Review: More of a 3.5 stars but still a great read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2013
It's not your usual post-apocalyptic story. We have Clone Three, Trio for short, that suddenly appears in this dystopian world with no memory of how it all happened. She has some extraordinary abilities and has Crawlers after her. But we soon find out they're not the only ones. Trio character feels a little detached to me even though she's full of rage and fear but only when she's in shady situations. Apart from that I don't feel any emotion from her even though author says she feels protective towards Poppy and her eyes tear up a couple of times. But I do like it when she saves the dog and puppies. Cade is actually the most interesting character of them all. I got all excited when he entered the story but he wasn't there for long. I thought Beckett would have more of an impact but he just seemed to be there to fulfill a blank spot. And as much as I get Nico's jealousy and resentment toward Trio I don't understand her betrayal. I don't understand why she risked the lives of her friends, especially Beckett's who she'd been obviously in love with and the sanctuary she was looking for ever since they had to leave their own place. It would make more sense for her to trick Trio somehow or lure her into a trap. And what's with the hisses? Everybody is hissing and it's not some sort of ability but just a way the author describes character's disapproval. Very annoying. But the story is interesting and I liked all the different groups of "people" that "survived" the sickness. I felt this story is more about the journey than the end goal so far. Maybe because we don't know what the goal is apart from Trio's going to New York City. That's also the reason why I didn't feel the ending was much of a cliffhanger. I'm looking forward to the sequel.