Years ago as the rest of the books in this series came out I
read them, yet failed to write reviews on them. I decided to reread the entire
series while home on break. This is the second book in this wonderful series by
one of my favorite authors. In this second book a lot has happened. The Admiral
is no longer running the “Graveyard”.
Conner is now in charge. Risa has
her own roll to play in front of the camera’s. Lev has come a long way. He
started out a willing tithe until he was kidnapped and went one hundred percent
the other way becoming a clapper. With the help of his former pastor he has a
new purpose in life. We meet a character
named Cam who like Frankenstein was created from all unwound parts. Shusterman
has done a wonderful job of making you love the characters that are so despicable. In other words he does an excellent job of
creating characters that you will love to hate. I think the thing I love the most
about this series is that it shows what could happen in a future where the
pro-choice and pro-life sides take things to the extreme. No matter what side of the argument you are
on when you read this book, you realize that the third option was definitely
not the correct option. It also touches
on the questions about having a soul, especially if you are unwound. This reminded me of Robin Wasserman’s series “Skinned”,
for the same issues of whether the character still has a soul. Highly recommend both series. I will say as I
have before that Neal Shusterman and ALL of his books are some of my favorites
of all time and I am thrilled to introduce them to another generation of teens.
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