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2.85 AVERAGE
2.85 AVERAGE
I had such a great time reading this book, getting to know these characters, and I can't wait to read book 2 now!
OVERALL IMPRESSION: I didn't like this story. I was excited at the beginning of this book after reading the summary, but it fell flat for me. The story didn't seem to go anywhere. I was really interested in the variants, but we don't get to find out much about them and that was disappointing. Harper Teen usually comes out with some amazing books and they are definitely my favorite publisher when it comes to putting out the best books, but I feel like they missed with this one. I am pretty sure that I will not be picking up any of the other books in this trilogy.
CHARACTERS: I didn't really connect with any of the characters. I felt like they were flat and didn't have very strong personalities.
COVER: I do like the cover. I love that the title is made up of wood boards. The cover is the most exciting part of this book.
**I received an ARC copy of this book from Amazon Vine for my honest review.
CHARACTERS: I didn't really connect with any of the characters. I felt like they were flat and didn't have very strong personalities.
COVER: I do like the cover. I love that the title is made up of wood boards. The cover is the most exciting part of this book.
**I received an ARC copy of this book from Amazon Vine for my honest review.
Levi was the most interesting character and the star given is just for him.
Esther and her sister, Sarah live in Prin. A town that may have once been beautiful but has not been almost all but destroyed. The survivors are just that. Surviving. People in Prin have three jobs…harvesting, gleaning, or excavation. Their leader Levi lives in a fortress called the Source. Levi is a mean leader. However the people of Prin have to worry more about the variant or mutants. The variant live on the outskirts of Prin. Lately, they have gotten more violent.
The people receive a hero in the form of a young boy named Caleb.
Wasteland is a good start to this new young adult series. This series is more post apocalyptic, which is fastly becoming one of the hottest rising genres around along with steam punk.
Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan make a great writing team. The story just flowed and I did not have to stumble along or could tell who wrote which parts. This is important when there are several writers involved in a book. I want to be able to just read. What really got me hooked with this book is the world that Esther lives in. The authors described it in such detail that it was like I could feel the heat from the sun scorching my skin. The best way that I can describe it is to compare it to the movie, Pitch Black with Vin Diesel. Where Vin and his crew crashed on a planet that was pretty much desolate.
The people receive a hero in the form of a young boy named Caleb.
Wasteland is a good start to this new young adult series. This series is more post apocalyptic, which is fastly becoming one of the hottest rising genres around along with steam punk.
Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan make a great writing team. The story just flowed and I did not have to stumble along or could tell who wrote which parts. This is important when there are several writers involved in a book. I want to be able to just read. What really got me hooked with this book is the world that Esther lives in. The authors described it in such detail that it was like I could feel the heat from the sun scorching my skin. The best way that I can describe it is to compare it to the movie, Pitch Black with Vin Diesel. Where Vin and his crew crashed on a planet that was pretty much desolate.
**A big thank you to HarperCollins for sending me this ARC!**
(Due to the fact that it is an Advanced copy that I am reviewing, my review will not reflect the quality of the writing)
I had high hopes for this novel but, unfortunately, find myself feeling disappointed. This was a very "meh" novel. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. There wasn't really anything memorable about it to me. Wasteland is a dystopia novel, where there are no adults living past the age of 19. And what's the most important aspect in a dystopia? World-building! Well, this one fell short in that area. I'm coming out of the novel with a ton of questions about the world: Why are there no adults? What happened to the society we live in now? What caused it to change? How is it that the one character, Joseph, has cats? This does not feel like a world where one would have pets -- adults can't survive, but domesticated animals can?
I found the characters to be bland and forgettable. Esther is the main character and I found it very difficult to connect with her, or with any of the characters for that matter. Probably the most developed character was Levi, the villain. We learn about his tortured past and why he is the way that he is.
Overall, I honestly don't know if I would recommend this book. The story is interesting, but lacking in explanatory aspects. It is definitely a unique premise for a story, I'll give it that. But, a lot of things fell short for me and I find myself uninterested in reading the sequel. I probably still will, but it won't be high up on my list.
This review was originally posted on SIK Book Reviews
(Due to the fact that it is an Advanced copy that I am reviewing, my review will not reflect the quality of the writing)
I had high hopes for this novel but, unfortunately, find myself feeling disappointed. This was a very "meh" novel. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. There wasn't really anything memorable about it to me. Wasteland is a dystopia novel, where there are no adults living past the age of 19. And what's the most important aspect in a dystopia? World-building! Well, this one fell short in that area. I'm coming out of the novel with a ton of questions about the world: Why are there no adults? What happened to the society we live in now? What caused it to change? How is it that the one character, Joseph, has cats? This does not feel like a world where one would have pets -- adults can't survive, but domesticated animals can?
I found the characters to be bland and forgettable. Esther is the main character and I found it very difficult to connect with her, or with any of the characters for that matter. Probably the most developed character was Levi, the villain. We learn about his tortured past and why he is the way that he is.
Overall, I honestly don't know if I would recommend this book. The story is interesting, but lacking in explanatory aspects. It is definitely a unique premise for a story, I'll give it that. But, a lot of things fell short for me and I find myself uninterested in reading the sequel. I probably still will, but it won't be high up on my list.
This review was originally posted on SIK Book Reviews