Review: Mixed feelings
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2014
I have mixed feelings about this book. It had a really slow start to it. I wasn't immediately hooked and it took me awhile to really get into the story. Nothing about the characters really pulled me in at first. They both seemed really immature for being 17 and 18 growing up alone in a post apocalyptic world. Dodger is always making inappropriate sexual comments to every female he encounters and Twist keeps trying to prove himself as a leader and not just Dodger's follower. There was a lot of good character development as the story went on and Twist definitely grew up a lot. I just didn't ever get that serious connection with any of them. Twist and Gia's romance felt forced to me. Honestly, I didn't really like any of the female characters in the book. Both Red and Gia were manipulative and even though the author tried to paint them as having soft sides, I just didn't see it.I liked the concept of the story. When I read the summary, I thought it would be something right up my alley. I thought it was interesting learning about all of the different groups that run different sections of the city. I think the virus that wiped out half of the human population should have had more explanation in the story. The allergy to the sun was touched upon here and there when we were shown what everyone was wearing (goggles and hoods). However, I guess I just would have thought that would have been discussed more.As the story went on and Twist and Gia went off together, I did begin to enjoy it a bit more. There was a lot more action and I am interested to see where the next book takes us. I'll definitely be following along to read the next installment... I just hope there are some more explanations in store for how the world ended up the way it did.