Tag: dystopian

BOOK REVIEW: Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

June 26, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
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BOOK REVIEW: Partials by Dan Wells

February 22, 2015 Reading Life 1 Comment
Book: Partials by Dan Wells Genre: YA, Dystopian Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America…

BOOK REVIEW: The Maze Runner by James Dashner

June 12, 2014 Reading Life No Comments
Book: The Maze Runner by James Dashner Genre: YA, Dystopian Description (from goodreads) “If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.”  When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers–boys whose memories are also gone. Outside the towering stone walls that…