Review: The color of your hair might not be enough
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2014
Hope’s Rebellion is a wonderfull, well thought, excellently written and really enjoyable dystopian book written by the amazing Jade Varden. While all these compliments might seem too much let me tell you there are not enough. If you, like me, loved her Deck of Lies series, you MUST read this one.The author presents us a society where every person status and role in life is decided by a simple fact: the color of their hair. However, as every other situation involving humans, the smallest and harmless decisions can change the world as we know it.Rinna, Drexi and Prelly hold in their hands the task of telling the story, a group of friends joined by the acts of others. We see them grow up, from age 3 to adult women, which makes easy to imagine them as flesh and bone people. We witness how their personalities are built and how each action and word leads them to a key point in their lives.The plot has no flaws or missing spots. Everything has an explanation, the times skips are perfect and the culture and idiosyncrasy of the era is remarkable. There are also a lot of feelings and emotions involve. So many things make us humans such as friendship, love, loyalty, bravery and more. This book explores how in a controlled and restrictive environment these human characteristics come to surface and take a decisive role on History.Jade Varden has a writing style that I love, is smart, sophisticated and engaging. She wrote a recommendable book and a must for dystopian lovers. I don’t know if this book should be classified a YA or as an adult book. I think that anyone with a mature point of view, love for clever stories and in search for a good book should read it.About the outcome, there were so many surprises, good twists and what I’d call an “Oscar winner” finale.*** I received an ecopy from the author in exchange of an honest review. ***