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A review by booksandbraids
Wasteland by Susan Kim
3.0
It was okay. I read a couple of the other poorer reviews and I agree with a lot of the stuff said. The concept of the whole world itself had flaws. It wasn't as clearly explained as it could have been and there were a lot of facts that didn't quite fit together.
All the things that didn't quite work for me that I can think of at the moment after finishing the book at 1am:
-horrible explanation of exactly when or how this future dystopian came into being
-why did no one decide to grow their own crops and raise livestock? Not even at the end.
-why had no one thought of aquifers and underground springs to begin with. It's not like its some big secret. And what made that water safe and not any other water? The water that rains soaks into the ground. It could contaminate it. The access to the water with the spring was above ground. Why didn't that especially get contaminated.
-what made joe go into hiding in the first place? If he knew he was like a decade almost olde than everyone else. Why didn't he mention something. And why did no one else notice.
Also, as someone else had pointed out in their review, the whole idea of 12 year olds settling down in "partners" as an official pair and starting a family that young is weird in my opinion. I guess they really have no other choice considering they all die at 19 but still.
All the things that didn't quite work for me that I can think of at the moment after finishing the book at 1am:
-horrible explanation of exactly when or how this future dystopian came into being
-why did no one decide to grow their own crops and raise livestock? Not even at the end.
-why had no one thought of aquifers and underground springs to begin with. It's not like its some big secret. And what made that water safe and not any other water? The water that rains soaks into the ground. It could contaminate it. The access to the water with the spring was above ground. Why didn't that especially get contaminated.
-what made joe go into hiding in the first place? If he knew he was like a decade almost olde than everyone else. Why didn't he mention something. And why did no one else notice.
Also, as someone else had pointed out in their review, the whole idea of 12 year olds settling down in "partners" as an official pair and starting a family that young is weird in my opinion. I guess they really have no other choice considering they all die at 19 but still.