would not be able to love anything.  Hana starts to go to illegal parties, that some of their friends are having, and Lena goes to try to stop her.  At the party Lena meets a boy named Alex.  Alex is nineteen and already has the cure.  Alex and Lena start talking at the party and end up becoming really good friends.  After talking for a couple more days Alex tells Lena that he is not cured, and has been pretending.  Lena soon realizes that she does not want the cure either, and would rather try to escape with Alex and Hana.  The only way out is through an electric fence with security cameras and guards everywhere.  Lena thinks that it is impossible to escape, but Alex thinks he knows a way out.


I have noticed that something that really draws me in, is a dystopian book with a unique plot. I can honestly say that before I read this book, I never thought of how a world with out love would be like. If you think about it love is in everything. You can say that you love your family, but you can also say that you love pizza. Lauren Oliver shows perfectly that without love, there is hate. Love is happiness, and without it people become angry and frustrated. I really enjoyed this book, and would recommend it for sure.


My favorite character was Hana, because for a long time she was the only person that realized that the cure was not going to help them.


This book had medium swearing, and medium violence.  Even though there is violence it is not overly graphic.  This book also has medium romance.



Five Out of Five Stars
Author: Lauren Oliver
Pages: 441
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